• Lettuce Entertain You could be evicted from Block 37, a new mall in the Loop, due to cost overruns. [Crain’s]
• Coke’s new soda fountains will let consumers mix 104 different drinks, like Caffeine-Free Raspberry Coke. [WSJ]
• Six of yesterday’s top twenty Google searches were about chain restaurants. [Eater]
• After last week’s 23 state lettuce recall, restaurants have spent a lot of time convincing customers their greens are safe. [CNN]
• At least 40 butchers were detained in Venezuela last week over allegations of price gouging on beef. [NYP]
• A Queens woman is suing Con-Agra, charging that she got “popcorn lung” after eating their microwaved popcorn twice daily for sixteen years. [NYDN]
• Nutritionist Janine Whiteson says it is possible to find healthy food like Sun Chips and tuna at the bodega. [NYDN]