Omnivore Atlanta » Burger-King

Tuesday food links: Army cooks, hated menu phrases, and sexy advertizing

Robyn Baitcher — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:56:11 +0000

A quick roundup of culinary points of interest.

Domino’s Pizza and Burger King outrage everyone

Cliff Bostock — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:32:52 +0000

Domino's workers arrested, Burger King cancels marketing campaign

Andy Warhol eats fast food

Cliff Bostock — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:16:56 +0000

Eating a fast food burger -- Burger King, I think -- seems like a perfect performance piece for an artist who was obsessed with repetition, icons of pop culture and tedium.

Speaking of burgers…

Cliff Bostock — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:21:22 +0000

Burger King is now marketing a men's body spray, Flame, that draws its olfactory inspiration from the Whopper.

Watch for stray wallets at Burger King

Besha Rodell — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:07:57 +0000

Apparently the King is dropping wallets.

Revenge is a dish best served on the phone

Cliff Bostock — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:01:51 +0000

Ever wanted to take revenge on restaurants that done you wrong? Here’s one Atlantan’s problem: I was in high school, and needed a job. I applied at a local restaurant called “Atlanta Bread Company.” The manager at this particular restaurant was a complete bitch. I could go on forever about how she made me wait for [...]

‘There’s a weird hair braid in my Whopper’

Cliff Bostock — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:54:39 +0000

Just in case you missed it, here’s the video of the dude taking a bath in the kitchen sink of the Xenia, Ohio, Burger King where he worked: Burger King has issued this statement: We have sanitized the sink and have disposed of all other kitchen tools and utensils that were used [...]

Have it your way — without politically incorrect tomatoes

Cliff Bostock — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:22:35 +0000

Speaking of fast food, NPR’s “Morning Edition” featured a brief piece about Burger King this morning. Unlike McDonald’s and other companies, Burger King refuses to pay an extra penny per pound for tomatoes from Florida. The extra penny is to improve the lot of Florida’s migrant tomato pickers, who have not had a raise [...]