Hit-Or-Miss

Customer Tips Steak ‘N Shake Waitress $446 for $6 Meal

May 17, 2013 // 3:27 pm

We’ve heard a lot of food-service horror stories this week (thanks, Amy’s Baking Company) but nothing restores our faith in humanity like random strangers dispensing large wads of cash to unsuspecting waitresses. We’re pretty sure that Indiana resident CeCe Bruce didn’t expect to make nearly five hundred dollars…

Amy’s Baking Company Reopens Tuesday to a Sold Out Crowd

May 17, 2013 // 2:53 pm

The moment the bakery you saw burn alive in a social media firestorm turns it around and reopens to a sold out event. Yes, after freaking out on Facebook in the year’s most phenomenal internet temper tantrum (so far) and being the only restaurant on Kitchen Nightmares to…

French Fry Fingernails Are the New Nail Swag

May 17, 2013 // 2:47 pm

Forget fancily decorated fingernails holding burgers. The next hot trend? Combining the two (previously very, very distinct) realms with fry fingers!

We’re guessing the “fries” here are what appear to be carefully painted and placed strips of tape. As for the box — the choices are endless. From the Golden Arches…

Amy’s Baking Company Waitress Does AMA on Reddit, Calls Her Former Bosses “Assh*les”

May 17, 2013 // 1:28 pm

We’ve all had that one boss who took all our tips, called us “a poisonous little viper,” and then fired us for asking a three-word question, right? No? That’s probably because most of us haven’t been employed by Amy’s Baking Company, the Scottsdale restaurant whose famously unstable owners…

This Business Card Doubles as a Cheese Grater

May 17, 2013 // 2:04 am

In case you were wondering what the appropriate way to promote a new cheese shop was, here’s your answer: Network with a business card that doubles as a mini cheese grater. Genius.

This clever idea was developed by ad agency JWT for Bon Vivant, a cheese shop located…

A&W Wants to Clip Mini Billboard Ads to Your Beard

May 16, 2013 // 3:27 pm

It’s about high time we made use of manly manes and one of the world’s most valuable natural resources: Beards.

At least, that’s what A&W was thinking when they signed up with a Kentucky-based agency to create “beardboards.” According to Biz Insider, the “half-joke, half genius” scheme…

Queen Bey Gets Made Over in 3,780 Oreo Pops

May 15, 2013 // 12:10 pm

In the internet game, there are a few things bloggers will genuinely fawn over for their awesomeness, like Sriracha and My Little Pony. And then there are things we write about just for the clicks. Guess which category Beyoncé falls under.

Luckily we brought Oreos to make up for…

Take My Money: Ramen Burger with a Fried Noodle Patty

May 15, 2013 // 11:59 am

Birthed from a collaboration between fast food chain Lotteria and Japanese restaurant Menya Musashi, this ramen burger is the height of Cup Noodles innovation. Named the “Menya Musashi Ramen Burger,” the burger features a pork cutlet and mayo atop a lightly fried patty of noodles served between two buns.…