Roundup: NBA Team in Virginia Beach, Rowdy Girl Arrested at Vikings Game & Jay-Z, Robert De Niro Beef
Rihanna and Hope Solo are going to have an epic conversation someday … awesomely bad taxidermy … a class action lawsuit against Time Warner for their absurd modem charge … Eddie Murphy’s new girlfriend … Florida man commits suicide because Obama was reelected … reporter fired for not allowing byline on story … NHL players gather on a parking garage to play pickup with fans … C-Tates is the sexiest man alive, but you knew that … teacher sleeps with student … possible Hostess liquidation … what its like to work online … drunk driver goes flying, lands on commuter train tracks … a Robert De Niro – Jay-Z beef?
Remember Dajuan Wagner? [Philly.com]
How can Bud Selig punish Jeffrey Loria and the Marlins? [Palm Beach Post]
Twitter brings out the worst in people, especially when Pau Gasol misses an important shot. [Mashable]
Florida’s Erik Murphy (E!?) was a perfect 10-10 last night as Florida beat Wisconsin. [Florida Times-Union]
Louisville could not sustain a professional basketball team. [WHAS11]
Dodgers owe $13 million for the work on their bankruptcy legal fees. [Wall Street Journal]
The drunk Vikings fan who ate ice cream with his credit card has been interviewed. He doesn’t usually drink. [City Pages]
What Thomas Robinson had to go through to get to the NBA. [SLAM]
Ray Allen’s rental in Miami is nice. [Curbed]
Virginia Beach mayor confirms he met with an NBA team. [RealGM]
Wrong way bud.
What if Dalton was the bad guy in Road House? [via FilmDrunk]
Here is a massive street brawl from the Ukraine.
Drunk girl arrested at Vikings – Lions game. (Update: Isaac from Guyism says this video is from a couple years back.)
This is Gustavo Almadovar.
- Miguel Cabrera Hit a Home Run With a Huge Assist From Michael Bourn [Video]
- Donovan McNabb in Advanced Talks with Fox Sports 1 to Possibly Join Their Version of Sportscenter
- Houston Astros Vendor Caught on the Toilet with Snow Cones Next to Him, Has Been Fired [Video]
- Baltimore Orioles Wearing Canadian Tuxedos (All-Denim) For Their Trip to Toronto
- TNT Celebrated Chris “Birdman” Andersen With a Post-Game Interview After His Historic Game 1 Performance
- cracker jack on Donovan McNabb in Advanced Talks with Fox Sports 1 to Possibly Join Their Version of Sportscenter
- resolutedefense on Donovan McNabb in Advanced Talks with Fox Sports 1 to Possibly Join Their Version of Sportscenter
- Nada on Houston Astros Vendor Caught on the Toilet with Snow Cones Next to Him, Has Been Fired [Video]
- ms621 on Donovan McNabb in Advanced Talks with Fox Sports 1 to Possibly Join Their Version of Sportscenter
- cracker jack on Donovan McNabb in Advanced Talks with Fox Sports 1 to Possibly Join Their Version of Sportscenter
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November 15th, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Florida?
/clicks link
Florida!
November 15th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Somebody talked Rihianna into losing weight. That is unfortunate.
Yep. I hope he gets another shot. Cool article. He didn’t seem bitter or angry at his fate. Just a guy trying to keep his dream alive.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
They really are the state that keeps on giving in terms of creepiness.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Fuck you I put on pants yesterday.
/Married CRM’d
November 15th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
GOP really needs to work on their GOTV strategy if this keep happening to their base.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Glad to see Ukraine is carrying on the tradition of the rumbles between the Socia’s and the Greasers.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Florida!
Woo hoo! Funny that my best friend is a teacher. I always joke with her that I will see her name on the news.
No.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Seriously. Vomit.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Guy Fieri was just on Today…he said the restaurant isn’t at it’s best because it has only been open for two months and it will get better…In my experience, restaurant are usually at it’s best the first six months it opens and then they just go downhill from there…I only eat at buffets though, so what do I know?
November 15th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Virginia Beach mayor confirms he met with an NBA team.
This city has been clamoring for an NBA team since like 2001. They didn’t get the Grizz (I think it was them), got passed over for expansion team, and generally didn’t get a favorable prognosis when the NBA looked at them last time.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Two members of #TeamMonte obvi.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Move the hornets there(change the damn name), and the Kings to Seattle…rename them the Sonics
November 15th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Nah, Ive seen the opposite. They get the kinks worked out, the employees improve or get fired. Usually takes a few months to tell what a restaurant will really be like.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
I have too, but usually they open with the A-Team training and doing the work for the B-team and then when the B-team takes over the quality kinda goes down
November 15th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Yep and if they don’t get the kinks worked out they are usually closed by 9 months.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Not that attractive. Not shocking
November 15th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
I liked Wagner. Wished he would’ve stayed in school
November 15th, 2012 at 8:52 AM
The A team B team thing really applies to Hooters, Tilted Kilts, Twin Peaks, Pink Tacos and other similar establishments.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Nah, Ive seen the opposite. They get the kinks worked out, the employees improve or get fired. Usually takes a few months to tell what a restaurant will really be like.
