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Barney’s Beanery Turns 90; The Problem With Vending Machine Fruit

• West Hollywood’s Barney’s Beanery, which long discriminated openly against homosexuals and where Jim Morrison was once ejected for urinating on the bar, is turning 90 years old. [L.A. Times]

• Duane Earle, the chef-owner at Crenshaw’s Earles’z Grille, was once a rapper who appeared on Ice Cube’s hit “Wicked” and worked on some of Eazy E’s later songs. [Intersections South L.A.]

• Everyone agrees selling fruits and vegetables through vending machines is a good idea. The problem: vending machines bruise them. [WSJ]

• College administrators are cracking down on “drunkorexia,” a term and concept that still sort of seem to elude them. [Denver Post]

• Grill ‘Em All is returning to New York for a “victory lap” after winning The Great Food Truck Race there. [Noise Creep]

• Tomorrow, workers at Minneapolis Jimmy John’s locations will vote on whether to unionize, a rare thing for fast-food workers. [NYT]

• The Australian version of Iron Chef debuted on Tuesday! They have the same guy who plays the Chairman here in America! Alas, it did not do very well in the ratings. [Sky News]

• It’s still four months away, but apparently people who buy tickets to next year’s South Beach Wine and Food Festival on Monday will get a 10% discount on Grand Tasting tix. [Sun-Sentinel]

Barney’s Beanery Turns 90; The Problem With Vending Machine Fruit