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May 11, 2012
Free Food: Burger King Food Truck Rolls Into Marlins Stadium All Next Week
While shopping in South Miami, we saw a curious sight...the Burger King food truck parked right in the middle of Shops at Sunset Place. The truck was there as part of a nationwide tour to sample the king's new line of smoothies, frappes, and chicken strips in an effort to mimic McDonald's remain rel ... More >>
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April 25, 2012
Burger King to Go Cage-Free by 2017
Miami-based Burger King Corporation has announced that its eggs and pork products will be cage-free by 2017.The company is catching onto a national trend. Wendy's and McDonald's are making similar plans. Hormel and Smithfield Farms plan to end the use of cages in the same time period as BK. Already ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2012
Mary J. Blige Ad for Burger King Is Scary (Video)
Burger King has been slipping in the fast-food race. But today the firm debuts a new ad campaign and menu it hopes will speed up business. It adds ten new items that are supposedly healthful -- the biggest expansion of BK's menu since 1954 -- and showcases a series of star-studded ads including one ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2012
Urban Forager Burger King Challenge, Part Three: Load Up on Fries, Cover Yourself in Green Ketchup
OK urban warriors, Burger King wants to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with you. How? By again giving away more of their thicker-cut french fries, but this time with a side of green ketchup. Don't ponder over how awesome green ketchup makes you feel on the inside. On St. Patrick's Day weekend, the u ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Urban Forager Challenge: Free Burger King Onion Rings, How Many Can You Get?
Gear up urban warriors, the next freebie challenge is on with free orders of onion rings from Miami-based Burger King this weekend, February 4 and 5. Unlike BK's recent French fry giveaway, the best part of this new promotion--other than the free grub--is that it lasts the entire weekend, so theo ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2012
Why Stop at Stadiums? Four More Tax-Funded Buildings That Could House the Homeless
With the newfound revelation of a state law requiring tax-funded stadiums to house homeless citizens when not in use, just about everyone is thinking the same thing: "LOL WTF?" Team owners have long striven to ignore this obscure law (when they're not tied up counting their white cotton sacs of m ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Burger King Does Delivery: The Next Step In Fast Food
Get burgers and fries your way, right away at Burger King, and you don't even have to show up. BK is now testing delivery service at a few Washington, D.C.-area locations. Customers can order two ways: by calling 1-855-ORDER-BK or through the delivery website.
Blogs
December 5, 2011
Burger King Duels McDonald's with New, Fancy Digs in Singapore
In a bid to attract more families with children and teenagers to its restaurants, Burger King has opened a Garden Grill restaurant in Singapore.The new place is different than the ubiquitous, soulless cafeterias common in nearly all of the firm's restaurants worldwide. There are wooden chairs and ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2011
Five Better Alternatives To Burger King's New Chef's Burger: Think Price!
Burger King recently announced its new Chef's Choice burger to much hype. The official press release describes the meat sandwich in flowery and loving terminology. "Superior from every angle, this 5.5 ounce flame-grilled burger is made with seasoned ground chuck and is topped with thick-cut bac ... More >>
Blogs
November 21, 2011
Burger King for Thanksgiving: How Regal!