2 months is plenty of time, especially for an experienced operator. his place is just shitty, apparently.
/not surprised
November 15th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
It can go either way…some restaurants get better as time goes on, and others get worse.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Do we still complain about links being several days old, or have we given up on that? Because Gustavo Almodovar passed through my life Monday.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
i heard some of the spin he put on it. i almost want to go there now just so i can witness the dumpster fire of a restaurant.
but if i want good food in NYC i’ll just go to Olive Garden.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
So, basically, places like Guy Fieri’s American Kitchen and Grill?
November 15th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
Yep. I hope he gets another shot. Cool article. He didn’t seem bitter or angry at his fate. Just a guy trying to keep his dream alive.
I skimmed the article only, but I think he has a colostomy bag now and that colitis seriously fucked him up. Also traction that he infected with something major. Cool to talk about him returning but if wanted to play pro ball he’d be playing pro ball. Gotta pass a physical first.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
Food may not be good, but that review read as one big rip of Fieri. Wonder what the review would have been like had his name not been on the front.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
The Wagner story went to great lengths to say Wagner is a drug dealer without saying it.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
In my experience, restaurant are usually at it’s best the first six months it opens and then they just go downhill from there…
Said it before and I’ll say it again, if the hostess is ugly, get out while you still can.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
You’re correct. The restaurant is everything he and the backers wanted it to be, with the only hiccups they encountered are that Fieri is polarizing, ripe for a takedown, and writers have taken the opportunity to do so. But really, $6.50 for a Miller YeeHigh HawLife should send anyone over the edge.
/buy 2XL “Welcome to Flavor Town!” for $39 in restaurant gift shop
November 15th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
I wasn’t talking about service.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Virginia Beach mayor confirms he met with an NBA team. [RealGM]
That’s a coffee shop / facebook area. Lots of people sitting around and talking but nobody spending any real money.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
But folks, DONKEY SAUCE.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Doesn’t really work anymore. Down economy. All hostesses are good looking.
/former secretaries
November 15th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Whoa. That was nuts. “Museum Visitors: leave a comment” panel reminded me so much of us, it’s uncanny.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Let’s also point out, that if you’re going out to dinner in Times Square, you shouldn’t be expecting Per Se or any of the best restaurants in New York City.
There’s lots of good restaurants a few blocks away. Or take a cab.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
The Wagner story went to great lengths to say Wagner is a drug dealer without saying it.
This.
After referencing a stepfather, cousin and friend all arrested for drug related crime, it seemed pretty clear what he was trying to convey.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
we can all blame the food network for setting back restaurants at least a decade with their celebrity chef BS
November 15th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Florida’s Erik Murphy (E!?) was a perfect 10-10 last night as Florida beat Wisconsin.
Laettner went 10-10 field and 10-10 from the foul line in that epic game vs. UK. Also got in that stomping.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
It’s a shame I always forget that Terry Funk was in Road House. He deserved more than an offscreen death, or at least have the bear statue fall on him instead of the fat guy.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
For non-New Yorkers, I think he means “in line”.
source: romanwarhelmet
November 15th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
The Wagner story went to great lengths to say Wagner is a drug dealer without saying it.
False. It said he was from Camden – ipso facto and all that.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
I always thought hostess is where they either put the young girls who aren’t old enough to serve booze, or the fat girls who they know won’t get decent tips?
November 15th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Was thinking the same thing. He also looks the exact same now as he did then.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
How can Bud Selig punish Jeffrey Loria and the Marlins?
Why would he? He allowed it to happen.
Do we still complain about links being several days old, or have we given up on that? Because Gustavo Almodovar passed through my life Monday.
Just like Deadspin, we get our links from Reddit.
/Duffy yesterday
//No 13 minute compilation of Russian dashcam wrecks today.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
don’t ruin dining in NYC for the rest of us, let the people who gravitate towards a guy fieri type restaurant stay in times square for food and drink. I’ll take less obnoxious crowds at my favorite places in soho
November 15th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
YYSA, to clarify, if the hostess is ugly the food is assuredly bad. If the hostess is hot, it is still undetermined.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Let’s also point out, that if you’re going out to dinner in Times Square, you shouldn’t be expecting Per Se or any of the best restaurants in New York City.
the reviewer definitely wasn’t expecting fine dining. he was expecting food to be made well. if you build a career on how much you love diner food, you deserve to get blasted when your (what sounds like) high end diner food restaurant sucks.
it isn’t like this was one bad night. he probably ate there a half dozen times over the course of a few weeks and had most if not all of the menu.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
the roundup pic makes my pants very, very loose.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
This. This. This. A restaurant reviewer usually goes to a restaurant 5 different times before writing the review. This is more than likely consistent shit.
