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Suburban Scammers Swindle Restaurants; Investors Urge Red Robin to Find a Buyer

• Chester County’s Health Department warns that criminals are posing as food facility inspectors in an effort to solicit personal information about restaurant owners, presumably for identify theft. [Daily Local]

• Here’s a scenario not depicted on The Wire: a Sydney chef has allegedly been running a drug ring out of his kitchen. [Herald Sun AU]

• Turns out your favorite music may have the same effect on the brain as delicious food, or cocaine. Cue up the next weight-loss craze: the music diet! [Guardian UK]

• Let’s not give the terrorists any ideas: A cup of coffee spilled on the dashboard of a Chicago-to-Frankfurt flight triggered several emergency codes and necessitated a landing in Toronto. [CNN]

• You might be sensitive to anywhere from 10 to 25 foods without realizing it. [Delmarva Now]

• If you haven’t dined at Red Robin in a few decades, well, neither evidently has anyone else: investors are urging the company to seek a buyer, to better position itself for a turnaround. [NRN]

Suburban Scammers Swindle Restaurants; Investors Urge Red Robin to Find a Buyer