Screw turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving. Take your family to Burger King instead. The Miami-based firm recently rolled out a BK Family Bundle. For just 10 bucks (12 bucks in Hawaii) you can feed your family with a Whopper, a Whopper Jr., two small French fries, two small soft ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2011
Mickey D's McFlurry vs BK's Soft Serve Ice Cream
You've probably seen Burger King's latest commercial featuring their newest dessert options including one that looks a lot like McDonald's McFlurry. The commercial, of course, is fairytale in nature featuring a Willy Wonka portrayal of the soft serve and its accompaniments of flowing chocolate, rich ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Burger King International: Poutine, Bang Bang and Other Weird Meals
Burger KingBK: so much more than a Whopper.Miami-based fast food giant Burger King has announced that they're entering the Canadian Poutine market with the addition of the Canadian specialty to their menu.That got us wondering just what other worldly delights the King dishes out in other countrie ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
Burger King's California Whopper is Neither New Nor Healthy
The California Whopper: Green and mean, but not lean.Ever since Burger King dethroned their totally-creepy mascot, we've been wondering what's the next move for the Miami-based fast-food giant. Here's a, like, totally rad hint at the totally cool sandwich that BK is featuring, starting Monday -- ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Consumer Reports: Chick-fil-A, Wendy's, Papa Murphy's Tops
Five Guys scored highest among burger chains linked to MiamiAdvice culled from a fast food survey among Consumer Reports readers in the August issue: "Next time you have a craving for fast food, think twice about slowing down for Burger King, KFC, McDonald's, or Taco Bell."These big names f ... More >>
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July 12, 2011
Sonic Beer: Now You Can Get 25 Types With Your Burger
via wfyurasko's FlickrWe pretty much have to be drunk to find ourselves eating hydrogenated oil and FD&C Blue #1-infused grub at fast food chains like Sonic or Burger King. But maybe that's the strategy some greasy food peddlers are banking on: that lots of people are down to order trip ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
Death to "The King": Burger King Picks New Ad Agency
The relationship between Miami-based Burger King and Coconut Grove-based ad agency Crispin Porter Bogusky has officially come to an end. After announcing in March that CP B's services would no longer be needed, the fast-food chain has announced that New York-based McGarryBowen will take ove ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
Blind Woman and Guide Dog Kicked Out of Orlando Burger King
Fox 35 Orlando Helen and Troy were both kicked out of an Orlando Burger KingA visually-impaired woman with a seeing-eyes dog was kicked out of the Burger King on International Drive in Orlando, according to Orlando's Fox 35 News.Helen Arnold and her service dog Troy went into the restauran ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Burger King's Japanese Meat Monster Whopper Takes Miami Beach
Photos by Laine Doss Carla from Orlando contemplates the BK Meat Monster.Forget nuclear death. Japan has something to smile about this week with the Miami-based Burger King Corp.'s promotion of the new "Meat Monster," a Godzilla-size sandwich available only in the land of the Rising Sun. I ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
Miami is America's Fourth Most Fast Food Loving City
The Daily Beast opens up its latest little listicle with this supposedly stunning little factoid: "In Miami, there are twice as many Burger King locations than tanning salons." Of course, Miami is home to both the corporate headquarters of BK and the unofficial US capitol of natural sunshine, so ... More >>
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February 1, 2011
Big Mac Vs. Whopper: Which Bun Contains More Crap?
It just isn't fair that Taco Bell is getting all the free press these days concerning integrity of ingredients -- or lack thereof. Granted, nobody is accusing McDonald's or Burger King of faking beef content, but what about the other stuff that goes between the buns? The sauce lathered upon B ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Top 10 Worst Burger Toppings In The World
via shinyplasticbagThis year, Burger King's gift to England was a limited time burger topped with brussel sprouts and emmental cheese.The Brits were pissed, the king apologized, and the Brazilians who bought the company are probably like, "WTF? They don't like the brussel sprout burger?"No! It wa ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Miami Needs Indie Food Shops and Restaurants
Lee KleinFries. Cupcakes. Cocktails. You won't find that trio at any chain restaurant, be it fast food, fast casual, or whatever the latest corporate cookie cutter term for frozen food is these days. China Grill Management isn't interested in covering such eclectic territory, nor is Houston ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
BK Employee: The 261 Lay-Offs Were Just Fat Cats
