• Despite protests outside of the pop-up, Ludobites at Casa Pulido sold a whole lotta foie gras quesadillas. [LAT]
• Well, this is perverse: Doubtful rumors are circulating that Osama Bin Laden may have been shot with a pork-coated bullet, which supposedly strike fear into Muslim terrorists, who worry about being barred from paradise if they have pork in their bodies. [Daily Mail UK]
• Chefs Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo play favorites with 944. [944]
• Some teens in California decided to set the Guinness World Record for pancake-eating by spending 24 hours in a Denny’s. Everyone’s got ambitions! [NYDN]
• Houston is getting pumped for its first location of “celebrity hot-spot” Katsuya. Too bad we can’t send them the lame reality stars that are addicted to this place too. [Biz Journals]
• End-times draw near for Dinner House M, closing next Wednesday. [LAT]
• In the tough economy, everyone’s fighting over fast-food jobs, which were once mostly relegated to teens. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
• If scoop shops seem to be selling more in the way of strange ice-cream flavors, it’s probably a ploy to lure customers back for repeat visits. [USAT]