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Ocean City Restaurateurs Push For BYOB Privileges; Extravagant Indian Weddings Get Blamed For ‘Prodigious Food Waste’

• Restaurateurs in Ocean City put the final push on gathering support for a proposed referendum that would give restaurants in the famously dry town BYOB privileges. [Inquirer]

• A woman in Lexington, Kentucky, gave birth to a baby girl in the parking lot of a Hardee’s. The mother “said she could not believe how quickly this birth happened.” [WKYT]

• China is becoming increasingly reliant on other countries for staple food such as corn and soybeans, and that reliance “is likely to add a stabilizing factor” to the country’s relationship with the U.S. [Japan Times]

• Chipotle didn’t make as much money as it thought it would last quarter. The reasons: higher food costs, and that pesky federal investigation. [Reuters]

• Former Top Chef contestant Mike Isabella is a big fan of DC’s food scene. (Probably because he just opened a restaurant there.) [WP]

• Indian weddings might just be too extravagant. They’re being blamed for “prodigious food waste.” [AP]

Ocean City Restaurateurs Push For BYOB Privileges; Extravagant Indian Weddings