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Pasadena Police Shoot Taco Truck Thief; Paul Krekorian Loves Henry’s Tacos

• Is being a food-lover who spends all their money on dining out the newest status symbol? [NYM]

• Tristesse: The famed Hemingway Bar at the Ritz in Paris is closing. Here’s a look at its history. [WSJ]

• Pasadena police shot and killed one of two suspects trying to rob a taco truck on Saturday night. [NBC]

• Councilman Paul Krekorian shares his true feelings abut Henry’s Tacos, which his still endangered in Studio City. [Patch]

• After nearly 50 years in business, Jean’s French Restaurant is closing in Colton. [Daily Bulletin]

• FYI: Store brands are now cool. Also, half the time shoppers don’t even realize something is a store brand, as with Target’s Archer Farms label. [USAT]

• The mouths the fast-casual restaurant industry is next intent on feeding? Kids, old people, and Hispanics. So expect lots of new dishes like prune enchiladas topped with smiley-faces of chocolate sauce. [NRN]

• The burgeoning home-brewed-beer movement is being hampered by pesky state laws. [USAT]

• If you wince and lose your appetite every time you hear the term “pink slime,” you can blame a government scientist named Gerald Zirnstein for coining the term. [Reuters]

Pasadena Police Shoot Taco Truck Thief; Paul Krekorian Loves Henry’s Tacos