via Flickr nicksarebi3G Capitol's Board of Directors By now you may have heard of the 261 Burger King employees that were laid off in South Florida. Well, the private equity firm 3G Capital, which took over our beloved BK (McDonald's = Death), has decided that it was in the best interest of their ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
Burger King Lays Off 261 Local Workers Right Before the Holidays
The takeover of Burger King by private equity firm 3G Capital continues to have an aftertaste for longtime employees worse than their cardboard-y fries. The Miami-based, quick-meat chain has laid off 413 workers company wide, with about 261 of those coming out of South Florida. The brunt of those la ... More >>
Blogs
September 3, 2010
McDonald's Big Loser In Consumer Reports Burger Survey
Consumer Reports recently polled 28,000 online subscribers and asked them to rate hamburgers from 18 fast food restaurants around the country. Those surveyed were asked to rate each burger from 1 to 10, the scale going from least delicious burger ever eaten to the most delicious. McDonald's finished ... More >>
Blogs
August 30, 2010
Crispin Porter Bogusky Will Make Baby Carrots "Extreme" and "Sexy"
Everyone's favorite crazy Miami-based ad agency, Crispin Porter Bogusky, has done a hell of a job selling Americans cheap dead cow meat patties and oily potato slices through its work for Burger King. Now the outside-of-the-box ad agency's next goal is to trick us into eating something nutritio ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2010
Food News Roundup: Junk Food, Burger King, Passover, and Dream Water
"Scientists in Florida say overeaters are addicted to junk food in the same way drug addicts are addicted to cocaine and heroin." [AllHeadlineNews]"Project Downtown, an organization that started about two years ago in Miami and now has branches other U.S. cities," continues feeding the homeless. [VO ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
Burger King Will Sponsor Next Twilight Movie
Not being in the target audience, we know only these things about the Twilight movies: sparkling vampires, forbidden love, vagina allergies, Kristen Stewart's pouty face, and Taylor Lautner's abs.None of this makes us want to run out and chomp on a Whopper and onion rings. Especially th ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2010
Burger King Lays a Whopper on Washington
The burger blitz continues, but now with a new, ugly twist: A 24-hour Whopper Bar is slated to open on Washington Avenue in South Beach next month. Differences between this and the run-of-the-mill BK: a darker, sleeker décor; delivery by scooter; and longer hours. Bigger difference: "gourmet" bu ... More >>
News
December 10, 2009
Burger King sued for annoying text messages
The burger blitz continues, but now with a new, ugly twist: A 24-hour Whopper Bar is slated to open on Washington Avenue in South Beach next month. Differences between this and the run-of-the-mill BK: a darker, sleeker décor; delivery by scooter; and longer hours. Bigger difference: "gourmet" bu ... More >>
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December 7, 2009
Whopper of a Lawsuit: Woman Wants Burger King to Pay for Text Message Ads
Jpellger via Flicker CCWho says teenage stalkers and demanding bosses send the most irksome text messages? Not Elizabeth Espinal.The New Yorker recently sued Miami-Dade's mammoth supplier of most things fast and greasy, Burger King, claiming the company acted like an ex-boyfriend who couldn't tak ... More >>
Blogs
September 11, 2009
News Roundup
Fight at Miami City Hall. During a budget meeting, Mayor Manny Diaz said Commissioner Tomas Regalado had taken a cheap shot at him. Regalado said the mayor has been living like "the mayor of Beverly Hills." Diaz then reminded the commissioner that his office once spent $25,000 for coffee. Anyway, th ... More >>
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August 26, 2009
Food News Roundup - Burger King, Tap Water, Lime Fresh, Banana Farms, Lose Weight, Chef Allen, Great Food, and Cuba
Burger King continues its quest for world domination, 4th quarter numbers are in, profits are up, revenues down. [Forbes] [BizJournals] [BKCorp]Miami Dade Water & Sewer Department launching advertising campaign to promote the benefits of tap water for your drinking pleasure. [Bnet] [FoodWaterWat ... More >>
Blogs
June 26, 2009
The Week That Was: Showin' How Funky Strong Is Your Fight
photo via JustJaredPhotographer (and Miami resident) Bruce Weber shot Michael Jackson back in 2007 for the cover of L'Uomo Vogue. It was one of the pop icon's last major photo shoots.RIP Michael Jackson. RIP urban legend that Thriller was shot in Coconut Grove.Some tabloid claimed Alberto Cutié is ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2009
This Cuchini Camel Toe Pad Is a Thing, Unfortunately
After Joe Camel was fired as the Camel Cigarette mascot, he was finally free to get that sex change he always wanted.Most businesses aim for the type of viral advertising where their clever marketing materials go viral (hey, Burger King), but occasionally an actual product itself goes viral. Take th ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2009
"The Classroom Is Filled with Bats Who Are Going to the Bathroom on Their Heads!"
