• The California Senate has rejected a ban on plastic bags. [AP/Google News]
• 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]
• Though cancer robbed Roger Ebert of his lower jaw, rendering him unable to eat, he’s recently developed a skill for food writing. [NYT]
• A Texan man has invented fried beer. [Telegraph UK]
• A man was arrested in Massachusetts for trying to smuggle a kilogram of cocaine inside of a hollowed-out bologna. [Huffington Post]
• L.A. is full of new business meeting-friendly restaurants. [BizBash]
• 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]