marketing gimmicks

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• Guss’ Takes Pickle Porn to New Low

  
  Grub Street New York — Authority: 153
  Commenters kvetched about the ad that Guss’ Pickles ran in the last issue of Heeb magazine, showing a woman enjoying a pickle in a suggestive manner. But with its new ad, Guss’ has sunk even lower, so to speak. Meanwhile, the Lower East Side mainstay tells us it hasn’t yet set a move-out date, but still ...
  10 hours ago

• Chocolate Dim Sum Reveals The Peninsulas Roots

  
  Grub Street Los Angeles — Authority: 536
  Chocolate Dim Sum at The Peninsula The Peninsula is taking a dip into dim sum, both traditional and tricked out. A small selection of chocolate dim sum, as well as standard bau buns, gau dumplings, and pot-stickers are now served in The Club Bar and The Living Room, where the Hotel Bel-Airs former ...
  10 hours ago

• Joan Cusack Hops Aboard the Cupcake Truck

  
  Grub Street New York — Authority: 153
  Remember that episode of Celebrity Apprentice in which they raised money for charity by driving cupcake trucks around? Well, now that there actually is a cupcake truck, it’s happening in real life! Sort of. A press release informs us that the five-month-old Cupcake Stop truck was a “pioneer” in the mobile ...
  1 day ago

• Kogi Set To Tailgate in New Scion

  
  Grub Street Los Angeles — Authority: 536
  Kogi has been such a phenom, even New Yawkers are tracking its movements, says Mouthing Off . They tell us the companys latest addition is a bright orange Scion donated by Toyota, pimped for KoreAm tailgating. The car comes with a rear grill, sink, Alpine system, and compartment for Chef Rois works, which should help ...
  1 day ago

• Drinks Over Dearborns Pricey Icey

  
  Grub Street Chicago — Authority: 522
  There are two Glace ice spheres in this picture. Thatll be $16. Looking to jazz up your cocktail hour? Drinks Over Dearborn is now selling gigantor spherical ice cubes 2.5 inches in diameter. Theyre made by the Glace Luxury Ice Co. for a whopping $8 a pop (bargain hunters take note: you can snag five for $35). We ...
  5 days ago

• Having A Foil-Helmet Kinda Day?

  
  Grub Street Chicago — Authority: 522
  Spotted by a tipster outside Phoebes Cupcakes . We imagine if we ever did think the government was zapping laser messages into our brain, a cupcake might in fact help. Good idea! Read more posts by Helen Rosner Filed Under: marketing gimmicks , phoebes cupcakes
  6 days ago

• "Scuola di Pizza" Is In Session at Mozza 2 Go

  
  Grub Street Los Angeles — Authority: 536
  Nancy Silverton Mozza 2 Go is starting ongoing "Scuola di Pizza" cooking classes that are limited to just 12 participants at a time. The three hour classes cost $150 per person and will be taught by Nancy Silverton and exec chef Matt Molina. The Daily Dish reports that the first class will be this Thursday from ...
  1 week ago

• Midtown Mascots

  
  Grub Street New York — Authority: 153
  Midtown Lunch has a hilarious Halloween-themed look at the restaurant mascots of midtown. But wait! They forgot the Planet Smoothie creature ! [ Midtown Lunch ] Read more posts by Daniel Maurer Filed Under: marketing gimmicks , mascots , midtown , planet smoothie
  1 week ago

• The Publican: This Rounds On You

  
  Grub Street Chicago — Authority: 522
  This Buds for Brian Huston. A new category now appears on the menu at The Publican . Filed under "Kitchen" youll find just one thing: for $10, you treat the kitchen staff to a six-pack of beer. The restaurants spinning it as something that makes it "easy for guests to show their appreciation." Were not sure how we ...
  1 week ago

• Even in a Blizzard, All Anyone Really Wants Is to Eat a Sandwich

  
  Grub Street New York — Authority: 153
  Liz Lemon couldnt have put it better than she did during last night’s episode of 30 Rock , when she visited Fatty Fat’s Sandwich Ranch: “All of humankind has one thing in common — the sandwich. I believe that all anyone really wants in this life is to sit in peace and eat a sandwich.” Which might explain ...
  1 week ago

• Saturday Night Special: World Series, Halloween and Free Black Tacos

  
  Grub Street Philadelphia — Authority: 124
  As if Halloween and Game 3 of the World Series falling on the same night falling wasnt enough for one Saturday night, Taco Bell is adding to the potential hysteria by giving away one free black jack taco to any customer who visits their stores on October 31 between 6 p.m. and midnight . For a totally different take ...
  1 week ago

• Rick Greshs Incredible, Edible Bacon-Fat Candle

  
  Grub Street Chicago — Authority: 522
  This is just a candle that has yet to realize itself David Burkes Primehouse chef Rick Gresh is the sort of guy who likes to get a little badass with his food, but even we were a little stunned by the revelation that he has developed an edible bacon-fat candle — this is something that quite possibly puts all ...
  1 week ago

• Yanks Versus Phils: The Return of the Cheesecake Versus Cheesesteak Challenge

  
  Grub Street New York — Authority: 153
  Just like when the Giants and Eagles battled for the NFC Championship and Bloomberg bet a cheesecake against Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter’s cheesesteak, Chuck Schumer and fellow New York senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand are betting some cheesecakes that the Yanks will take the series. (Couldn’t they at least ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bill’s Bar and Burger Walks Among the Bloggers

  
  Grub Street New York — Authority: 153
  Bill’s Bar and Burger has seriously amped up its Twitter presence today. Here are the bloggers and tweeters that Bill’s has linked to, responded to, and retweeted today alone: Food Writer’s Diary, Wined and Dined, Midtown Lunch, Always Eating, Zagat Buzz, Ben Leventhal of Eater, a Hamburger Today, Beef ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mason Is God: Tailor Chef Immortalized on Williamsburg Wall

  
  Grub Street New York — Authority: 153
  Yes, that is Sam Mason’s tatted forearm about to be hand-painted today on North Sixth Street in Williamsburg. Hopefully Tailor can continue to hang in there and this ad for Masons “rocking” IFC cooking show, Dinner With the Band , doesnt become something akin to one of those R.I.P. airbrush murals. Read ...
  2 weeks ago

• Will Abgone Help Me Lose Belly Fat?

  
  Drop Fat! — Authority: 146
  Every year literally hundreds of new weight loss products hit the marketplace.  Some are centered in great science while others appear to be marketing gimmicks whose only purpose is to offer hope. Abgone is a product that targets the very vast “belly fat” marketplace.  It was developed based on the recent ...
  5 weeks ago

• Chris Walters On BBC Tomorrow [Media Whoring]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 777
  Consumerists Chris Walters is slated to be a live guest on the BBCs "World News Today" tomorrow morning at 7:30 am Eastern, shown on the BBC America and BBC World News cable channels. Hell be talking about those talking ads in the Sept 18 issue of Entertainment Weekly which combine singing greeting card technology ...
  7 weeks ago

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