• Pauline Messier, who helped start the popular brunch place Pauline’s Restaurant in Andersonville, passed away last week. [Trib]
• Hundreds of union workers, including dishwashers, cooks, and food servers, are striking at the Hilton Chicago to avoid being locked into “recession contracts.” [Sun-Times]
• Gordon Ramsay and David Beckham might open a pub together. [Mirror]
• Heave-ho: Six WWII vets were tossed out of a Wolfgang Puck restaurant in Dallas for being dressed too casually. [USA Today]
• Hey look! The Daily Meal—helmed by former Saveur editor in chief Colman Andrews—launched. They might want to rethink those auto-play videos. [Daily Meal]
• The president of the Toronto chapter of Hells Angels— who is awaiting trial—says the adequacy of Toronto’s inmate meals isn’t up to snuff. [The Star]