• The kerfuffle over the estate of Benihana founder Rocky Aoki marches on, with his widow (a former Miss Tokyo) suing the restaurant chain in hopes of stopping its overseas expansion. [Crain’s, Earlier]
• The aforementioned Metreon re-do has been approved, so look for a new Target and a food court three times the size of the existing one by mid-2012. [Chron]
• Don’t like the sound of our picks and want to get out of the city for New Year’s Eve? Here’s a list of options up in Sonoma. [BiteClub]
• Get ready to feel bad about that steak you’re buying: Nutrition labels, just like the ones on peanut butter and cereal, will soon by on meat, too. [USAT]
• Zachery Ty Bryan — as in, the kid from Home Improvement that wasn’t Jonathan Taylor Thomas — is suing his partners in the Hollywood sports bar they owned together. The name of the bar? Big Wangs. [TMZ]
• It’s way cold down in Florida, and that means people are buying less booze there. Bad news for liquor stores and the state’s tax revenue! [Florida Today]
• The married owners of a Salt Lake City restaurant were found dead after legal woes drove them to an apparent Christmas Day murder-suicide. [SL Tribune]