All of the places I went to when I was in school or going up to see my ex at NYU are probably closed at this point.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
He and the medical worker exactly nailed my world. I show her a Photoshop I grinded on for 8 minutes because, you know, the world needs to see Spencer as Cousin Yuri, right? And she simply responds that she took the heart out of a dead gangbanger and put it in some Grandma’s chest. I’ll never win.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
not to mention that that is at Ford Field, so it couldn’t have been last week’s game.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Tastykake >>>>> Hostess
November 15th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Cant fault the reviewer. The sign in the restaurant clearly declared “WELCOME TO FLAVOR TOWN”. When the Flavortown chamber of commerce rolls out the red carpet like that and then the food disappoints, what else is a reviewer to do? Hell hath no fury like a food reviewer scorned.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
the world needs to see Spencer as Cousin Yuri, right? And she simply responds that she took the heart out of a dead gangbanger and put it in some Grandma’s chest.
/dying
November 15th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Unless it’s the foodie elite. Never have I seen a whinier group of people
November 15th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYe5xnWLHrQ
I know there was a post about it yesterday, but hopefully those of you who haven’t seen it can get a look. Zlatan is one of very few footballer who would even try something like this. The potential to totally embarrass yourself and forever live in youtube infamy is way too high if you try and fail at what he did.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
that’s his problem right there, most people who go to a guy fieri restaurant would eat most of the menu in one trip, not stretching it out over a few weeks. totally different experience with the food if it’s done in a gluttonous way.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Well, yeah. That was pretty good. But, compared to a heart transplant?
November 15th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Here is a massive street brawl from the Ukraine
Ukraine is weak
November 15th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
they should do a tv show where they raid the kitchens of food reviewers and see what they have in their homes. cheese puffs, knock-off dr. pepper and boo-berry cereal and shit I bet.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
That’s great. Brad Wesley was a good man.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Florida man commits suicide because Obama was reelected
Obama wins again!
November 15th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
I hate Guy Fieri’s image as much as anyone, but why the hell is a NYT food critic reviewing that place? It is a TGIF/Chilis/Applebees on crack. That review wasn’t even that funny. Hacky Hack looking for pageviews. I wonder where that review is trending on reddit.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Do they still make that? I think I liked Franken-berry better, but I don’t remember the difference.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
What I liked about Zlatan’s 4th goal is he sees the goalie is going to get to that re-direct, so he starts backpedaling and prepares for the shot attempt before the goalie does that tepid clearing attempt.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Soccer fans?
TBL Commenters?
/Boston fans?
//nah
November 15th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
MOVE ALONG HILLBILLY!
November 15th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Since we are talking food, nothing more pretentious than calling yourself a “budding foodie” in your twitter/facebook profile. Get over yourself, douchebag.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
What if Dalton was the bad guy in Road House?
Good examples of 80′s Hot for those two women in that movie. Including that one that gets drunk and table dances.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
yeah, so is the life of restaurants in the city.
i’ve had good luck at Landmarc for dinner then a nice stroll or cab ride to the Brandy Library for after dinner drinks.
if you take the right turns on your walk, you can walk right past the Ghostbusters firehouse.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
I prefer the term Preobese
November 15th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Just say “I like to eat”. How hard is that? Foodie. Give me a break.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
zlatan could give a pointer or three to neymar. worst. pk. ever.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
honestly, more reviews like that are needed. I see far too many soft, cushy, inoffensive reviews of dining establishments.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
I see someone try something like this every time I go to a soccer field, which is 5-7 times a week….
November 15th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
You see someone try to bicycle kick from 30 yards out 5-7 times a week?
November 15th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
i’ve had good luck at Landmarc for dinner then a nice stroll or cab ride to the Brandy Library for after dinner drinks
I really liked Brandy Library when I was in NYC a few months ago.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Slightly more… tannic… than the ’59, I prefer a smoky feeling.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Maybe not as douchy as the NYT, but reviews definitely should be willing to be negative and call out the owners/chefs/servers/etc.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
People I know that self-identify as foodies tend to be the most boring people I know because they can’t talk about anything other than food or food shows.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
honestly, more reviews like that are needed. I see far too many soft, cushy, inoffensive reviews of dining establishments. Kaiser
It is the NYT. Not some free indie rag. Also, that place is successful for the people it is aimed at. Tourists.
http://gawker.com/5960552/you-wont-be-disappointed-10-eaters-not-from-the-new-york-times-who-like-guy-fieris-new-restaurant
November 15th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
I cant imagine playing now with the modern soccer ball. Those things were rocks 20 years ago and if a guy was shooting outside of the box, he had a monster leg, or was an idiot, possibly both.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Bradley’s goal was more impressive than Zlatan’s. Goals that are awesome but are stopped by even borderline competent keeping don’t do much for me.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
I’m crushed that I can’t find a youtube clip of when Larry David broke the food reviewer thumbs while playing dodgeball.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
it’s been a while since i’ve been there, try to get there whenever i start finding more and more whiskey i want to try before putting up $60 per bottle of the stuff at the liquor store.
i’m generally pretty open to any type of whiskey, but every recommendation from their experts has been really spot on to my favorite qualities of the drink.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
honestly, more reviews like that are needed. I see far too many soft, cushy, inoffensive reviews of dining establishments.
but then, as the critic, you dont get free food. i reviewed new mom and pops for our neighborhood paper, and all i had to do was tell the manager i was going to put them in a review and my food was free.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Do they still make that? I think I liked Franken-berry better, but I don’t remember the difference.
