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Molly Flaherty charged with smashing glass on CeCe McDonald's face

A Minneapolis woman is charged with starting the fight outside the Schooner Tavern last summer that resulted in Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald, a transgender woman, being charged with second-degree murder. Molly Shannon Flaherty "threw or pushed" a glass into McDonald's face outside the bar that night, ... More >>

CeCe McDonald murder trial

Behind the scenes of the transgender woman's case

Undercover chicken farm investigator describes watching chicken abuse [PHOTOS]

Sparboe Farms was one of the nation's leading egg suppliers until last Friday, when an undercover investigation broadcast by ABC led McDonald's to dump the company. Over the weekend, Lund Food Holdings and Target joined McDonald's by taking the company's eggs off its shelves. Sparboe faces a major ... More >>

McDonald's McRib McReturns

Behold the glory!​Hey, you!  Yes, you with the barbecue-sauce-stained chin and a wild, frenzied look in your eye.  Over the last year, you've been a good boy or girl and now you want your reward, right?  Well, good news!  McDonald's has read your letter to Santa and has announ ... More >>

Ridiculous celebrity foodie Twitter spats

Anthony Bourdain gets grumpy on Paula Deen. ​Was the summer heat and humidity going to celebrity foodie heads? For whatever reason, the last few months have been especially rife with famous-types doing regrettable food-related tweeting, including Alec Baldwin's diss of an Upper West Side Starb ... More >>

Monticello McDonald's employee scams hundreds in credit card fraud

If you ate at the Monticello McDonald's, better check your credit card statement.​The Wright County Sheriff's office has uncovered a massive case of credit card fraud that took place at the Monticello McDonald's, KSTP reports. Earlier this summer, a 16-year-old female working the drive-throu ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day's best Irish eating and drinking

LDHNY/FlickrLadies and gentlemen, start your slicing!​Sure, you want to celebrate St. Patrick's Day tomorrow, but, no, you can't spend the entire day subsisting on green beer. We'd recommend a few other Irish-appropriate beverages plus several foodstuffs to sop up some of that alcohol--and h ... More >>

Five vintage fast-food commercials we love

Hammer loves Taco Bell​This week's cover story, Wing to Power, delved into the popularity and history of the Buffalo wing. Over the years, fast-food chains like McDonald's and KFC have experimented with their own versions of Buffalo's most famous culinary export. We noticed that along the wa ... More >>

10 memorable McDonald's discontinued menu items

Ever try an Onion Nugget?​As we researched this week's cover story on Buffalo wings, we stumbled across all kinds of fun facts--including some fast-food products that were flash-in-the-pan ideas, or generally ill-advised. Perhaps some of these blasts from the past even made an appearance in yo ... More >>

McDonalds offers new Fruit and Maple oatmeal

Scrumptious? ​New year, new breakfast option at McDonalds: the much-advertised "100 percent natural" Fruit and Maple Oatmeal is being touted as a "portable, affordable and balanced breakfast solution to help customers start their day right." Considering these are the same folks who invented th ... More >>

Ask the Critic: Takeout near Abbott Northwestern?

​My friend is recovering from a c-section at Abbott Northwestern Hospital at 28th and Chicago. I'd like to stop by with some takeout and see the new baby. Is there a restaurant nearby that offers inexpensive takeout? What would you suggest I bring?

McDonalds now offers McWeddings

Do you take this franchise to be your wedding location?​If spending Valentine's Day at White Castle is your idea of a romantic night out, then the latest announcement from McDonald's is right up your alley: you can now get a heaping helping of married at the chain's locations in Hong Kong.

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Do you take this franchise to be your wedding location?​If spending Valentine's Day at White Castle is your idea of a romantic night out, then the latest announcement from McDonald's is right up your alley: you can now get a heaping helping of married at the chain's locations in Hong Kong.

Shamrock Shakes back on the scene

We haven't even gotten our Valentine's chocolates yet, and here come Shamrock Shakes.

Top 10: Food safety news stories of 2009

Put down that peanut butter and that roll of cookie dough. Here's the Top 10 food safety news stories of the year.

Top 5: The decade's grossest food stories

The Hot Dish year end countdowns continue with our favorite gross food stories of the decade. Warning: gross factor = 10

Big Mac snack wrap descends on the Twin Cities

How many ways can you repackage a Big Mac? McDonald's introduces a new one.

Chicago dude ate only sausage pizza for a month

A Chicago-area man commits to eating only sausage pizza for an entire month.

5 Great Bottles: Ice Wine

Turned off by dessert wine? Consider trying ice wine, "nectar of the gods."

Lion's Tap sues McDonalds over "Who's Your Patty?" slogan

McDonalds doesn't seem to care and won't even pretend to be worried. This is small town BS in their world.

McDonald's planned at Louvre raising some hackles

McDonald's plan to open up shop at the Louvre: perilous or predictable?

Lion's Tap sues McDonald's over "Who's Your Patty?" line

A local burger institution is going after McDonald's for trademark infringement.

McDonald's offers free mochas on Mondays

Can the fast food chain convince recession-conscious coffee drinkers to switch to the Golden Arches?

Tabbouleh Song i.e., what you'll be singing now for weeks

Tabbouleh: Eat it with lots of falafel. Eat it on top of a camel.

Designing Obama

Tabbouleh: Eat it with lots of falafel. Eat it on top of a camel.

Beer Wars LIVE

Tabbouleh: Eat it with lots of falafel. Eat it on top of a camel.

Beer Wars LIVE

Tabbouleh: Eat it with lots of falafel. Eat it on top of a camel.

Beer Wars LIVE

Tabbouleh: Eat it with lots of falafel. Eat it on top of a camel.

Beer Wars LIVE

Tabbouleh: Eat it with lots of falafel. Eat it on top of a camel.

Drink of the Week: Pepito's margarita

If you're not reading this from a Cancun beach chair, it's time for one of Pepito's margaritas.

Barhopping: Town Talk Diner

If you're not reading this from a Cancun beach chair, it's time for one of Pepito's margaritas.

Mischke speaks

Woman ignores sirens for McDonalds fix, being a scholarship athlete is tough

Tuesday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

Kopplin's and the Nook: Two Brief Anti-Rants

Half-price lunch at Duplex

Taste-Testing the McLatte

Lunch at TropicWorld

U of M to acquire eggs from cage-free poultry

7/6: Morning Communique

I'm Hatin' It

Hold the Fries

From flavor factories to modern-day sharecropping, author Eric Schlosser looks at the supersize mess created by our Fast Food Nation

The Best of the Twin Cities 2000: Introduction

From flavor factories to modern-day sharecropping, author Eric Schlosser looks at the supersize mess created by our Fast Food Nation

Hell on Wheels

From small-town Lois Lane to south Minneapolis waitress to city-hall power broker: Lisa McDonald has come a long way. Now is she ready to go full throttle?

Pub and Grub

From small-town Lois Lane to south Minneapolis waitress to city-hall power broker: Lisa McDonald has come a long way. Now is she ready to go full throttle?

John Vidal: McLibel

From small-town Lois Lane to south Minneapolis waitress to city-hall power broker: Lisa McDonald has come a long way. Now is she ready to go full throttle?

Move Along

From small-town Lois Lane to south Minneapolis waitress to city-hall power broker: Lisa McDonald has come a long way. Now is she ready to go full throttle?

The McLibel Trial:

Making Mincemeat of McDonald's

TO SELL A BURGER

Making Mincemeat of McDonald's

Kids in Show Low

Making Mincemeat of McDonald's

A Coney Island of the Net

Making Mincemeat of McDonald's