• The owners of African Art and Objects on the West Side were charged with importing monkey heads and other bush-meat. [Trib via Feast]
• Uno Restaurant Holdings, which owns Uno Chicago’s Grill, has emerged from chapter 11 bankruptcy. [Boston Globe]
• Lufthansa is conducting taste tests in a flight simulator in an effort to improve the airline’s food. [WSJ]
• The United Kingdom has quietly dropped a plan to display calorie counts at chain restaurants. [Independent]
• Minnesota’s Department of Human Rights is cracking down on ladies’ night promotions, charging that they discriminate based on gender and violate the state’s Human Rights Act. [Reuters]
• To eat well at a Chinese restaurant, go on a Sunday and avoid pan-Asian spots. [Esquire]
• Kraft will more than double the amount of whole grains in Nabisco crackers. [USA Today]
• San Diego officials are mulling a ban on “floatopia” parties, wherein people drink in inner tubes just offshore. [Salon]
