It's a headline that writes itself. On May 11 in New Orleans, a man dressed in drag climbed through the drive-thru window of a Burger King with a gun and held up the store. "The burglar had a revealing...
Word from Nancy Luna, the Fast Food Maven, is that Smashburger, a Denver-based burger chain started by the founder of Quiznos, has raised $15 million to expand the concept nationally with as many as 500 outlets. And what's the...
Burger King has launched a new campaign to recruit managers to its corporate- and franchise-owned stores, and it's a bit out of the ordinary for fast food, says the New York Times: Unlike most campaigns in the realm of what...
One Big Mac + Three McChicken sandwiches = The Big MacChicken, a Big Mac with chicken patties as the bread: With the first bite I found myself going through a crunchy/juicy layer after layer and the texture was to die...
As part of McDonald's strategy to appeal to local tastes and aesthetics, a Mickey D's in Hacienda Heights, California, which has a large Asian community, has gone all feng shui. Elements include "leather seats, earth tones, bamboo plants, and water...
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...
The California man took turned a $325 investment in a hot dog cart into one of the largest burger chains in the Western U.S.: Mr. Karcher, a deeply religious father of 12, was famous in the fast-food industry for his...
From the AHT mailbag, a nice surprise from Maki Itoh of the foodblog Just Hungry. Click through for high-res version on Flickr. Adam, I'm not sure if this would be useful for you, but I thought of AHT when I...
Dear Lauren/AHT, Wanted to let you know, to celebrate my quarter-century, I had a quarter-pounder. Ha! —(Your Brother) Max Dear Max, That's a lot better than renting a car just because you can. Happy birthday! Sin-sear-ly, AHT (and your sister)...
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...
