• IN-N-Out is not coming to New York, though a prank story said as much. [Huffington Post]
• Anthony Bourdain is not coming to Orange County, despite a “reported” prank story that was picked up by one local food blog. [O.C. Weekly]
• Nor is Kobe Bryant suing the city of Kobe, Japan, which the same outlet picked up as fact. [L.A. Weekly]
• Starbucks jokingly introduced two new sizes yesterday: the 128 ounce Plenta and the two ounce Micra. [Gothamist]
• Bravo’s website will launch the games “Top Chef Food Fight,” in April and “Who Is Top Chef?” in June. [Broadcast Newsroom]
• Iron Chef’s Masaharu Morimoto has made a bid to have his restaurant Skewers in LAX. [Daily Breeze]
• The Four Seasons’ new Culina shows the growing trend of hotel restaurants embracing more than upscale offerings. [Fast Company]
• Thomas Keller liked the chicken at Versailles when he first lived in L.A. [Tennessean]
• A man was shot and killed while ordering breakfast at Angelo’s Burgers in Santa Fe Springs. [Whittier Daily News]