As far as I can tell, the cereals are now seasonal releases.
/finised boo-berry franken-berry mix yesterday.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
It is the NYT. Not some free indie rag. Also, that place is successful for the people it is aimed at. Tourists.
I think the point is that it is a tourist destination, and for someone to say they really love that type of food and then give people a shitty version of it sucks.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Not necessarily 30 yards out, but yeah I see someone attempt a bike at nearly every training session and higher level game I attend….
November 15th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Going to be in South Bend for Saturday and Detroit for Sunday, any advice on:
Not killing everyone in green in South Bend
Beers to drink
Applicable liquor laws
Places to eat
How to pee on the touchdown Jesus mural
Exicted to see Wake Forest win and to observe the Hillbilly in his natural habitat.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
/considers changing careers
//remember how I write papers
///I’ll stay right where I am
November 15th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
I’ll still take Messi over Zlatan anytime, everytime.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
there were plenty of identical reviews of guy’s place around the internet months before the NYT one…points removed for typical newspaper tardiness.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Anyone who wouldn’t is a complete idiot.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
but then, as the critic, you dont get free food. i reviewed new mom and pops for our neighborhood paper, and all i had to do was tell the manager i was going to put them in a review and my food was free.
you know that reviewers get free food anyway since its on an expense account. they don’t tell the servers or managers that they’re a reviewer since they don’t want to get extra attention or better service than a regular diner.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I hear that for every ND fan you punch in the balls, somewhere in the world an orphan gets a nutritious meal.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
what does a whiskey cost though? $15-20 neat? I look for value whiskey when I’m out (hello Bulliet) and will drop the $60 in a store (though it’s probably $45 in kentucky) since there’s no such thing as bad whiskey.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Agreed. I think it was Pete Wells’ Howard Beale moment from Network.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Ah, so we’re talking dirt cheap scotch in here?
November 15th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
I’ll still take Messi over Zlatan anytime, everytime.
Anyone who wouldn’t is a complete idiot.
Yeah I know, but it just had to be said….
November 15th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
there were plenty of identical reviews of guy’s place around the internet months before the NYT one…points removed for typical newspaper tardiness.
Exactly. This was a hack-job.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
From the Gawker article KC linked:
I said the exact same thing when I was out there. And was told the exact same thing.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Bourbon, it looks like
November 15th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Flyover state and suburb people love chain restaurants and the places tied to Food Network stars. That’s fine.
Flyover state and suburb people who eat at those places also don’t give a shit about a NYT restaurant review so good work guy you changed the world.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
you know that reviewers get free food anyway since its on an expense account.
oh, didnt know that. well, my theory sucks. i guess the “free” angle just works for small neighborhood guys.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Is this even a debate?
If you attend a NBA practice, you’ll see players put on a 3 point contest from mid court at almost every game. Yet, they don’t dare try to do that during a game, unless it’s a desperation 3 at end of quarter or half. I’ve tried bicycle kicks too, yet I was too chicken to try it during a game in fear of embarrassing myself. I’d like to attend some of these “higher level” games where bicycle kicks are so common. I mean, I watch EPL, La Liga, and Bundesliga every weekend. And I’ll probably see maybe 1 or 2 per month. And most are from close range.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Is this even a debate?
If you attend a NBA practice, you’ll see players put on a 3 point contest from mid court at almost every game. Yet, they don’t dare try to do that during a game, unless it’s a desperation 3 at end of quarter or half. I’ve tried bicycle kicks too, yet I was too chicken to try it during a game in fear of embarrassing myself. I’d like to attend some of these “higher level” games where bicycle kicks are so common. I mean, I watch EPL, La Liga, and Bundesliga every weekend. And I’ll probably see maybe 1 or 2 per month. And most are from close range.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I appreciate Cheesecake Factory for having very clean kitchens. I have seen enough restaurants go through remodeling and it is frightening what some kitchens look like.
/still wont eat at cheesecake factory though
/fuck that giant menu
November 15th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Let’s not pretend that the situation Zlatan in was a meaningful one though.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I went to a ward meeting last night. I am pretty certain I was the only person under 40 there.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Guy Fieri went here Blue Ash Chili. $1.50 beers all the time and huge sammiches. Just have to like Cincinnati-style chili.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
I said the exact same thing when I was out there. And was told the exact same thing. Hawk
It doesn’t even have to be Hawaii or NYC. I have friends that never left Western Kansas. When they come up they want to eat Cheesecake Factory or Old Chicago or Chilis and I’m like, “uh, there is actually really good local restaurants in KC.” They have no frame of reference. Their choices where they live are a cafe, a dairy delight and Casey’s pizza. Who am I to tell them that Cheesecake Factory sucks? They eat it and they are happy.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
How is Burt?
