• A vending machine at an Alabama convenience store dispenses meat. Now old-school butchers are really endangered. [Zagat Buzz]
• The cantaloupe scare that so far has killed 29 people has one affected person suing Walmart for selling the tainted fruit. [Bloomberg]
• Restaurateurs are increasingly using Kickstarter and other crowd-funding methods to finance their ventures. [NYT]
• Location, location: “Cursed” restaurant spaces in NYC. [Eater NY]
• Trade publication Drinks International presents its list of the world’s 50 best bars. New York’s PDT leads the pack. [HuffPo]
• Big seafood-restaurant chain Landry’s has swallowed up slightly less-big seafood chain McCormick & Schmick’s. [NRN]
• “Boar meat tastes like a cross between pork and lamb,” and you’ll probably be eating some soon. [NPR]
