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Diamond Lil Rolls Out Anew; Roger Ebert Remains a Cook, If Not An Eater

• Diamond Lil, that bustaurant we talked up earlier, is almost finally ready, and the Free Range Dining team will be serving out of it at the Donkey & Goat release party on 9/11. [Eater, Earlier]

• Mission grocers deal with the scourge of fruit theft. [Mission Local]

• What those trapped Chilean miners are eating – hint: no beans. [Eatocracy]

• Downtown Phoenix restaurants are hurting, with convention business slow after the passage of that immigration law. [AZ Central]

• A very tiny corkscrew for your keychain. [CHOW]

• Though cancer robbed Roger Ebert of his lower jaw, rendering him unable to eat, he still cooks and he’s recently developed a skill for food writing. [NYT]

• Burger King may go up for sale. [WSJ]

• As mixology becomes ever more sophisticated, bartenders are increasingly interested in protecting their intellectual property. [The Atlantic]

• McDonald’s plans to open 45 new stores in India this year. [WSJ]

• Vita Coco coconut water is partnering with Jet Blue on a new promotional campaign. [NYP]

• A judge ordered Indonesia’s Buddha Bar to close because local Buddhists were upset by the name. [Reuters]

Diamond Lil Rolls Out Anew; Roger Ebert Remains a Cook, If Not An Eater