November 15th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Soused living the dream.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Fieri went to a place in Charlotte (The Penguin) which ended up getting so popular that there was a massive ownership battle over it and now the restaurant is functionally dead.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
/still wont eat at cheesecake factory though
/fuck that giant menu
i dont get how they can cook so many different types of food. they specialize in nothing.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
One firend works for a beer distributor, another works for the health department. Both say the same thing – chain restraunts are 20x cleaner than mom and pop.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Flyover state and suburb people love chain restaurants and the places tied to Food Network stars. That’s fine.
Flyover state and suburb people who eat at those places also don’t give a shit about a NYT restaurant review so good work guy you changed the world. Mole
Exactly. Also, this review just gave Guy a ton of free publicity. He just got seven free minutes on the Today show this morning.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
My old roommate used to piss in the bucket of white wine that was used for cooking at the Lonestar we worked at.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Or Richard Christy who traveled the world, lives in NYC and thinks papa johns is the best pizza.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
It’s a friendly, but still being watched by millions around the world. It’s not totally meaningless. Overwhelming majority of players would try to control the ball and then just kick it from far away. That thought didn’t even enter his mind. Fuck it, who cares I’m 30 yards out. I’m Zlatan and I’m gonna bicycle this bitch.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Guy Fieri went here Blue Ash Chili. $1.50 beers all the time and huge sammiches. Just have to like Cincinnati-style chili.
I played the Blue Ash golf course. Each morning they range find the distances from all the tees and update on a magnetic teebox sign. Much appreciated.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Though on the whole, absolutely. All the chains I’ve worked in had really strict corporate policies about health inspections relating to the GM’s continued employment. The Ruth’s Chris I worked at was immaculate. Also full of dipshits overpaying for food.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
I went to a ward meeting last night
How is Burt? Mole
I know a Burl. He is 90 something.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Drink here before the Lions game. Make sure you ride their bus to Ford Field (only a couple blocks away)
November 15th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
its just Henry Fords dream kitchen. My brother-in-law is a kitchen manager for Cheesecake and he says there are young 20 year olds coming in all excited to be a chef! and then they make the same salad for 10 hours straight.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
By “higher level” I mean not kids in rec or developmental levels, referring more to u15 and above, high school, pickup, etc….go to any park on Sunday where non-whites play….my best former players that are in college or beyond right now were all doing bikes at 12….
I would be more embarrassed by a shot that goes 30 yards above a goal or a shot that goes for a throw-in rather than a missed bike attempt….
November 15th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
chain restuarants have an established institutionalized process for their management that’s usually very similar from store to store…mom and pops restaurants, of which many are very clean, have to figure out their own way via experience. there’s the difference.
/common sense’d
November 15th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Their food isn’t bad; I can just think of several non-chain places off of the top of my head where I’d rather enjoy a meal. It’s one of the nice things about living near a large city.
The only time I end up at a place like Cheesecake factory is when I have dinner with an older relative who just doesn’t care where they eat.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I’ve heard the old piss in the pickle bucket story before as well.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Probably the most depressing thing I’m going to read all day.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Whoever put their website together has a sense of humor.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Turner Ward. Legend.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
DYING.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
There is always one chef holding in any kitchen so I am sure its not too bad.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Yeah I mean I’m not saying it isn’t an incredible piece of skill.
All I’m saying is I’ll still take Zidane’s CL final volley over it all day erry day.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Could also check out the Eastern Market tailgate.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
yeah, no. Attempting one in front of 55 people is not the same attempting it during a professional match. Like I said, there’s a reason why athletes try all sorts of cool trick shots and throws during a practice that they wouldn’t dare do in front of thousands of people in stadium and millions watching at home. This guy did. He deserves respect for that.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I’ve heard so many incarnations of that story (grew up around the bar/restaurant business), I’ve lost count.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Mixture in the Yelp reviews of “had the best time” and “Worst.Bar.Ever” which indicates to me that this place will be terrific. Thanks.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
My brother-in-law is a kitchen manager for Cheesecake and he says there are young 20 year olds coming in all excited to be a chef! and then they make the same salad for 10 hours straight.
well, the world needs ditch diggers too.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Very true. Our kitchen was swimming with Xanax, Loritab, Methadone, and every tradtional narcotic around. Had to go home early one time because I dozed off cleaning the fryer. Goddamn bars.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
gotta hone those knife skills, lawya. pay your dues.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
As long as you’re not expecting a 4* place, don’t mind receiving your beer in a plastic cup, and will inevitable be wearing some of the beer as others bump into you on accident, you’ll enjoy it.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
I’ve heard the old piss in the pickle bucket story before as well
Moral of the story, cook at home. Only go out for drinks.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Played there three weeks ago, Scripty.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
They had me at porta-potty on the roof.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
depends on what you get. I’ve found some whisky that i’ve never had before, buy a bottle, and hate it.
Typically i like to go out and try something for 1/4 or 1/8 the cost of the bottle before dropping a lot. mostly to keep the wife happy that i’m not dropping too much on booze i’ve never had before.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
truth. stick to it for a good year and you might graduate to making pizzas.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Most incidents I witnessed of….”food alterations”…came about because of a customer acted like a dick.
