• Chicago-based Boston Blackie’s has filed for bankruptcy protection. [Sun-Times]
• Some restaurants are making a return to bartering, trading food for services like pest control. [WSJ]
• 2009 wine sales are projected to be up from last year’s. [Reuters]
• Julia Stewart, CEO of the parent company for Applebee’s, is trying to revitalize the chain as she did IHOP. [Forbes]
• Lingering devastation from last year’s Hurricane Ike means this could be the last season for Galveston Bay’s oystermen. [NYT]
• The James Beard Foundation is teaming up with the 2010 Equestrian Games for a series of dinners. [Eater]
