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California, Meet Dunkin' Donuts

The wait is almost over, California. We're coming in 2015, and we're bringing coffee and donuts. More info: dun.kn/CA2015 ^JG— Dunkin' Donuts (@DunkinDonuts) January 16, 2013 Nigel Travis, the CEO of Dunkin' Donuts, admitted that he, like many sad coffee drinkers on the West Coast, often wond ... More >>

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Dunkin' Donuts App Lets You Buy Donuts For A Friend

[See More Edible News: Pinkberry Rolls Out a Nutella-Like Froyo | Voters Oppose Soda Limits, Back Liquor Crackdown] Are smartphones the new credit cards? Dunkin' Donuts recently launched a app for payment on the iPhone, iPod touch, and Android smartphones. This isn't anything new (Starbucks does t ... More >>

Subway Beats Out Other Chains for Most Closings Due to Health Violations in the City

An analysis of Health Department data by the New York Daily News revealed that Subway restaurants were shuttered more times for health-code violations than any other major franchise in the city. In the past five years, the chain's stores have been shut down 55 times.

Gun-Toting Robber Hits Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and Jackson Heights

A man has robbed five Brooklyn and Queens businesses at gunpoint, and cops want your help bringing this jerk to justice. Police say that he began his crime spree on Sept. 25, around 12:15 a.m., when he stormed into a Greenpoint Dunkin Donuts at 356 McGuiness Boulevard, shot a gun, and fled with cas ... More >>

Ingrid Burrington, Researcher of Missed Connections: 'The Loneliest Place in NYC is Union Square'

​Under the semi-serious auspices of the Center for Missed Connections, 24-year-old Ingrid Burrington, who grew up in California, has been studying Craigslist's outlet for the lonely, the hopeful, the romantic, the horny, and the insane for more than two years now. It all started with what she ... More >>

The Current State of the Restaurant Industry in NYC

Read Fork in the Road, Eater, Grub Street, or any of the other New York based restaurant-watching websites and everything seems hunky dory. Each month, for example, statistics show that far more eating establishments have opened than closed. In fact, if you total up all the openings over the last de ... More >>

At Dunkin' Donuts, 'Extra Sugar' Does Not Mean Extra Sugar

A Dunkin' Donuts box is always full of surprises.​We thought Dunkin' Donuts was guilty of crimes only against bagels and cholesterol levels, but apparently we were wrong.

Christopher Street Violence Update! Dunkin Donuts Incident!

​Says the Boots & Saddle owner who's been blowing whistles about what he calls police avoidance of the eruption of violence on Christopher Street: "Last night, the Dunkin Donuts located at 73 Christopher was terrorized and attacked by 30 kids, causing over $5000 in damage.

Fast Food Chains to Redouble Efforts to Fatten Americans in 2011

Victoria BekiempisDunkin's sausage pancake bites: part of a growing arsenal.​Donna Simpson, New Jersey's most famous fat lady, used Thanksgiving to remind America that she is still committed to one day weighing 1,000 pounds. And thanks to some recent menu updates, she'll be getting plenty of h ... More >>

Americans Are Ordering Healthier Foods, While Guilt-Ridden New Yorkers Are Eating a Ton of Salad

worldcommunitycookbook.comAtone.​ Last week's gluttony notwithstanding, it seems that Americans have spent the past year making more health-conscious choices at restaurants.

JoeDoe Re-Creates Dunkin' Donuts' Sausage-Pancake Bites

JoeDoe makes Dunkin' Donuts Sausage Pancake Balls! from Jena Steinbach on Vimeo. There's hope for those who crave the intimate congress of sausage and pancake batter but were, like us, underwhelmed by Dunkin' Donuts' benighted sausage-pancake bites. It comes courtesy of Joe Doe proprietor Joe Dobi ... More >>

Dunkin' Donuts Sausage Pancake Bites Sorta ... Bite

Victoria BekiempisNot available in cruller.​Some might be drawn to them out of culinary curiosity, the way even the pickiest eaters tried KFC's Double Down. Others may just want to coat their GI tracts with a respectable layer of grease. But no matter: Dunkin' Donuts Sausage Pancake Bites, rel ... More >>

Wannabe Scream Robber Did Not Account for Possibility of Water

via New York Post​It's not enough just to be a robber these days. After all, there's that Darth Vader bank robber to look up to, and the geezer bank robbers and bouquet bandits to emulate. You need a shtick. Which a recent wannabe criminal had -- complete with a Scream mask and a (possibly fak ... More >>

