• What’s the best beer to drink on a hot day? Well, if you think that the answer is a double stout served at room temperature, than you obviously don’t live in the Midwest. (The answer is very cold beer, by the way.) [Sun Times]
• The National Restaurant Assn. will get something “in the very low seven figures” if it agrees to reschedule the annual meeting for early in May. The city is very worried about losing the trade show, especially after a scheduling conflict came up with next year’s G8/NATO session. [Crain’s]
• More and more restaurants are putting less salt in their food, but they’re staying mum about it for fear that diners will think the low-sodium food tastes bland. [Chicago Tribune]
• Fast-food chains love “super fans,” those crazy people who travel from restaurant to restaurant just to eat things like McRib sandwiches. [USAT]
• Fallout from Japan’s nuclear meltdown is still a big threat to the country’s food chain, as unsafe cesium levels are showing up in meat on supermarket shelves, veggies, and even the ocean. [Bloomberg]
• Red Lobster’s new ad campaign features “real” people who work for the restaurant, like a crab fisherman, and the dude who works the grill station at a location in the Bronx. [NYT]
