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Louis’ Restaurant Has Never Felt Secure; Popeye’s CEO Calls Calorie Counts ‘Un-American’

• Joe Eskenazi reports on the perennially precarious position Louis’ Restaurant has been in, sitting on federal land out by the former Sutro Baths. [SF Weekly]

• A quick tour of Andrew Paul Nelson’s intense Spanish wine list at Contigo. [Tasting Table]

• Bay Area restaurants (A16, RN74, SR24) have a thing for naming themselves after highways. [WSJ]

• Popeye’s CEO Cheryl Bachelder on federally-mandated calorie counts: “They are trying to tell us what to eat and how much. That’s just un-American.” [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

• The White House is pressuring Japan to resume imports of U.S. beef, halted because of mad cow scares in 2006. [NYT]

Elle publisher Carol Smith is the new vice president and publishing director for Bon Appetit. [Crain’s]

• Domino’s new ad campaign specifically targets three men who haven’t tried the chain’s new pizza. [Slice]

Louis’ Restaurant Has Never Felt Secure; Popeye’s CEO Calls Calorie