What to Drink at Death & Co.: The Cortado

Each week in The Daily Shot, we have ourselves a drink that we think you should try, too. thespeakista.comThe Cortado: caffeinated for your drinking pleasure.​The drink: The Cortado The bar: Death & Company, 433 East 6th Street The price: $13 The ingredients: Pampero Aniversario Rum, Lemon ... More >>

Tomorrow Is National Doughnut Day, and There Will Be Freeloading Opportunities in Midtown

arnold inuyaki/FlickrEven tastier when free.​Tomorrow, untold numbers of our compatriots will observe the festival of fried dough that is National Doughnut Day. In Midtown, that celebration will be commemorated at certain neighborhood Dunkin' Donuts and Krispy Kremes, where Midtown Lunch repor ... More >>

Police Seeking Suspects in Dunkin' Donuts Robbery

The NYPD is asking for the public's help in identifying the two individuals in the attached surveillance video, who are wanted in connection with the recent robbery of a Queens Dunkin' Donuts. On Thursday, April 22, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the two suspects entered the store at 33-26 21 Street a ... More >>

Today in Awesome New York Signage: the Jersey Couture Tuna Cheddar Melt

A friend of Runnin' Scared has alerted us to this delightful mashup of Dunkin' Donuts and Jersey Couture billboards, sighted at the Fulton G stop today. ​ Lean in close and let's take a listen:

Copenhagen's Noma Named Best Restaurant in the World; Amtrak Tests Beef-Powered Train

​Noma in Copenhagen finally topped El Bulli as the best restaurant in the world at the S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants reception, held last night in London. Daniel jumped 33 spots to no. 8, Per Se dropped four spots to no. 10, and Le Bernardin stayed at a comfortable no. 15. [Bloombe ... More >>

Dunkin' Donuts' New Waffle Breakfast Sandwich Versus McDonald's McGriddle

Left: McGriddle, Right: Waffle Sandwich​"Dunkin' Donuts is now the first national quick service restaurant chain to serve a breakfast sandwich featuring waffles," chirps the press release about the chain's limited-edition breakfast sandwich, available until April 15th. Except that the inventio ... More >>

Amiri Zeqiri, Teenage Dunkin' Donuts Employee, Dies in Cesspool

​A teenage doughnut shop employee was taking out the garbage on Sunday night and fell into a cesspool and died, police said. Amiri Zeqiri, 17, was taking out the garbage shortly after 9 p.m. behind a Dunkin' Donuts in Smithtown, Long Island, when he fell into an 8-foot-deep uncovered sewage ... More >>

Have You Seen... Multi-Tasking Dunkin' Donuts Robber in Queens

Check out this guy who robbed a Dunkin' Donuts on Merrick Avenue in Jamaica on Sunday night: he flashes a gun at his hip and intimidates the server into handing over cash from the register -- while apparently talking on his cell phone. Everyone's busy these days, but couldn't it wait till he was ... More >>

Pat Kiernan, NY1 Morning Anchor, Talks Tim Horton's, Shreddies & Other Canadian Delicacies

The NY1 anchor is from Canada... and so is his breakfast.​Pat Kiernan is a familiar face to nearly every New Yorker with a television. He brings us not only our city's daily news, but also the occasional piquant observation during his "In the Papers" segment (an online version of which can be ... More >>

Fast-food Chains Target Dieters in January; The Price of Tea (in China, Everywhere) to Rise with Shortage

​Just weeks after McDonald's unexpectedly lost its no. 2 executive, Domino's Pizza's CEO, David A. Brandon, has announced he is stepping down from his position in March. J. Patrick Doyle is expected to be named as his successor. [Wall Street Journal] A global tea shortage may worsen this year ... More >>

Staten Island Robbers ID'd from Photo, Arrested

You may recall last week a couple of guys robbed a Staten Island Dunkin' Donuts, during commission of which crime they posed for this delightful surveillance camera portrait. Someone saw the photo and ratted out Daniel Crespo and Gabriel Pak, both 20 and from The Bronx, who were taken into custody ... More >>

Staten Island Dumbasses Pose for Camera While Robbing Dunkin' Donuts

​ We love Staten Island. These two guys broke into a Dunkin' Donuts in St. George in the wee hours of November 13, and stole about $3,000. However, they did not take precautions as to the security cameras, as this still from the Staten Island Advance shows. (Guy #2 is in the lower right hand ... More >>

Paula Deen Hit with Ham; Dog Ice Cream Arrives

​New York has dog bakeries, dog spas, dog therapists, and now dog artisanal ice cream. Lactose-free Blizzard Dog is the brainchild of a 16-year-old boy upon seeing how much, well, dogs love ice cream. Corn and carrot flavors are more popular than chocolate (carob) and vanilla. [NY Times] It s ... More >>

Quick Hits

Weird Al and a team of experts provide a brief history of autotune. (h/t Joe My God.) Folks outraged at Palin in shorts on a Newsweek cover have resorted to their greatest weapon -- Photoshop! This one is our favorite. A Citizens Union report says that in the past 10 years, 14 state legislator ... More >>

What's Your Favorite Coolatta Flavor?

