Omnivore Atlanta

Enraged man calls 911 after being allegedly short-changed by McDonald’s.

(Hat tip, Michael Saunders)

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Could this happen at Varasano’s Pizzeria? From a NBC News affiliate:

Today’s Stupid Criminal comes from Croatia where police say he tried to rob a pizza shop but forgot one thing – to leave the scene of the crime.

The suspect told a pizza clerk to make a half dozen pizzas and then pulled out a knife and took cash from the shop, but the lure of the food proved too much and the world-be robber stopped to eat.

He was quoted as saying he knew he should have left, but the food was too good.

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Here’s the (abbreviated) official word from Carmen Cappello, announcing the closing of Lamplighter:

Lamplighter, located in Atlanta’s Grant Park district, has decided to cease operations as of Feb. 1. Lamplighter…was founded by Chef Carmen Cappello in August of 2008. Lamplighter was well received in the Grant Park area and received high marks from several food critics, including Cliff Bostock of Creative Loafing…

The decision by Chef Cappello and his team to close the restaurant was difficult, but the decision had to be made and was based mainly on the rash of criminal activity over the course of the last several months in the immediate Grant Park area. Lamplighter was not excluded from these activities, as the restaurant was burglarized over the Christmas holiday. While vigilantly pursuing all options to recover from this event, it was deemed impossible to re-open as Lamplighter due to the heavy burden placed on the financial position of the company.

I’m not sure how the burglary relates to the decision to close, but that’s the story sent me today.

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Thank God we live in a country where we have the right to bear arms inside restaurants. The AJC has the story of weekend shootings at Rosa Mexicano and Table 1280 here. (Nobody was killed.)

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