Cafe Society just came across several cards entitling the bearer to receive monthly featured dessert at Chick-Fil-A absolutely free in May, June and July. Sure, May is almost over, but that’s more motivation to act fast for your free desserts — and our amusement…

Yes, someone just found yet another @#$% finger in his %$#@ food — and this time, it apparently wasn’t planted for the purpose of a lawsuit (but I wouldn’t be shocked if a lawsuit ensues). Michigan teen Ryan Hart was chowing down on a roast beef sandwich at Arby’s when…

I am a huge fan of noodle-sucking. I will suck noodles in such a disgusting, socially-reprehensible way that I even get filthy looks from small children. Slurp. Slurp-slurp. And Noodles & Company knows how to feed my fix. I’ve always liked the Denver-based chain for its fast-cazh convenience and prices,…

Low-cal this, low-cal that: Even 7-Eleven’s Slurpees are now getting thinner, with a new line Slurpee Lite Fanta Sugar-Free Mango made with Splenda that boasts just half the calories of an original Slurpee. I’m not a regular Slurpee drinker; I’m a little wary of anything that’s the same color as…

This has been a helluva week for buffets, what with a guy in Wisconsin picketing a restaurant that cut him off from an all-you-can-eat fish fry, and a Chinese buffet in the U.K. where management has instituted a new policy of “clean your effin plates or get charged $20.” Do…

Every time I leave Einstein’s, I feel like I have just left a cathouse — I’m sticky, covered with crumbs, and my wallet is considerably lighter…because I just got f*cked…

Domino’s Pizza is not known for having the best pizza crust in the big-box pizza chain sphere of influence. Hell — it isn’t known for having the best pizza, either. So I was actually surprised when Domino’s became the first major pizza-delivery chain to offer gluten-free crust (doing what smaller…

This year’s Colorado Chocolate Festival, held at the Denver Merchandise Mart this past weekend, had everything a chocolate lover could want: Over eighty vendors from all over the country offered cakes, cookies, fudge, toffee, coffee, frozen red wine slushies — and, of course, all the chocolates and truffles you could…

Spring signals the arrival of farmers’ markets across the state, and the City Park Esplanade Fresh Market at East Colfax and Columbine Street officially opened for business yesterday at 9 a.m. with around thirty local growers and vendors peddling their wares in spite of the chilly, overcast weather…

I just learned that Dunkin’ Donuts has introduced two breakfast burritos: the Southwest Veggie Breakfast Burrito and the Southwest Steak Breakfast Burrito. While I do not begrudge DDs its newfound interest in the fine art of creating the breakfast burrito, I can’t help but scratch my donut hole in bewilderment…

Denver-based Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill is heading south to open its first stores outside of Colorado: in San Antonio and Austin, Texas. These are also Garbanzo’s first franchise operations. The chain, which Alon Mor started in 2007, specializes in delectable fast-casual Mediterranean cuisine; I reviewed the location on South Colorado two…

I used to work at T.G.I. Friday’s — I was young, I needed the money — and when customers would ask me what they should order, I unfailingly advised them to stick to appetizers and cocktails: no mussy, no fussy, and no details for me to screw up…

I really hate it when fast-food restaurants are out of major items. Like Taco Bell not having tacos, Dairy Queen being out of ice cream, and Burger King not having burgers. I get that working in fast-food places is not all pissing rainbows and shitting kittens, and that running out…

Mexican fare from fast-food chains usually isn’t authentic, healthy or even pretty, but it’s irresistible. And we all indulge from time to time — hitting the window at Taco Bell at 2 a.m. after a night of mainlining vodka gimlets; finding any excuse to grab a sunflower-seed-stuffed veggie burrito at…

Wendy’s just introduced three new “Signature Side Dishes,” no doubt to bolster the chain’s efforts to keep Burger King out of the number-two fast-food spot — with McDonald’s holding fast at number one, of course. Wendy’s had better try a little harder, though, because only one of the three sides…

Colorado is the birthplace of a number of popular chains, including Noodles & Company, Smashburger and that golden child, Chipotle Mexican Grill; we’re definitely ahead of the curve when it comes to the growing fast-casual movement. And also when it comes to the growing group of fast-casual chains that emphasize…

Free falafel is a fine way to make friends. Alon Mor, the founder of Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, makes sure that customers are handed deep-fried spiced garbanzo-bean fritters as soon as they walk in the door of one of his restaurants. He also has a “just ask” policy that allows them…

Since the recent introduction of Jenn in Chains my reviews/commentaries on what’s what in the realm of chain restaurants, I’ve gotten a slew of questions from readers, friends and complete strangers on my Facebook page about why I’m giving time and attention to chain restaurants. Questions like “Why don’t you…

In my 35 years living on this shiny, blue orb I had never eaten at a Chick-Fil-A — until last week. The closest I’d gotten was when a mall co-worker generously offered me a tiny, chicken-biscuity breakfast thing, which I politely nibbled at and then tossed in the garbage when…