• Downtown’s ever-growing nightlife scene causes concern for locals. [LAT]
• Get your Berkshire Pork fix at McCall’s Meat & Fish this weekend. [Squid Ink]
• Groupon backlash: One cafe owner speaks out. [Eater]
• Restaurant worker wage theft is on the rise in California. [SF Chron]
• The SweeTango, a new breed of apple, has been so successful that the research orchards who were not awarded contracts with the fruit are suing its developers, claiming they’ll be put out of business. [LAT]
• Former Ramones drummer Marky Ramone, whose grandfather was a chef at 21 Club in New York City, is coming out with his own line of pasta sauces. [BoingBoing]
• A Canadian restaurant association objects to some restaurants’ practice of requiring that servers wear tight or form-fitting clothing. [Vancouver Sun]
