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Wendy's International Inc.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Seattle's Worst Dollar-Menu Items

    Even Charlie won't finish Jack in the Box tacos..and he eats legitimate poop.​ This week's Shit List could not be more literal. To say I'm not a fan of drive-through fare would be an understatement. In a town where you can indulge in Dick's or Zippy's burgers for a couple of bucks more, it see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Burger King's Top Chef Reveals Oyster Fantasy

    A classic west coast oyster dish would be available alongside French toast sticks and Crossain'wiches, if Burger King's head chef had his way. John Koch, the fast food chain's executive chef and director of product innovation, today told BurgerBusiness.com that his favorite breakfast is a Hangtown ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Burger King Still Trying to Build a Better French Fry

    ​Burger King, bless its congested heart, has reformulated its french fry recipe. McDonald's is the acknowledged master of the fast food fry, but that hasn't stopped other chains from trying to compete. Wendy's, which is now busy promoting its new "W" burger, last year widened its fries and do ... More >>

  • Food

    September 28, 2011

    Bottomfeeder: Li'l Woody's Crack Addiction

    Shakes as dipping sauce and backyard burgers infiltrate Pine Street.

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Li'l Woody Is Capitol Hill's Crack Dealer of Choice

    Lucinda Swain​The most conspicuous item on the board at Li'l Woody's, Marcus Lalario's new Pine Street burger emporium, is a dish called Crack. Crack consists of a basket of Dick's-esque French fries accompanied by a cup of the milkshake of your choice--to be used as dipping sauce. "When I w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Taking the Local Food Movement For a Ride in the Country

    ​In a story with implications for small towns nationwide, the New York Times today reported on the relentless hardships a locavore restaurateur has encountered in southwest Virginia. Steven Hopp - an Iowa-born ornithologist married to author Barbara Kingsolver, whose bestselling memoir Animal ... More >>

  • Food

    May 18, 2011

    Do Uneeda Burger?

    A former Fremont auto-repair shop is hoping the answer is yes.

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    The Great Fry Faceoff: Wendy's vs. McDonald's vs. Dick's

    ​By now you've heard that Wendy's new hand-cut, sea-salt-sprinkled fries beat out the Golden Arches in a taste test. Wendy's is telling anyone that will listen, promoting the fries on billboards and to-go bags. But the real question is, can the restaurant founded by the loveable Dave Thomas be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    McDonald's Plan for Success: Become Starbucks

    ​Starbucks recently moved up the mega-restaurant rankings to the third largest restaurant chain in the world, behind Subway at No. 2 and McDonald's at No. 1. This, perhaps, is making the head clowns at Mickey Ds nervous, because from the look of their new marketing and renovation push, the bur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Starbucks Is Now the Third Largest Restaurant Chain in United States

    ​That's not third largest coffee chain, or third largest coffee retailer, mind you. Starbucks is now the third largest restaurant chain in the country.

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    6 Salty and Sweet Combos for the Ages

    Ben & Jerry's​People say you're born with either a salty or a sweet tooth--there are even old wives' tales that claim it's passed down by the mother during her pregnancy. Whatever she craved while pregnant is what you'll end up loving. Is it true? Wouldn't that be the research project of a ... More >>

  • News

    March 16, 2011

    The War on Mexicans Strikes Ellensburg

    One of the largest immigration raids in state history rocks Rodeo City.

  • Arts

    March 9, 2011
  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Elemental Proves Truffaut's Auteur Theory

    A true auteur such as Steven Spielberg understands the rigorous attention to detail that's needed in order to get people really, really shitfaced.​Sometimes a forceful vision is all you need for success. Example: Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ is really just an extremely long snuff film, y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Carlton Kohnert, American Hero, Accused of Exposing Himself and Brandishing Shotgun All While Wearing Child's Banana Costume

    ​Carlton Kohnert is living the American dream. According to his Facebook page, the Sequim native is young (21), engaged to be married and loves his life in the Marine Corps. (Listed under his favorite quotes is, "If grass hoppers had machineguns, birds wouldnt fuck with them.") Kohnert also a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    What Chain Restaurants Do You WANT in Your Neighborhood?

    How many pieces of flair do YOU have on?​Last night, my wife Laura really wanted a baked potato. She wanted one in the worst kind of way, and even though I offered to bake her one, there was a complication: It was hot as balls in our house and she didn't want the oven turned on. I said I coul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    After 50 Attempts, Robot Makes Pancakes, Dreams of Working at Denny's

    Doin' the robot, makin' the pancakes​In the world of food, there is perhaps only one group of people more obsessed with robots than I am. That would be the good people over at Eater.com who, I'm guessing, have an entire staff dedicated to nothing but scouring the web for all food and robot-rel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    KJR Blacks Out In Denver, But Luckily His Cell Phone Doesn't

    This is Scott's brain on Coors and Akvavit.​Check Colorado off the list of states where I've sung karaoke. I'm now up to 11 (Washington, California, Nevada, Iowa, Arizona, Oregon, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Maryland, and New York). I spent last weekend with my oldest and dearest friend, Scott, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Mackenzie Cowell's Mom Pleads for Tips in Daughter's Murder

    Police still don't know who killed Mackenzie Cowell.​It's been three months since 17-year-old Wenatchee teen Mackenzie Cowell mysteriously turned up dead. In that time, police have tracked more than 750 tips, interviewed hundreds and taken DNA samples from dozens of potential suspects. Despit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Dinner & a Movie: Chlorinated Time Travel Wins, Red Lobster Loses

    ​The Dinner: The "Chef's Signature Lobster and Shrimp Pasta" with a tall raspberry margarita at Red Lobster (4231 196th St. SW., Lynnwood). The Movie: Hot Tub Time Machine at Alderwood 16 (18733 33rd Ave. W., Lynnwood). The Screenplate: When setting out to watch a movie about transporting to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    A.M. Music News: Green Day, Wolf Parade, Violent Femmes, and Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me: ZZ Top!