​To beat the heat, I've been finding myself at Dunkin' Donuts a lot--and not just for the club kid outlaw parties. I've actually been gracing the place in order to sample the various Coolatta flavors, hoping to eventually try every version they sell of the "frozen, blended drink" which basica ... More >>

Cop Charged with Donut Freeloading

The Post reports that a Queens cop has been slapped with departmental charges for repeatedly helped himself to free donuts, sandwiches, and coffee at a Rockaway Dunkin' Donuts. The charges were made after an Internal Affairs investigation revealed that he went behind the counter on numerous occasion ... More >>

Dunkin' to Soldier on in New York

The Consumerist/flickr An article in this morning's Daily News examined Dunkin' Donuts' ambitious growth plan to open "hundreds of stores" this year, despite a drastic slowdown in restaurant financing and numerous franchise operator bankruptcies.So what does this mean for New York, already home ... More >>

New York Post Revives Ancient Slur About Cops, Doughnuts

The New York Post exclusive about one NYPD Sergeant Eric Turetsky, who allegedly sought and received confectionery largesse from a Dunkin' Donuts in the Rockaways, filching free donuts and coffee and the occasional sandwich, allows the paper to reproduce a picture of Chief Wiggum and use lines like ... More >>

Chipotle Teams Up With, of All Things, "Food, Inc." & More on the Midtown Doughnut Wars

In a strange turn of promotional mastery, Chipotle has partnered with Magnolia Pictures to promote the documentary Food, Inc. The chain, which hopes to spread the word about its use of organic and naturally raised foods, will sponsor free screenings of the film in 32 cities. [Reuters] The Daily New ... More >>

Mickey D's Gets a New Burger; Dunkin' Donuts Halts Dunkaccino Sales

McDonald's has a new burger on the menu, the first new permanent item since 2001. The Angus Third Pounder--which comes in Deluxe with American cheese, lettuce, and tomato; Bacon & Cheese; and Mushroom & Swiss varieties--seems to be competing with Burger King's Steakhouse Burger and other beefier bur ... More >>

Sensa Makes Food Smell Better, More Satisfying; US & Canada Reach Organic Trade Agreement

Before you drop a dollar in that busker's open guitar case, be forewarned: Dunkin' Donuts has hired a dozen street musicians to play around Manhattan. The faux buskers are making $20 per hour in the "Breakfast NOT Brokefast" campaign, which promotes eating a Dunkin' Donuts breakfast instead of donat ... More >>

Yes, Yes, Happy Freakin' Doughnut Day

While do(ugh)nut lovers everywhere are celebrating National Doughnut Day today with free Dunkin' Donuts and Krispy Kreme giveaways, we noticed that there were a lot less people excited about yesterday being National Frozen Yogurt Day--maybe because the freebies were not as pervasive nor as widely ... More >>

Yankee Stadium Opener Has Yogi, Sousa, Finger, Tommy Bahama

The new Yankee Stadium will hold its first MLB regular season game today, with the Bombers facing Cleveland. The park opened at 10 a.m. (reporters are already filing about the "Taj Mahal of baseball parks") and opening ceremonies will commence around noon with the West Point Marching Band performing ... More >>

Quick Hits

We're disappointed: Glamour left disposable cameras tethered to park benches in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and all the users shot lame pictures like this. Well, except for two guys. The New York Dolls will play at "Rachel Ray's SXSW party" this year, all jacked up on Dunkin' Donuts coffee. The Hold ... More >>

Inauguration Fever: Catch It!

It's less than a week away! Get pumped! Trinity Church will execute a rare three-and-a-half hour "full peal" of its bells on January 20. The Queens Public Library will have it on a big screen; "seating limited." (Free screenings as well at Barbes, BAM, and other Brooklyn locations.) Dunkin' Donuts w ... More >>

Yiasou Imitates Midtown 'Estiatorios' But Is Easier on the Paycheck

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Calorie Listage Fallout

Good Taste Invades Times Square. I Hate It.

High-concept blandness in (formerly) low places. Fortunately, some of us are still allergic to it.

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