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- New York restaurateur Danny Meyer has addressed the Sarah Huckabee Sanders-Red Hen incident, and he does not think establishments should refuse to serve people based on their politics. It seems Meyer still holds an optimistic view of the world. “I’m benefiting from having grown up with a Republican dad and Democratic mom and we used the dinner table to talk things out,” Meyer said Wednesday on CBS This Morning. “I think it’s a slippery slope. How do you know that Sarah Sanders or someone wasn’t dining with a liberal friend and they were going to use the table as an opportunity to work things out?”
- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who also believes Trump officials should be able to publicly dine in peace, wants to have a conversation with bigwig CEOs about how they justify taking gigantic salaries while hourly workers struggle to make ends meet.
- During a wide-ranging interview with Vulture, Queer Eye’s Fab Five discussed whether they would consider making over the Colorado baker who recently won the legal right to discriminate against people who are gay. Most of the guys would give it a shot, but grooming expert Jonathan Van Ness is having none of that.
.@e_alexjung asked the Queer Eye guys if they'd do a show witht he Colorado Masterpiece baker. @Jvn got pretty darn real https://t.co/T68v2dvAC9 pic.twitter.com/tHB9XJX5b4
— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 27, 2018
- Bourbon is the latest victim of Donald Trump’s trade war. Responding to steel and aluminum tariffs, the United Kingdom is slapping its own 25 percent levy on American whiskey exports.
- Flesh-and-blood pizza delivery drivers may become a thing of the past as autonomous vehicles become more prevalent.
- Rise Products is a new startup that takes brewery waste — leftover grains that are still usable — and uses it to make bread. The grains are converted into flour, which has been popping up in bakeries across the globe.
- Here’s a five-foot-tall shaved ice, perfect for summertime.
- The New Yorker humor section takes on the idea of splitting a restaurant check 13 ways.
- Watching this crepe machine in action is oddly satisfying.
- Dunkin is preparing a national rollout for its “donut fries,” which have previously been tested in select markets. Anyone who has ever enjoyed churros, the crispy, sugary Mexican dessert, will recognize this new menu item.
- After a partnership with a private equity firm didn’t work out, the founder of Chobani struck a new deal to gain near total control of his Greek yogurt business.
- Finally, the nostalgia economy is booming at Burger King, which is reviving Budweiser’s classic “whassup” ad as part of a new collaboration with the beer giant. Now a new generation of kids can be embarrassed as their lame dads scream the tagline at every opportunity for years to come.
