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October 3, 2006
Sen. Olympia Snowe has asked that restaurants be banned from calling a certain kind of shellfish lobster as it has taken millions of dollars from Maine fisherman as well as deceived the public. Many restaurants now use the term "Langostino Lobster," which was coined by the US Food and Drug Administration after customers sued a California-based restaurant for marketing lobster but serving langostino. The matter was settles in April without fault to the restaurant but the FDA still found it necessary to make the distinction.
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October 3, 2006
Topics alcohol, law, blue, health, southwest, mexico, restaurants, bars, virginia, real, island, church, people and death
A study may have proved that banning alcohol sales on Sundays saves lives. The Behavioral Health Research Center of the Southwest in Albuquerque analyzed traffic data before and after New Mexico lifted their ban on alcohol purchasing on Sundays and found a large increase in traffic accident and related deaths after the state lifted the ban.
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September 29, 2006
Topics chocolate, restaurant, people, israel, philippines, balls, dream, coffee, owned, pizza, restaurants, singapore, fun, australia, ice, bar, hot, united, reuters and man
A new restaurant in New York is serving chocolate pizza, warm double chocolate fondue, and is offering syringes that squirt liquid chocolate into customers' mouths. Chocolate By The Bald Man, owned by Israeli restaurateur Max Brenner, is a chocoholics dream. Patrons can get hot chocolate in oval-shaped cups called "hug mugs. " They can also get coffee in a cup that has a pouch for chocolate.
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August 26, 2006
The owner of a restaurant named after Adolf Hitler said he will change the restaurant's name. The owner said he chose the name only to attract attention. The restaurant is named "Hitler's Cross" and uses a Nazi swastika on its billboards and menu. The name caused a lot of controversy in the community, especially in the Jewish community.
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August 21, 2006
A Hitler-themed restaurant that opened last week in India's major financial district is causing an uproar. The restaurant's title - "Hitler's Cross" - refers to the swastika that symbolized the Nazi regime, and the restaurant's interior is decorated in red, white and black - the colors of the Nazi party. The road leading up to Hitler's Cross is lined with posters, one of which reads "From Small Bites to Mega Joys. " An enormous portrait of Hitler is the first thing visitors see when they open the door.
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