POSTS WITH TAG: eating out

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    As someone who is sometimes a little more obsessed with awesome food than the average Jane, I get food porn. I get that sometimes people wanna snap a pic of that sweet-looking lobster roll by the shore or that beautiful cake they made for their kiddo's birthday party and then upload it to Facebook or Instagram. Food's part of our daily existence, so if it's especially fun to look at, why not share that with your followers? 

    But usually the photogenic food is your own. No one would actually walk up to a stranger and ask to take a quick pic of their food, right? Well, one dude wondered what might happen if he pulled a prank on unsuspecting diners by Instagramming their food out of the blue. The result was hilarious and cringe-worthy all at once. Check it out ...

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    Ben & Jerry's probably purposely didn't mean to pick the most beautiful day of spring yet to give out free ice cream, but boy, did they! At least here in the Northeast, it's like the perfect June day -- ideal for heading down to your local outpost of the famous chain and snagging a freebie. Yep, that's right. Once a year, participating Ben & Jerry’s locations give away one free ice cream cone per customer. This year, Free Cone Day is today, Tuesday, April 9. That means it's time to ... ceeeeelebrate good times come on!

    Okay, well, if ice cream somehow isn't your thing, you're not completely out of luck. There are a few other freebie opportunities coming up this summer ...

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    Everyone has their reasons for choosing a certain wedding venue. Family history, the couple's history, or just the kind of wedding you want to have can all weigh into the decision. For Iowa couple Steve and Nancy Keller, the couple that "goes together like bacon and eggs," being 30-year food industry vets and Food Network fans lead them to their venue: Denny's! In Vegas. Yup.

    The couple won a contest in Food Network Magazine to be the first couple to wed at the much-anticipated chapel. They reportedly traded their vows in front of just 11 VIP friends and family and a restaurant full of bacon-, egg-, and coffee-consuming diners. Then, they toasted with Grand Marnier mimosas -- aka Grand Slamosas -- and ate a pancake wedding cake. Awww! 

    Okay, okay, so it's not everyone's idea of dream nuptials.

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    The drive-thru prankster is back! Rahat the Magician Prankster became Internet-famous with his notorious “invisible driver” video on YouTube. He made a costume that looked just like the seat of his car, and filmed the reactions of drive-thru workers when a car pulled up to the window with “nobody” driving it. Hilarity.

    In his latest video, Rahat pulls up to the window … decapitated. The reactions of the employees to the headless driver are priceless! I promise you will laugh.

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    Jack Litsky and his wife recently became vegans to get their cholesterol under control. According to the Litskys, a lot of pasta isn't vegan (who knew?), so they decided to bring their own uncooked noodles to a restaurant in New Jersey. This is where you start to lose me, but AMAZINGLY, the restaurant went ahead and specially made their pasta dish using the Litsky’s pasta and the instructions the Litskys wrote on a card to make it easier for the kitchen staff.

    Um, okay -- right there, that’s going WAY beyond the call of duty as a restaurant, but fine. The problem came after the Litskys' third trip to the restaurant, when they requested the same thing and instead of getting charged less, like they had the past two times, they were charged more for the special dish ...

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    Finally, someone has gotten into my brain, articulated my thoughts, and delivered a food stuff so insanely awesome, the word "crazy" is in its title. Say hello to Pizza Hut's new Crazy Cheesy Crust Pizza. Instead of regular old boring crust at the end of a slice, there are two, count 'em two pockets of cheese. There's a ring of cheese pockets around the entire pie and if that doesn't make your heart smile, you're dead to me.

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    Well this is the last thing you expect to happen when you eat out. A car crashed into a Las Vegas restaurant during lunchtime yesterday. Did I say crash? It plowed through the dining patio. Ten people were injured, including a boy who had to be pulled out from under the car.

    There were two men inside the car, a Lexus. According to witnesses, they sat in the car for a moment after smashing into a plate glass window. Then they both tried to make a run for it. Fortunately, bystanders managed to pin them down. The Egg & I manager Sarah Gehringer estimates there were about 150 diners inside and out on the patio at the restaurant at the time of the crash.

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    When you go out to eat, the last thing you expect is to have a health scare right there in the middle of the restaurant. But it happens. A 76-year-old diner known as Leo lapsed into diabetic shock while eating at Waffle House in Cobb County, Georgia recently. Thank goodness for waitress Renee Vance, who has worked at the restaurant for 27 years but recently began nursing school.

    "Someone yelled, 'He's having a stroke -- call 911,'" Renee Vance reported to the local news. But because she's a diabetic herself and knew the tell-tale signs, Vance quickly measured Leo's blood sugar with her glucose meter. The reading had fallen to a point that could lead to organ failure, she says. "I just did what I did. I didn't think about it. It was just save him. Something's going to happen if I don't." Wow, talk about a hero!

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    Grabbing fast food at a drive-through or fast casual spot like Chipotle is so popular because it's just so easy. And cheap! No tip required. But when we choose to eat out at a sit-down restaurant, we're making something of an investment. Usually -- in great part because of the added tip -- it's rarely cheap. But we usually spend extra to be served, to not have to worry about cleaning up, to just kick back and enjoy great food and hopefully great service. And if the service really is great, or even if it's just decent, we usually leave a generous tip.

    But what happens when a rogue waiter takes advantage of that generosity and, on a credit/debit card receipt, actually adds more to the tip than you originally left? What are you supposed to do then?! It's a conundrum you'll hope you never have to face, but unfortunately, it has happened before! 

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    Just yesterday I was analyzing the not so subtle differences between date night before kids and date night after, when it dawned on me that I spend most should be "date nights" with my children anyway.

    Yep, my Saturday nights are more Carnival than candlelit, more pizza than pizzazz, more cartoons than concerts. Have you ditched ambiance for arcades? If the Then vs. Now below sounds familiar -- the answer is a resounding yes:

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