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Burger King Corporation

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Downtown at High Noon, PETA Will Barbecue One of Its Own

    Those kooky animal lovers at PETA are up to their crazy shenanigans again. (By "kooky" and "crazy shenanigans" what we mean is, "Have you ever wondered if PETA is just some sort of pervy scam to get twentysomething women to disrobe in public?) According to the groups press release, they will "cook" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    The Texas Farm Bureau Applauds Domino's Support for Gestation Crates, Orders a Pizza

    Confining sows in small gestation crates has come under great scrutiny lately. Major companies like McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and most recently the nation's second largest grocery chain, Safeway, have announced a phase-out of pork supplied by farms that use gestation crates. However, recent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Burger King Swears Off Gestation Crates and Ups the Ante with Cage-Free Eggs

    Back in February, McDonald's announced it was through with gestation-crated pork products. We feared for McRib sandwiches, Sausage McMuffins and everything topped with bacon, so we called Paul Shapiro, a spokesman for the Humane Society, to talk out the impact of the move. Shapiro called the event ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Matt McCallister Ate a Yelper for Breakfast

    ​Poor, poor Tina. With just nine Yelp reviews under her belt she decided to report on her experience at Campo Modern Country Bistro. She wasn't fond of her meal, awarding the experience a single star. Tina "really wanted to like" Campo but was upset that her chicken came with a bone in it (it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    A 966-Calorie Burger King Burger is Creating a Stir in the UK. Um, 966? That's It?

    ​Over in the United Kingdom, healthy people who eat health food have been twisting up their knickers over Burger King's new 966-calorie Smoked Bacon and Cheddar Double Angus burger. In addition to having a thousand calories, it has 58 grams of artery-waterboarding fat. Consumerist quotes a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Burger King is Testing Home Delivery

    Burger King's Stuffed Steakhouse BurgerSoon to be stuffed in a thermal bag. Surely that's good for you.​Right now in Washington D.C., Whopper-craving citizens can get front-door delivery. Yes, oh yes, Burger King is rolling out a pilot program for bringing the meat to you -- in Maryland, Virgi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    The Five Most Annoying Current Fast Food Trends

    ​Caught an article over on Adage this morning on Domino's revamp of their "cheesy bread." In an attempt to capture what marketing executives must think are idiot foodies, the pizza chain is selling "gourmet" varieties of cheese bread (with spinach and feta and bacon and jalapeño).After blacking o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    The Perfect Dining Guide to Dallas for the St. Louis Cardinals

    Welcome, you guys!​Dearest St. Louis Cardinals, City of Ate heard you're heading to town to play a game or two of baseball with our Texas Rangers, and we would like to take a moment to welcome you to our fair city!! Hi!! Welcome! We like your pants! We know that being a visitor in a new town ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Sonic to Sell Beer and Wine Following Burger King's "Whopper Bar"

    Burger King​Nothing's more uplifting than getting drunk on a fast food patio and wolfing a foot-long chili cheese dog from Sonic. Which is the feeling we're guessing Sonic is attempting to capitalize on by the decision to sell alcohol. Either that, or it's just copying Burger King. (Never a go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Sue Sue, Sue-dio: The Ten Most Interesting Lawsuits In Music History

    ​The finger-pointing game has begun in the wake of this year's Electric Daisy Carnival.  Although any legal repercussions in regards to the festival that took place this weekend have yet to be determined, we're keeping our eye on the whole thing -- mostly because, let's face it, music and leg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Whitt's End: 5.20.11

    ​ Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Mavs got outplayed last night, plain and simple. The Rangers' loss to the Royals was more painful. Texas was one pitch from winning until .230-hitting Mike Aviles capped a gutsy 11-pitch at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    10 Fast Foods That Sound Like Sex Positions

    Paris Hilton dives into a very 'Big Carl.' (Western bacon style)​Just about anything can take on a sexual connotation, and while efforts are being made to sex up food, what of the unsexiest of all edibles: fast food? Nope, there are still fuck-tastically named items on every drive-through menu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Caraway Rallies Troops to Shutter Hooker-Plagued Luxury Inn, Over Lawyer's Objections

    Photos by Patrick MichelsMayor Dwaine Caraway, DPD Chief David Brown, City Attorney Tom Perkins, council members and other familiar faces gather to announce the closure of the Luxury Inn on S. Buckner Boulevard.​If the city's shutting down another hookers-n-drugs party shack around town, you can b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Build Your Own Omelet After Destroying Your Bank Account At Choctaw Casino Resort

