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Taco Bell Waffle Tacos Are Coming to Make You Fatter

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:30:15 +0000

Taco Bell recently changed America’s taco calculus by offering Doritos-flavored shells. Their next move appears to be far more radical. Fast food fans in Southern California are reporting the presence of waffle tacos on the menu at some local Taco Bell franchises. The item, which goes for 89 cents, features a waffle folded around sausage [...]

Would You Eat a Lion Taco? Because It's Now a Thing

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 10 May 2013 21:35:52 +0000

Lions: scary animals, controversial food. A Mexican restaurant in Tampa, Florida has turned heads (and maybe some stomachs) by offering lion meat tacos, in the biggest news for the animal since Snoop Dogg turned Snoop Lion. Despite some reports claiming it had stopped selling the unusual cuisine, Taco Fusion appears to have kept the item [...]

Taco Bell Doritos Locos Tacos Cause High School Lockdown

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:11:12 +0000

If you spend a lot of time with high school students you should be pretty well acquainted with Taco Bell. Which is why it’s surprising that the delicious fast food was able to cause so much confusion at Del Campo High School in Sacramento, California. Turns out somebody had left a big bag of Doritos Locos [...]

Proof That McDonald's Hamburgers Look the Same After 14 Years

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:28:46 +0000

On July 7, 1999, Dave Whipple bought a McDonald’s hamburger. The Utah man didn’t intend to eat it, but instead he wanted to prove that the burger was so pumped full of preservatives that it would look the same after a month. But Whipple soon forgot about his little science experience and left the burger [...]

Find Out What 2,000 Calories Actually Looks Like

Emerald Catron — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:31:51 +0000

Here’s a helpful video, if you were wondering how many carrots you could eat without going over 2,000 calories. If that sounds like something you definitely do not need to know, 2,000 calories is also quantified in Big Macs, pizza, Chipotle burritos and delicious, delicious avocados. Because you probably couldn’t eat 60 carrots if you [...]

Eww! Mother Says Toddler Ate Used Condom Found at McDonald's

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:00:01 +0000

A trip to McDonald’s turned out to be anything but a happy meal for one Chicago-area family. Anishi Spencer is suing the restaurant for at least $50,000 in damages, claiming one of her kids ate a used condom he found in the play area. Spencer says back in February 2012, her children – Jonathan, then [...]

Man Calls 911 Nine Times to Request a Cheeseburger

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:29:04 +0000

There is just something about fast food that makes people abuse 911. In the past, folks have been arrested after calling emergency services to report problems with their orders at Burger King, McDonald’s, Subway and Hardee’s. Gregory Jackson Sr. decided to cut out the middleman. Instead of going to his local restaurant chain to be disappointed, [...]

IHOP Celebrates National Pancake Day By Giving Away Free Pancakes

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:10:39 +0000

Sure, you may have just packed on a pound or two chowing down during the Super Bowl, but that’s no excuse to skip National Pancake Day. Especially when free food and a good cause is involved. For the eighth consecutive year, IHOP is offering a free stack of pancakes to celebrate National Pancake Day. The [...]

Watch the Taco Bell Ad That Was Banned for Upsetting Vegans

Sarah Shahzad — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:43:28 +0000

Taco Bell was forced to retract its anti-vegetable commercial for promoting its 12-pack of tacos. The ad opens with the narrator deriding vegetables, saying “Veggies on game day is like punting on fourth and one — it’s a cop out.” Taco Bell responded, saying they didn’t mean for the ad to be misinterpreted, but to [...]

It's Seniors Gone Wild In Taco Bell's 2013 Super Bowl Commercial

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:39:01 +0000

In Taco Bell’s 2013 Super Bowl commercial we meet Bernie Goldblatt, an older gentlemen who is being wished good night by an aid at the Glencobrooke Retirement Home. Or so she thinks he is going to sleep. In fact, Bernie’s night is just beginning. He sneaks out of the home and is picked up be his [...]

Subway Pledges to Make Every Footlong Sandwich Actually a Foot Long

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:13:19 +0000

If you thought Subway wasn’t going to budge an inch on its stance regarding the scandal over how long its footlong sandwiches really are, you’re wrong. The restaurant chain has released a statement saying: We have redoubled our efforts to ensure consistency and correct length in every sandwich we serve. Our commitment remains steadfast to [...]

Kidney Found in KFC Meal — Why Are We Still Eating There Again?

Emerald Catron — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:08:02 +0000

How many times does this have to happen before we all stop going to KFC? Hopefully twice is the answer. Three weeks ago a teenager in the UK thought he had been served a giant chicken brain from the fast-food chain. It turned out to be a kidney. On the one hand, gross. On the other hand, at least we're pretty sure that what Redditor six6six4kids found in his order was also a kidney. MAKE IT STOP!

Subway's 12-Inch Sandwich May Be the Next Great Hoax

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:55:35 +0000

Five-dollar footlong? How about $6.50 11-inch? Subway has found itself at the center of a storm which proves that size does indeed matter. Here’s the footlong and short of it: an Australian man identified as Matt Corby posted a photo of a 12-inch Subway sandwich on Facebook that actually measured 11 inches. The caption simply [...]

Teen 'Sick and Disgusted' After Finding Brain Inside KFC

Donald Deane — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:20:37 +0000

While it sure is tasty, KFC is always a bit of a risk. A UK student learned that the hard way when he discovered what he thought was a brain inside a piece of chicken he was eating. Um, maybe we'll be avoiding the Colonel from now on.

Subway 'Sandwich Artist' Fired Over Ketchup Dispute Gone Awry

Emerald Catron — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:57:31 +0000

Maybe Subway is stepping up their game a tad. They've made it abundantly clear that they now have avocados and sriracha sauce, and they will NOT be putting ketchup on anybody's sandwich. At all. They don't even have ketchup, and one employee was willing to fight to prove it. They don't call them sandwich artists for nothing.

McDonald's Breakfast Burrito Ruined by Pesky Nose Ring

Emerald Catron — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:10:25 +0000

Good news/bad news. The good news is we found your nose ring!! The bad news is that it was in somebody’s McDonald’s breakfast burrito in Lawrenceville, Georgia. So we might not be eating another one of those for a while, because yuck. Frances Rosario, the mom who found it, had ordered two breakfast burritos. The [...]

Hungry? Try California's Caviar-Dispensing Vending Machine

Kyle Dowling — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:15:57 +0000

Great news, readers! The over-priced, stomach-turning (but for some reason decadent) meal known as caviar is now available via vending machines. The company Beverly Hills Caviar recently unveiled the first ever touchscreen vending machine, located at the Burbank Towne Center. The machine offers “a large selection of the world’s finest selection of caviar, truffles, escargot, bottarga, [...]

Japanese Burger King Offers All-You-Can-Eat Burger And Fries

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:30:35 +0000

Japan, you confuse us so. First you tell us about Pepsi Special, which actually makes you lose weight. Today we find out that Burger King Japan offers an all-you-can-eat deal. What do you want from us?! Stop with the mixed messages! The promotion, which is in celebration of the fifth anniversary of BK’s return to Japan, runs until [...]

Fast Food Breakfast Sandwiches Are Tasty, Quick and Grossly Unhealthy

Donald Deane — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:35:20 +0000

When it comes to breakfast, few things are tastier than an Egg McMuffin. But a new Canadian study says delicious morning meals like that may be causing serious damage to your heart.

Students Send First Burger Into Space

Donald Deane — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:38:32 +0000

Thanks to a group of Harvard students, a fast food burger has boldly gone where no burger has gone before -- into the edge of space. Hey, it's better than eating it. Those things'll kill ya.