There's good news for dog lovers in Florida - soon you and your pooch may be able to dine together at a restaurant. There's a catch - you'll have to sit at an outside table. The bill passed a state committee today. It still has two more committee stops before making it to the full floor of the senate for debate.

An Italian woman's love of gourmet food has gotten her banned from the city of Rome. Police describe the 42-year-old woman as a "mooch artist" after she declined to pay her restaurant bill on numerous occasions.

McDonald's golden arches are getting a makeover. The worldwide hamburger chain is going to distinguish its kosher restaurants with the blue and white colors of Israel's flag in 14 restaurants. The move is aimed at preventing religious Jews from accidentally eating a cheeseburger. According to the Guardian Online, the change is expected to be made at ten other branches Jewish religious authorities have given kosher certificates to. . . because they do not include dairy products on their menus.

A woman who fell off and hurt herself while dancing atop a lounge piano is suing the ritzy Sarasota restaurant where the accident happened. Theodora "Teddy" Picard fell backward off the piano to the floor in the lounge of Michael's on East in January 2005. The lawsuit says she wouldn't have climbed onto the piano if the restaurant's director hadn't pressured her, taken her by the arm and helped her climb up. The lawsuit says Picard suffered a lingering neck injury in the fall.

Police are looking for a man who they believe vandalized a bathroom at a Mexican restaurant after accusing employees of putting hot sauce on his tacos. Police officials believe two people driving a red 1994 GMC Jimmy ordered food from the drive-thru at Taco John's about 8 p. m. Friday. After they received their food, they pulled over in the parking lot and one of the men walked into the restaurant and began arguing with employees and staff claiming they put hot sauce on his tacos.