• Drink cheap or die: Governor-elect, Tom Corbett, who is no fan of the state’s liquor control board, has expressed dismay over the organization’s plans to increase prices on booze. [CBS Philly]
• A kitchen fire badly damaged New Hope’s historic Mansion Inn last night. [6 ABC]
• Another SugarHouse patron has been beaten and robbed by thieves prowling the casino’s parking lot. [KYW]
• A new species of lizard has been identified — after scientists saw it on restaurant menus in Vietnam. [Independent]
• San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom will veto the city’s move to ban most Happy Meals. [CNN]
• At high-end restaurants in Asia, butter the hot new condiment. [WSJ]
• More family drama for Gordon Ramsay: his father-in-law is suing him for 2 million pounds after the famously hot-tempered chef fired him as CEO of Gordon Ramsay Holdings last month. [Daily Mail]
• On the plus side, Gordo will be opening his first restaurant in Canada, and it will be in Montreal. [Toronto Star]
• The New England Confectionary Co., the 163-year-old company that makes NECCO wafers and those Valentine’s Day conversation hearts, is looking for a buyer. [USAT]