• A ban on new fast food restaurants in South L.A. was set to expire this month, but a new city council vote might make it permanent. [L.A. Business Journal]
• Coffee prices are currently at a twelve-year high. [NYDN]
• Hundreds of Muslim Americans were joined by other local religious groups in giving out food and supplies to homeless inhabitants of Skid Row this past Sunday. [Neon Tommy]
• A tangle of special interests allegations is further delaying plans to re-haul LAX’s food concessions. [L.A. Times]
• Two Korean coffee shops in L.A. are serving lattes and machiatos made with bits of potato. [L.A. Weekly]
• Each country gives their own rations to troops in Afghanistan: the French supply cassoulet, while Americans hand out hamburgers. [NYT]
• Vegetable-based dishes and small plates will be trendy for menus this fall. [NRN]