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- Chipotle really wants to sell you a burrito, and if you don’t want to drag yourself into one of its restaurants, that’s no problem. The chain is now offering delivery through DoorDash. “Delivery is an important way we are making Chipotle even more convenient and accessible to our customers who want to get Chipotle delivered right to their home, office, or wherever they are,” Curt Garner, chief digital and information officer at Chipotle, says in a press release.
- Lettuce wrap purveyor P.F. Chang’s has finally opened its first restaurant in China. The chain has set up shop with a location in Shanghai, and chief executive officer Michael Osanloo says the restaurant’s “unique Asian-inspired offerings will resonate with the sophisticated Chinese consumer.”
- A mega deal that is rocking the world of party booze: Bacardi has officially acquired Patron.
- Brett Anderson, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reporter who broke the news of NOLA celebrity chef John Besh’s abusive workplace behavior, is doing some writing for the New York Times food section. Here’s his story on Japanese cuisine in Austin, Texas.
- Nineties heartthrob David Duchovny has a new book that is an update of the William Butler Yeats play The Only Jealousy of Emer. There’s a death scene set at Nobu, the celebrated fancy Japanese chain.
- Here is a new upscale restaurant in Malaysia that operates inside a converted Boeing 737. This might help give plane food a better reputation.
- Meanwhile, in actual airports, elite fliers with private lounge access are in for a world of hurt. These lounges are overcrowded and understaffed, so access to full buffets and cocktail hours is becoming a thing of the past. Oh, the horror.
- Celebrity chef Giada de Laurentiis offers some tips for traveling through her native Italy. Over-pronouncing every single Italian word one utters is not among the advice.
- Extreme soft drink Mountain Dew has 13 ingredients, apparently. Let’s take a deep dive into the neon green beverage’s ingredients.
- Celebrity chef and The Chew co-host Carla Hall says the remaining cast members are doing just fine without disgraced celebrity chef and former host Mario Batali. “With three people, you really can’t say, ‘Okay, those four will take care of it,’” Hall says. “You have to be engaged and I think we’ve become closer, because even when you have a cooking segment and it’s the three of us, everybody is joining in. It has been so much fun because we’ve had to raise the energy.”
- Ketel One is attempting to “appeal to women and in particular wine drinkers” with what seems like a misguided lower-alcohol vodka.
- Headline of the day: “‘Drunk And Hungry’ Man Broke Into Taco Bell To Eat Doritos Taco Shells: Police.” Couldn’t he have just gone to the store and bought some actual Doritos?
- Starbucks has one of the most iconic and recognizable corporate logos. This is the story of how it came to be.
- In other Starbucks news, the Seattle-based caffeine giant has a couple of new Frappuccinos going on its permanent menu, as of today. Ultra Caramel Frappuccino and Triple Mocha Frappuccino are here for those who want their sugar high with a splash of coffee, according to a press release.
- Starbucks competitor Dunkin’ has launched a line of Instagram-bait “Cosmic Coollattas.” This is obviously a delayed reaction to the ‘Bucks’s Unicorn Frappuccino.
- And, finally, chefs aren’t just celebrities anymore — they’re fashion models.
