Applebee's Offers Reward After Manager Shot to Death Outside Restaurant
On Sunday, the night manager of an Applebee’s in Fayetteville, Georgia was found shot to death in the restaurant’s parking lot, the Associated Press reports.
Man Who Burned Face Praying Over Sizzling Fajitas Can't Sue Applebee's
On Wednesday, an appellate court ruled that a man who burned his face while praying over a plate of fajitas could not sue the New Jersey Applebee's where the face-burning reportedly took place.
Applebee's Wouldn't Give This Guy Change for a Trillion-dollar Bill
After his debit card was declined at Applebee's, a man tried to pay for his solo Valentine's Day lunch with a $1 trillion bill.
Your UrbanBaby.com thread of the day: "Got invited to applebees by friend. (she's [middle class]) what do you order there?" Suggestions include "maybe a side salad with no dressing," "Iced tea, then eat at home," and "Is there a Le Pain Quotidien nearby?"
Party At Times Square Applebee's on New Year's Eve For Just $375
New Year's Eve: if it's not impossible to find something fun to do, it always feels like something more fun is going on somewhere else. Like — to pick a name out of thin air here — the Applebee's in Times Square, where you can attend a NYE bash this year for the low, low price of... $375!
Applebee's Responds to Fired Server Scandal, Claims Waitress Disregarded a Company Policy That Gets Disregarded All the Time
Applebee's this morning finally issued an official statement concerning the controversial termination of server Chelsea Welch, and managed to rile up even more potential customers in the process.
Pastor Who Left Sanctimonious Tip Gets Waitress Fired from Applebee's, Claims Her Reputation Was Ruined
Hell hath no fury like a pastor scorned by the Internet.
New York City is getting its first LEED Gold certified restaurant. Hold your applause, though, it's an Applebee's.
America's Hottest Club Is Applebee's
America's hottest after-hours discotheque is Club Applebee's.
What Does Your Choice of Casual Dining Chain Say About You?
Interchangeable pseudofood joint Chili's—intent on "spicing up its brand"—is spending millions on a new ad campaign, one part of which is summed up thusly by the company's ad genius: "How he behaves is bold, how she behaves is bold, and the food we're featuring in the spot is boldly flavored."
The Dark Souls of Facebook Users Revealed in Their Favorite Restaurants
Here is a list of the places Facebook users "check-in" the most, via Mashable:
It's Official: America Is Having a Drunk Baby Epidemic
Just a week after we learned of a baby who got drunk at Applebee's and a toddler who got soused at Olive Garden comes the story of Brooklyn Davis, a four year-old who got hammered at a Chili's outside of Chicago. Three is a trend!
Eating & Drinking: Friday Edition
• David Chang's empire is about to get bigger. The Times confirms the rumor that the man behind Momofuku plans to open a French-Vietnamese spot in the former Town space in the Chambers Hotel sometime this fall. [NYT, TFB]
• The beer garden at Standard Hotel is now open. [UrbanDaddy]
• Andrew Carmellini is perfectly…
Eating & Drinking: Tuesday Edition
• Tonight's waiter may be yesterday's trader: "Carlos Araya used to order lobster, filet mignon and $200 bottles of red wine at the Palm Restaurant in midtown Manhattan. Now, he seats customers at its Tribeca branch." [WSJ]
• Somewhat related: Swiss bankers depressed about the downturn are finding comfort in Italian…
Low-Fat Labels Make Us Stuff Ourselves
One doesn't think of New Yorkers as particularly gullible or naive, but when it comes to food, we're totally clueless and assume that anything labeled low-fat is automatically low-calorie—at least according to marketing guru Pierre Chandon, who's turned his attention to discovering why Americans, despite being so…
Economy's Innocent Victims: Weird Ads
Sure, the current dicey economic climate has reduced America to nation of terrified food hoarders. But more importantly, it has cost us some of our annoying and unnecessarily strange advertising icons: Applebee's Wanda Sykes-voiced talking apple, and a bunch of guys running around in bizarre red pigtail wigs on…
Media Invited To Meet Real Americans At Applebee's
Let's see, how to get press for Applebee's dreary Middle American cuisine? How about... invite members of the national political press corps to plop their ass down in the restaurant for a week while they talk to REAL Americans, eat Baja Potato Boats, and blog about it? What reporter could resist the combination of…
