• Grub Street Chicago snagged a table at the opening night of Grant Achatz’s breathlessly buzzed-about new restaurant Next, and there is a slideshow. The opening theme: Paris, 1906. [Grub Street Chi]
• A.G. Ferrari closed its Sunnyvale store last night, and the Chron also writes up the story of two of the company’s founders, who died within three days of each other last month. [Chron, Earlier]
• SF Weekly’s launched their Readers’ Poll for the Best of S.F. issue. Vote for your favorite bars and restos. [SFoodie]
• Bicycle Coffee Co. delivers about 1,000 pounds of organic, fair-trade coffee beans to local businesses each week, by bicycle. [WSJ]
• According to an Edinburgh restaurateur serving grey squirrel, it’s the “ultimate ethical food,” since the animals are being killed anyway to protect red squirrels. Discuss. [BBC]
• Strawberries might prevent esophageal cancer, at least if you drink freeze-dried ones mixed into water. Right … [WSJ]
• When Lily Allen lands in L.A., she’s gotta have In-N-Out. Celebrities, they’re just like us! [Ok Uk]
• Some experts are saying that since food is scarcer and more expensive, it might not be the greatest time to divert more and more crops to green energy sources. [NYT]