    Photos by Andrea Grimes and Man O' The HourA bitty, bland Bloody.​Because nothing is as important as family time during the holidays, the Man O' The Hour and I left my parents' house on Christmas afternoon to drive up to the brand-spanking-new-ish Choctaw Casino Resort in pancake-flat Durant, Okla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    The 10 Crazy Fast Food and Chain Restaurant Releases of 2010

    KFCIt's real, oh GOD, it's real.​On April 12, 2010 a new product was released by KFC. It began as an April Fools' Day press release. A joke, people thought, it must be a joke. The nation denied its existence. Then the billboards came, and somewhere, deep into the bowels of YouTube, a commerc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Fast Food Burger Ads vs. Reality: The Sad, Limp, Under-Lettuced Truth

    Photos by Patrick MichelsWith or without a slick ad photo, these Wendy's Double Baconators sell themselves. We all know those fast food ad wizards have their tricks -- fake water droplets on the fresh red tomatoes, onions peeking just so out from under a perfectly thick sesame bun. Of course, noth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Five Horrible Novelty Burger Trends

    Via EaterWe'd like to six-shoot that Nacho Whopper outta here.​Dear Burger King, we'd like to request to live outside test markets. The fast food chain currently is testing its "Nacho Whopper" (comes in a double) in the Netherlands, and we couldn't be happier. Keep that nacho thing away from us. Y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Six Fast Foods That Look Disgusting, Even In Their Professional Photos

    McDonald'sHappy returns, pork patty thing!​A very special time is approaching, a time of warmth and family-gathering. It will be a time of great celebration under the crisp autumn leaves: The nationwide return of the McRib on November 2nd. For the first time in 16 years, the shaped-pork patty ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    This Saturday, Competitive Eating's Top Ranks Tackle Lewsville's Hot Tamales

    Patrick Michels"Nasty" Nate Biller, Texas' top-ranked eater, will try and keep the tamale title in-state this weekend.​If you're planning on packing on a few extra pounds of fat and grease this weekend, odds are you're headed to the state fair. But up in Lewisville Saturday afternoon, a chosen few ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Five Fast-Food Breakfast Staples That Should Go Away -- Now.

    Hardees Monster Biscuit Sandwich has 2310 mg of sodium.​Most important meal of the day, right? The Associated Press announced Burger King's new business plan recently to add nine more breakfast items to their masterpiece of all-things-obese menu. The Sun-Times reported that Burger King's breakfa ... More >>

  • Music

    July 22, 2010

    Teenage Bottlerocket, Bannter Pilot, Stymie, No Heroes

    Thursday, July 22, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Denton

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    10 Other Foods That Should Be Foot Long (or Larger)

    FoodBeast.comNo, not one of our clever photoshops.​Carl's Jr., in its infinite wisdom, has developed a foot-long cheeseburger. Like Burger King's BK Shots, this is another burger innovation beyond the limits of imagination. Clearly, human minds will be puzzling over this long-food-meat and bun inv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Burguesa Burgers Gets Kudos for Shaking up Shakes

    ​A leading chronicler of culinary trends has singled out Burguesa Burgers' milkshake presentation as a leading example of one of the nation's top 10 dessert trends. According to The Food Channel, the Dallas-based chain helped excite diners' suddenly insatiable desire for reconfigured sweets by ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Burger King's Pork Ribs Are Flying

    ​ Pigs aren't exactly flying out of The King's empire, but one part of arguably everyone's favorite farm animal is--ribs. On June 11, the Wall Street Journal reported that Burger King Corp's 100 percent bone-in pork BK Fire-Grilled Ribs were so popular that the short-term special, which began May ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Those Burger Commercials of Yore

    It's still National Burger Month, so we here at Days Gone Bite are celebrating the ultimate meat sammich with a look back at some of the more memorable fast food burger commercials.Feel free to link to your faves in the comments, as we're really just hitting the Biggies that crop up here in the Lone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Dallas 24, Miami 3, You $85,000?