    ​-- NPR: ZZ Top's gonna play "Not My Job" on NPR's Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me! this weekend. -- Pitchfork: Wolf Parade's playing the Showbox on July 27. -- MyFoxDetroit: Fences at the Detroit ballpark sponsored by Jack White have been vandalized. That's just some tame shit. -- Spinner: Wo ... More >>

  • Arts

    January 13, 2010

    Stage Review: Hunter Gatherers

    A very uncivilized dinner party.

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Openings & Closings: New Tom Douglas Restaurant in the Works, Gator to Go in Shoreline

    ​Looks like Tom Douglas will be whipping up a new restaurant set to open around April of next year. Douglas had been spotted poking around Ballard, but not for long. Nancy Leson reports that Douglas and partner/wife Jackie Cross are sticking to their keep-em-close strategy, opening the new pla ... More >>

  • Food

    July 1, 2009

    Noodles a Go-Go

    Three more places for Seattle’s most exquisite and exotic slurps.

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Hu Tieu: Pho's Quieter, Sweeter Sister Noodle

    Thin Wheat Line is a weekly Voracious feature profiling noodles in Seattle. Noodle: Hu tieu nam vang Source: Tu Oanh, 1207 S. Jackson St., B101, 568-7208 Price: $7.25 (small) Back in my mid 20s, when I was eating pho two to three times a week, I used to occasionally mix it up with a bowl of hu ... More >>

  • Food

    September 3, 2008

    The Blizzard With the White Center

    Warren Buffett’s ass-expanding meal-in-a-cup lies just beyond city limits.

  • Film

    December 19, 2007

    The Savages: Laura Linney Comes Unglued

    Warren Buffett’s ass-expanding meal-in-a-cup lies just beyond city limits.

  • Arts

    December 5, 2007

    Details on That Holiday Show You've Gotta See

    From Peter Pan to Ham for the Holidays.

  • Food

    October 17, 2007

    “Fried Footballs” at Maekawa

    Trying to digest an International District disaster.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2007

    This Week in Music News

    Trying to digest an International District disaster.

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2007

    The Slaughterhouse Fine

    Trying to digest an International District disaster.

  • News

    March 21, 2007

    Who's Shooting Who?

    How the U.S. Military strung along the family of a Fort Lewis soldier killed by "friendly fire."

  • News

    July 26, 2006

    The Gay-Marriage Ruling

    Also: Seattle crime is up, a Fleet Week protester is still afloat, and Wendy McCaw takes on the First Amendment.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2006

    Battling Wendy

    Also: Seattle crime is up, a Fleet Week protester is still afloat, and Wendy McCaw takes on the First Amendment.

  • News

    July 5, 2006

    Circling the Square

    "Why are bums and winos given de facto control of valuable real estate in every large city in the nation?"

  • News

    December 28, 2005

    Frog March 2005!

    Election messes; secret gulags; monorail meltdowns; flaming hair; Bill, Melinda, and Bono; horse sex; Deep Throat; FEMA failures: It's been a heckuva year.

  • Food

    August 10, 2005

    Food to Fly

    Sea-Tac's Pacific Marketplace is a real departure.

  • Arts

    March 3, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    Sea-Tac's Pacific Marketplace is a real departure.

  • Diversions

    December 17, 2003

    Gone to the Dogs

    Keep your friends on a leash by buying for their pets.

  • Food

    December 18, 2002

    The Hotdish

    Keep your friends on a leash by buying for their pets.

  • News

    June 12, 2002

    A June wedding

    Keep your friends on a leash by buying for their pets.

  • Music

    June 5, 2002

    The searchers

    Hip-hop heroes N.E.R.D. go looking for the rock.

  • Arts

    December 12, 2001

    To Cuba With Love and Hate

    Imaginative short works of home and exile.

  • Film

    July 25, 2001

    Ghost writers

    The director and author explain the comic-book back story at SIFF.

  • Arts

    February 7, 2001

    Supersize that

    Why Americans can't get enough of what's bad for them.

  • Music

    July 12, 2000

    The Metro Gnome

    Why Americans can't get enough of what's bad for them.

  • News

    March 25, 1998

    Call Me Anytime

    Revelations of a telephone psychic.

  • News

    March 18, 1998

    The Life and Grimes of a Courthouse

    The King County Courthouse is society's rain gutter, where all our crimes and petty conflicts are finally, inevitably swept.

  • News

    February 11, 1998

    Love gone wrong

    You think your divorce was bad? You ain't even on the charts

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