Wendy's Bacon Mushroom Melt has garnered somewhat of a cult following. Dating back to the '90s, it has disappeared and reappeared from menus across the country. I found this one in Orange, New Jersey, not more than three weeks ago. As it turns out, there's no information on the Wendy's website. Hopefully, this post will flush out some more data on a burger as elusive, it would seem, as the McRib of yore. More

From social media consultant Jason Falls comes this chart illustrating reception of major burger brands in social media based on volume of conversation, sentiment, and passion, using data pulled by ConsumerBase. In-N-Out had the most volume, but came in second for positive chatter right behind Five Guys. White Castle was the most polarizing between love and hate, and Wendy's was most disliked, although not passionately so. Read more at Falls' site, Social Media Explorer. More

Earlier this month Wendy's announced they're introducing a new premium burger called Dave's Hot 'N Juicy Cheeseburger, named after founder Dave Thomas, and switching their fries to natural-cut skin-on fries made with Russett potatoes and sprinkled with sea salt.... More

Over on the blog Eater, there's a thoroughly entertaining round-up of '80s and '90s Wendy's employee training videos. I clicked into the post expecting to see what in my opinion is the most mindblowingly, tripped-out, amazing piece of employee-training material ever made. But no dice. This insane video was not to be found among that round-up. So we offer it here. Dancing burger patties with faces. Awkward mid-'80s rapping. What more could you want? More

Wendy's recently added a new burger to their line up. The Bacon & Blue is billed as North American beef, real blue cheese crumble, applewood smoked bacon, sautéed onions, and steakhouse sauce. Here's what it looks like in real life. More

Note: In our Reality Check series, we take a look at fast food in the news and show you what it looks like in all its unstylized glory. [Photograph: Wendy's] This month, Wendy's introduced a new burger, the Bacon Deluxe... More

Fancy Fast Food From Fancy Fast Food comes the Wendy's Napoleon, a dish made of puréed ingredients from the Wendy's Baconator combo. Yes, those are alternating layers of puréed bun, fries, and meat and cheese, topped off with spun... More

Wendy's is working on finding the perfect onion-to-burger diameter ratio. And the quest continues.... More

Tucker Shaw faces down Hardee's Monster Thickburger as well as some of the biggest burgers in fast food. Here, he complains that the Monster Thickburger (right) was too much to fit in his mouth: Success was not mine, for as... More

Or, 'Cheesy Date: I'll Melt With You' In a week where I was trying hard to eat healthier, I supposedly mumbled "eat a cheesesteak" while napping. Fine, subconscious, you win. Well, you and the boy who's been clamoring to try... More