So, I would amend the lesson to “be careful about pissing off people in the food service industry if you like to go out to eat”.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Restaurant Impossible is a horrifying show to see how disgusting small restaurants kitchens are.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
a) it’s made for TV
b) gordon ramsay > that asshole
c) how the fuck can you trust a guy that looks like this?
November 15th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
That shit is real. You don’t fake that many years of caked on grease.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Any of you ever been out with that one friend who starts getting belligerent with the wait staff as soon as he walks into the restaurant? We started to not order anything when we went to any restaurant with him at one point. Just for the fear of someone spitting in my food. Finally we just stopped inviting him whenever we went to a restaurant.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
I don’t trust any PE/Home Ec. Teachers.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
It has to be some of these cities are shitty about enforcing health codes. I worked at a Pizza Hut in high school and a mom and pop place. We had to have that place sparkling just to squeak by the inspections. Cleaning the walk-in? Brutal assignment.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
oh, i know that…just saying they pick the worst of the worst because nobody wants to a roided up bear yelling at a guy for not mopping in three days.
in any event, we survived the plague, we’ll be fine.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
I haven’t seen much of anything publicized about this show, but my Uncle is the executive producer, so I will publicize it! Should be a pretty interesting watch, a poor man’s “Hard Knocks” perhaps?
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000090823/article/nfl-road-tested-the-cleveland-browns-to-make-series-debut
November 15th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Yep. We just did some work ona remodel for a Hooters that was taking over what was an old ‘Chinese Super Buffet’ type place. You haven’t lived until you try to remove a ceiling tile in a kitchen and it folds like soggy bread.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Most horrifying show is Bar Rescue, where they take a perfect dive with free pours, degenerates and drunken owners and turn into some souless nightclub hole for rich college kids to spend $7 a mixed shot. Like watching priceless art defaced into glib advertisements aimed at morons.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
EEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 15th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
“That’s when the big bucks start rolling in.”
November 15th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
holy shit that website is hilarious.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Kazzy I did game ops for a while. Lotta thankless work. For some college and minor league ahockey we did small shit like keeping the sticks in the airplane storage reas with heat so the sticks wouldnt get f–cked up from brutal low temps in the winter. Tons of mindless arguing each trip that nobody gives a shit about.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
great read on chip kelly’s offense.
/might hate oregon, but love their approach
November 15th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
c) how the fuck can you trust a guy that looks like this?
I don’t trust any PE/Home Ec. Teachers.
Or the EIC.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
damn that course web site aint working for me. Apparently the 5 people here reviewing it is crashing it.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
Didn’t realize it had to be tried in a professional match from your initial comment to qualify as relevant to the conversation. My bad.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Yeah, I don’t know if that part of the show will be as entertaining as watching the team game-plan for their opponent that week. Uncle seems very excited about it. I’m glad NFL Films is involved.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
a buddy of mine does restaurant reviews for a paper round here. he took me and the twins with him to a meat-pie place last month and here’s the review
i’m the Joe he refers to
November 15th, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Elections, consequences, etc.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Always heard great things about that place when I lived in CHA and never went. I hated going anywhere on Independence because of the damned traffic.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
Hey Joe, where you goin’ with that pie in your hand?
Assuming your buddy Marty isn’t one of those Cusacks.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Not really your point, but the last line of that article:
The over/under of price increase has got to be at least $1, right? No way a pizza goes from $9.99 to $10.13.
So people get their insurance, businesses are more profitable, and consumer pays for everything. Sounds about right.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Just wait till people start getting dropped from their companies health coverage or out right fired. If this is gonna be the law of the land may as well revoke all the fucking waivers that were handed out to the chosen groups.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
No.
So most workers’ hours are cut, they still don’t get health insurance because they won’t meet the threshold, and prices go up.
The ObamaEconomy strikes again.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Isn’t on Independence, was between Pecan and 3rd more or less, though parking was a fucking nightmare there. Had outstanding burgers and hotdogs and great fried pickles. It still exists but I believe the menu and equipment was taken by the people who worked there to a new place (I think called The Diamond) and now The Penguin is something else, the people who owened the property were the dicks in the situation.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
There was a pretty impressive takedown of Papa John out there. They calculated the cost given the information on his actual employees, pizzas sold and the cost per pizza is closer to 4 cents. Big fucking deal.
Plus, he’s giving away like 2 million pizzas in that one promotion. I realize that’s a marketing cost but its still a cost. Maybe just dont give out so many free pizzas dumb shit.
Papa is being really butthurt.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Yeah, the world pizza market is going to be fucking decimated by the Obama election. All the pizza joints will fucking shutter themselves.
Get out of here with that nonsense.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
I wonder if this will cost Papa John’s 14 cents per pizza?
November 15th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Plus, he’s giving away like 2 million pizzas in that one promotion.
Love this. When Titans win, its half off here. Got 2 large and breadsticks for like $14 Monday. Stealing. And yes, I enjoyed it, because I enjoy Papa Johns pizza.
/high-fives Peyton Manning
November 15th, 2012 at 10:43 AM
The “pizza joints” will be just fine … by cutting hours and laying off employees. Oh, and jacking up prices.