When we wrote that thing about former CBS4 reporter, Colombia lover, and apparent Miami hater Brian Andrews, we had no idea he had a news partnership deal with the Miami Herald. But he does, and here he is reporting on a Colombian classroom that "is filled with bats who are going to the bathroom o ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2009
News Roundup
LocalDonte Stallworth wants you to know that he flashed his lights at the guy before he hit him. Though, if you see someone in the road you should probably hit the breaks and not your lights, but that's just me. [AP]12 inmates were treated by doctors after a gas leak in a Miami-Dade jail. [Herald]Th ... More >>
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January 29, 2009
Dumb Sex Ads and Light Beer Aren't the Spirit for Flight Attendants
For far too long, Riptide has singled out Burger King as our favorite locally based company with desperately attention-seeking advertising to blog about. At least BK's stunts take a bit of thought and steer clear of the cheap and easy "sex sells" mode of advertising. Not so for the Miramar-based dis ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2009
Slave Grown Tomatoes - Happy New Year From Immokalee
If you buy your tomatoes at a major supermarket or eat at McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell or Subway, then you may well be biting into the blood-and-sweat product of forced- labor-induced plantation agriculture, a.k.a. slavery, from the fields of Immokalee, where crack-cocaine meets whips and chain ... More >>
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July 11, 2008
Burger King Pitches Penny To Tomato Pickers
If you buy your tomatoes at a major supermarket or eat at McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell or Subway, then you may well be biting into the blood-and-sweat product of forced- labor-induced plantation agriculture, a.k.a. slavery, from the fields of Immokalee, where crack-cocaine meets whips and chain ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2007
Last Night: DJ I-Dee and Q-Bert at Studio A
If you buy your tomatoes at a major supermarket or eat at McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell or Subway, then you may well be biting into the blood-and-sweat product of forced- labor-induced plantation agriculture, a.k.a. slavery, from the fields of Immokalee, where crack-cocaine meets whips and chain ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2007
Burger King or Bust
If you buy your tomatoes at a major supermarket or eat at McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell or Subway, then you may well be biting into the blood-and-sweat product of forced- labor-induced plantation agriculture, a.k.a. slavery, from the fields of Immokalee, where crack-cocaine meets whips and chain ... More >>
News
August 16, 2007
Burger Sting
"I think that employees at Burger King earn more than tomato pickers"
Blogs
August 10, 2007
Rick Ross Reaches Out to M-I-Yayo
"I think that employees at Burger King earn more than tomato pickers"
News
June 21, 2007
Souto Steamed Over Suit Support
"Money used to reverse the rezoning is money dedicated to the preservation of Vizcaya"
Dining
November 4, 2004
A Tale of Two Menus
"Money used to reverse the rezoning is money dedicated to the preservation of Vizcaya"
Dining
September 12, 2002
Cheeseburger Cheeseburger, 1, 2, 3
Nooo, all cheeseburgers are not created the same....
Dining
November 29, 2001
Fear of Frying at MIA
If you are looking for something tasty at MIA, better bring it with you.
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August 31, 2000
Oldfellas
The Crew is four semitough guys, shooting blanks at sunset
Dining
August 3, 2000
It's Cooking Online
The Crew is four semitough guys, shooting blanks at sunset
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