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Hookers Haunt Most Strip Joints; Even Fancy Hotels Are Cashing In on Food Trucks’ Popularity

• No surprise here: Prostitution runs rampant at most of Philly’s strip joints; Police nabbed two women at Center City’s Gold Club Saturday during an undercover sting. [Daily News]

• Of course the winning dish in the 45th Pillsbury Bake-Off incorporated salted caramel, and Main Line mom Christina Verrelli is $1 million wealthier compliments of it. [Inquirer]

• Now that Wendy’s has overtaken it as the country’s second-most-popular fast-food joint, Burger King is getting a cash influx from its biggest franchisee &madash; the chain is selling the franchisee nearly 300 corporate-owned locations. [Miami Herald]

• Hey, did you know food trucks are everywhere? Now they’re even in fancy hotels! [USAT]

• The Times tasting panel drinks some beer in honor of the new baseball season. But they oddly focus only on porters. [NYT]

• Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich are opening a location of their super-popular Lupa in Hong Kong. [Lifestyle Asia via Eater NY]

Hookers Haunt Most Strip Joints; Even Fancy Hotels Are Cashing In on Food