Meanwhile, the fast food worker’s life just got even more miserable because instead of working 35 hours a week — if he’s lucky to be employed in this economy in the first place — he’s now working 20, and will likely have to find a second job, which if he’s lucky to have two, still neither will provide him with insurance.
See, it’s funny what happens when you wade past the Hopenchange and look at the details.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:43 AM
Maybe just dont give out so many free pizzas dumb shit.
peyton made him, remember?
November 15th, 2012 at 10:43 AM
At the last company I worked at (very large, fortune 500 company), they started cutting all part time employees to under 25 hours weekly a few months ago. They gave us the option to move some long term part timers to full time, but the cost of their benefits along with their additional income came out of your branch’s bottom line, which the managers were paid a commission from. I was lucky that only 1 of my part timers was in it for the income (all of my part timers were retirees looking to keep themselves busy), so I moved her to full time and the others were cool with it. Unfortunately, after I left, the new manager decided to put her back to part time. Just a shitty situation all around.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
Meanwhile, the fast food worker’s life just got even more miserable because instead of working 35 hours a week — if he’s lucky to be employed in this economy in the first place — he’s now working 20, and will likely have to find a second job, which if he’s lucky to have two, still neither will provide him with insurance.
this is rich coming from a republican. all of a sudden you care about the downtrodden. i’m liberal and i say ‘hey, go get some training for a job/career that doesn;t expose you to the whims of a government.’ yes, that’s right, handle your business better and don’t blame others for your plight
November 15th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
gonna be another good 4 years for Republicans.
Dem in the white house, so 4 years of bitching. Fox News ratings will be up, that’s for sure.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
It’s funny seeing corporate America which is sitting on $3 trillion of cash bitching about the costs of health care. Maybe instead of sitting on that cash earning 0.25 they can help their employees which in turn would help increase demand, allowing for revenues to grow.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
i don’t get it. right or left, no politician or system of government can ever please everyone. if some policies are so clearly wrong but remains in place, then the system is broken. waiting for politicians to sacrifice career for the public well being is a fool’s game
November 15th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Dem in the white house, so 4 years of bitching. Fox News ratings will be up, that’s for sure. McIntyre
I saw someone on here after the election saying that there needed to be a Rush Limbaugh suicide watch. Bullshit. He loves Democrats being in power.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Meanwhile, the fast food worker’s life just got even more miserable
Fast food workers life is already miserable – BECAUSE HE’S WORKING AT A FAST FOOD JOB. If the health care reform radically alters our fast food industry, whatever. That’s the cost. Well, I guess I’ll live with it.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
truth kc, altho i saw hannity (i think) talking to a tea partier the other day and challenging her on her views. they know that shit needs to stop if they want to compete
November 15th, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Hmmm, try to think one step further and ask yourself: WHY would they be sitting on all that cash, instead of doing what they’d prefer, which is to invest it?
November 15th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Is there this massive group of adults that are sustaining themselves solely on their 30 hour work weeks at McDonalds and Arby’s? Am I missing something? This is going to decimate the American economy?
November 15th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Kind of simplistic. The companies with the boatloads of cash aren’t the ones who will be the greatest affected. I don’t think Apple with $176 billion will be looking to reduce their part-time hours.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Liberal economics never have — and never will — work.
The only question I have is, after what will be eight years of this misery, will The One finally own up to his failures and stop blaming Bush?
November 15th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
It’s called a credit crunch combined with falling home prices which has lead consumers to retract their spending. Once consumers have their balance sheets cleaned up (and have the past 4 years), they’re willing to spend more, creating demand. Your bubble conservative point of view thinking that “job creators” create this tremendous wealth effect has proven to be factually and theoretically wrong all through economic history.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Once people realize Rush, Fox News, MSNBC is all a sick form of entertainment, it all makes sense. Rush made his name during Clinton, was forgotten about during Bush II, and suddenly is back again with a dem in the White House. Fox News was in cheerleading mode during BUsh II – which isn’t good for ratings – then starts raging against the machine when a Dems in office. MSNBC is still the junior varsity though(except in reverse).
/Done with entertainment masked a politics for the day
November 15th, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Yes, there is.
It’s rare that I find myself aligned with Mike NYC, but in this case, I am. Obamacare is a monstrosity, and people are going to find out very soon what the true cost is.
It’s also the main reason I switched from supporting Obama in ’08 to not supporting Obama in ’12.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:59 AM
What I learned – economics don’t work.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:00 AM
There is no trickle down effect and not even Romney would support austerity. Fucking Reagan’s (glad he’s dead) recovery was Keynesian, what in the hell are you talking about?
November 15th, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Work 17.5 hours at Arby’s, go work 17.5 hours at McDonalds. Solved.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Im sorry but if you are working 35 hours a week at a fast food place on the csah register, your concern is greater than our modern healthcare system. I realize there is a tiny subset of people who have a disability or something and will be impacted. The vast sum of people doing 35 hours at WacArnolds lack legitimite trade skills.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Well, if restaurants need to get people below 30 hours, then they’ll need to hire more people to make up the difference.
Jobs created.
Problem solved.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Golf Clap for this.