    ​When I was a kid, the only artist I knew by name was LeRoy Neiman -- musta been those Bicentennial Burger King giveaways, yech. So, I was kind of interested when a Friend of Unfair Park sent word that someone's auctioing off a Neiman original on eBay: Superbowl VI (Miami and Dallas). Only, what t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Pho From Home: Tien Giang Restaurant

    ​Bombarded with work and handicapped by a restrictive schedule for the past few weeks, the blog writer had been subsisting on a diet of pizza and Subway. Nights consisted of depressing jogs on treadmills in artificially lit fat labs, followed by nightly visits to her local chain deli. Cold, wet, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Inside Dallas News's Price-Hike Strategy

    ​The Dallas Morning News's circulation is way down -- by 30 percent since 2007 -- which is just what A.H. Belo higher-ups expected when they decided to start upping the price of the paper. In a "special report," Editor & Publisher details just how the News came up with the decision to charge $ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2009

    The Flea Treatment

    ​The Dallas Morning News's circulation is way down -- by 30 percent since 2007 -- which is just what A.H. Belo higher-ups expected when they decided to start upping the price of the paper. In a "special report," Editor & Publisher details just how the News came up with the decision to charge $ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Dear Fox/Burger King: You Were Warned

    Every once in a while - not too often, I readily admit - when I smell shit it actually turns out to be shit. On Tuesday I labeled this Fox/Burger King collaboration the dumbest video in the history of ever. Don't look now, but Fox/Burger King agree. In the form of ...

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    The Dumbest Video I've Ever Seen. Shame on you, Fox. Shame.

    Since I'm usually on 105.3 The Fan as part of the Dallas Cowboys pre-game show, I no longer get to partake in Fox NFL Sunday. My reaction: Praise Allah. Because after seeing this video and learning that this "The King and Us" series is now a weekly staple, I'm embarrassed for Curt, Terry ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    The Top Ten Smuttiest Food Ads

    You probably remember the moment you first saw Jessica Simpson slink into a Pizza Hut and, quite seductively, feed some dorky tween an oh-so-cheesy popper while moaning the line "one of these days these bites are gonna pop right into you." Yeah, it was pre-the now post- Tony Romo and she might have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    First Look: Zaxby's

    Somewhere in the back of a darkened warehouse, surrounded by half-eaten buckets of chicken, a cartoon sailor and a country colonel are quaking in their boots...and no, that's not one of those "don't ask, don't tell" scenarios. "Damn that Zaxby's," they're hissing between bites. "Damn them and thei ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    Blood ties between Arabs and Mexicans? Oh, man, that’ll drive Lou Dobbs really nuts.

    Somewhere in the back of a darkened warehouse, surrounded by half-eaten buckets of chicken, a cartoon sailor and a country colonel are quaking in their boots...and no, that's not one of those "don't ask, don't tell" scenarios. "Damn that Zaxby's," they're hissing between bites. "Damn them and thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    10 Questions: Sasha Cohen

    You may know her as an Olympic silver medalist, but the 24 year-old skating superstar had already raked in a good portion of the world's precious metal supply thanks to podium finishes at, oh, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the World Championships, the U.S. Nationals, Skate Canada, Skate Ame ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 11, 2007

    I Got Your Burger Right Here

    You may know her as an Olympic silver medalist, but the 24 year-old skating superstar had already raked in a good portion of the world's precious metal supply thanks to podium finishes at, oh, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the World Championships, the U.S. Nationals, Skate Canada, Skate Ame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2007

    News From the Flatlands

    You may know her as an Olympic silver medalist, but the 24 year-old skating superstar had already raked in a good portion of the world's precious metal supply thanks to podium finishes at, oh, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the World Championships, the U.S. Nationals, Skate Canada, Skate Ame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2006

    Super Size This

    You may know her as an Olympic silver medalist, but the 24 year-old skating superstar had already raked in a good portion of the world's precious metal supply thanks to podium finishes at, oh, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the World Championships, the U.S. Nationals, Skate Canada, Skate Ame ... More >>

  • Film

    March 30, 2006

    Slugfest

    Slither is silly and gross, but it might worm its way into your heart

  • Best of Dallas

    September 25, 2003

    Best Fast Food

    Pei Wei Asian Diner

  • Dining

    October 17, 2002

    Eschewing the Fat

    Interest groups battle over your next meal

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Bagel

    Bagel Chain

  • Culture

    June 20, 2002

    Duh Press

    Fear and self-loathing at the Minority Report junket

  • Calendar

    October 25, 2001

    Ride'em, Cowboy

    Dust off your Stetson and slip on your Wranglers; the Texas Stampede is in town

  • Best of Dallas

    September 20, 2001
  • Dining

    July 5, 2001

    Have It Your Way

    Jeanie Terilli is expanding her domain

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000

    Best cup of coffee

    Einstein's Bagels

  • News

    January 6, 2000

    Buzz

    Self-flagellation; Would you like fries with that?

  • Dining

    November 20, 1997

    Whatta concept!

    At theme-choked Canyon Cafe, a few things actually rise above the kitsch

  • News

    April 13, 1995

    Letters

    At theme-choked Canyon Cafe, a few things actually rise above the kitsch

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