• A Skokie man has been arrested for criminal trespass for repeatedly returning to a restaurant that has kicked him out, and screaming when he was not shown to a general manager. [Pioneer Press]
• After numerous conference defections due to high prices, McCormick Place wants a new food vendor contract. [Crain’s]
• A fourteen month old baby in China is surprisingly healthy after sticking a chopstick up his nose and into his skull. [CNN]
• A former British drug czar has created a substance that mimics the feeling of being drunk without causing a hangover. [Daily Mail via The Awl]
• Florida’s unusually cold winter could be bad news for the nation’s supply of winter strawberries. [NYT]
• Rachael Ray will serve as the grand marshal of the Fat Tuesday Krewe of Argus parade in New Orleans. [Nola]
• The FDA seized a million dollars worth of food from a Tennessee Chinese food warehouse after finding “rodent excrement, urine, hair and blood” during an inspection. [Nashville Post]
• A Kansas City woman did thousands of dollars in damage to a McDonald’s after being served an unsatisfactory hamburger. [Fox via Eater National]