/Churches being sued for violating electioneering rules as tax exempt
November 15th, 2012 at 11:07 AM
And you are left where you started: still without insurance. Brilliant.
Shall I go on?
November 15th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Mike – had no insurance when i quit my job to run the blog. Went on wife’s insurance.
Who are all these people you’re talking about working in the food industry? 20-somethings? 30-somethings?
I was on my parents insurance after college … until i got a job (Sept after June grad)
November 15th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Shall I go on?
yes. i’m still waiting for your explanation of concern for the lower classes
November 15th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Rihanna … is not attractive.
bad taxidermy
The guy who founded auto-trader lives out near Lake Oconee in an extremely nice house. The huge basement is filled with all kinds of taxidermied (word?) animals that he’s hunted. And they’re displayed in their “natural habitat” in many spots – like little caverns built into the wall with a bobcat sitting on a tree branch looking down at a beaver (pun?). For real.
He even has a sink – the base of which is a monkey with its arms extended up, holding the bowl of the sink.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Consider her from the neck down only.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:13 AM
hOOOOO BOY that reads out of touch
November 15th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
The guy who founded auto-traderCraig James lives out nearLake OconeeTexas in an extremely nice house. The huge basement is filled with all kinds of taxidermied (word?)animalsfive dead hookers that he’s hunted./fixed
November 15th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
He forgot to mention staying a 5th year at college on mommy and daddy’s dime
November 15th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
had no insurance when i quit my job to run the blog. Went on wife’s insurance.
So you had insurance.
Who are all these people you’re talking about working in the food industry? 20-somethings? 30-somethings?
Low seven figures have completely altered/blurred your worldview. Goodness.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:20 AM
Seriously?
November 15th, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Mike – i get that it is very difficult to get a job out of college right now. it’s terrible out there. only two examples of guys i have spoken with lately:
smart guy i know graduated Cornell, couldn’t find anything. Ended up going back to school for Masters at Duke. now has a job.
Smart guy i know played football at Georgetown, had offers from Facebook/Under Armour after graduating. Took Facebook job.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
Nailed it.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Liberal economics never have — and never will — work.
And just so we’re clear: Republican economics HAVE worked well?
November 15th, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Took Facebook job.
Let us know when he reaches the point of regret.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:29 AM
What was their opinion on the NHL lockout.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:33 AM
I have quite a few friends in the restaurant biz, mostly chefs. Guys with kids and shit, no insurance.
They end up just paying huge lump sums every so often for various forms of health care. This “monstrosity” simply pushes their cheap ass employers to provide some level of assistance, and yes, costs the employee a little up front to save on the back end.
Ultimately the goal is to get people access to “free” preventative care before you need really expensive care (and bankruptcy). The payout per person cost stays about the same, but just happens at different points in the chain.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:35 AM
fun taxidermy was dr. suess’s of some of his imaginary creatures
November 15th, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Fuck the owners. And contract 2 – 4 teams.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
Liquor, are you talking about Obamacare? Because that is not the way it works, from how I understand it.
THe law will require you to buy insurance, whether you can afford it or not. If you don’t buy it bevause you can’t afford it, you are penalized up to 10 percent of your income, leaving you still without coverage.
Insurers are required to take all comers, but there is no mechanism in the law to limit what they can charge in premiums, other than some vague promise that the “market” will cap costs.
Small companies will drop their insurance programs for employees because it will be cheaper to simply pay the fine for not providing.
Larger companies already are in the process of shifting most or all costs for insurance to their employees. This is happening right now where I work.
And even if you have coverage, you will pay a tax on the worth of that coverage.
If I’m wrong in any of this, someone correct me.
November 15th, 2012 at 11:58 AM
One would think this would result in an extreme amount of dissatisfaction.
November 15th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Cant work for competing companies. Need a more workable example
November 15th, 2012 at 12:03 PM
I can assure you that, where I work, this is the result.
November 15th, 2012 at 12:06 PM
My job hasn’t announced any changes. I would classify us as “medium-sized”.
November 15th, 2012 at 12:08 PM
I work for a Fortune 200/300 company, and the insurance is going up dramatically.
I’m on my wife’s insurance, and she’s a teacher. We just started paying for coverage last year.
November 15th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
next on ripley’s believe it or not: healthcare policy leads to revolution
November 15th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Teacher benefits up there are dramatically better than down here. Down here all the teachers get on their spouses insurance.
November 15th, 2012 at 12:13 PM
My company is 700-plus employees. The changes were just announced via the annual enrollment/change program. Lot of sticker shock going around.
November 15th, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Maybe not, Vez, but when people come to realize they were sold a bill of goods on this, there’s gonna be lots of pissed-off people.
Recall Pelosi’s quote about Obamacare: “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.”
November 15th, 2012 at 12:17 PM
I just added the kid to mine, which is setting me back about 200 extra per month. No idea if that’s good or bad.
November 15th, 2012 at 12:46 PM
Both of Paula Deen’s sons having shows on the Food Network is the worst case of nepotism since Donkey Jr. or Sanford and Son.
I do enjoy watching her shoehorn buhhhder into every recipe.