What's next for Subway, now that it's surpassed McDonald's and Starbucks in store locations? According to Nation's Restaurant News, it's tackling the ever-popular café culture. Meet the chain's new Subway Cafés: slightly larger outlets designed to be a cross between a sandwich store and a coffee bar, with baked goods, hot and cold espresso drinks, and frozen blended beverages, among other Read more

Make your own Chinese soup dumplings. — Serious Eats Subway's cut the salt in its Fresh Fit sub sandwiches. — Nation's Restaurant News Padma Lakshmi and her baby go vegetarian. — Ecorazzi Guess what? Chili's served a kid booze, too. — Grub Street CHI TGD in Canton, OH offers Thanksgiving dinner all year long. — Eater This Summer's fast food drinks look to be a bit of overkill. — USA Read more

There are now more Subways in the world than McDonald's. — Eater Kahlúa from bean to bottle. — Serious Eats Five things new cooks should know. — Eatocracy Gabrielle Hamilton talks about her upcoming memoir, Blood, Bones, and Butter. — Elle On the rise of female brewers. — The Atlantic In the kitchen with Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, of LA's Animal. — Huffington Post Food Coffee Read more

Nationwide restaurants are finally starting to notice that more and more people are paying attention to gluten in products. Case in point: Subway, which is currently testing out gluten-free options, including a sandwich bun and a dessert brownie, in about 700 of its Texas locations. The bun, which arrives to stores premade, is a combination of corn starch, tapioca, and egg whites. Employees are Read more

We asked you which fast food chain was your go-to spot for food on the run, and it was a close race between two major players. But we have a champ! A round of applause for Subway, whose footlongs pushed the franchise past drive-through bigwigs like runner-up McDonald's. Maybe it was the sandwich shop's breakfast menu you couldn't get enough of, or maybe you were burning with desire for its new Read more

The latest twist in the fast food breakfast wars shows Americans are hungry for a hearty — but healthy — start. Four months after debuting its calorie-conscious morning sandwiches, Subway has declared its breakfast a success, with sales exceeding expectations and more sandwiches on the way. Meanwhile, Jack in the Box announced its latest product, The Breakfast Pita Pocket, will also be a Read more

The wording of this very official-looking, yet unofficial, poster created by an artist for the Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York is killing me. It starts off validating — "it's only natural to bump into each other" — and ends in all-out name-calling — "perv"! Why not just slap on one of those passive-aggressive-but-very-effective signs that say, "Smile, you're on camera." Read more

Yet another chain is vying for a piece of the pie in the ongoing fast food breakfast wars. Next month, Subway will roll out a breakfast menu, with a focus on low-fat egg and cheese sandwiches. Options will include a Western egg and cheese; black forest ham, egg, and cheese; double bacon, egg, and cheese; and steak, egg, and cheese, all made with cage-free eggs. Patrons will be able to Read more

Taco Bell has repackaged its "fresco-style" menu — which has been around since 2003 — as the new "Drive-Thru Diet." The new ad campaign touts the company's "healthier" menu, featuring items that contain nine grams of fat or less. And in a move that mimics the Subway/Jared pairing, Taco Bell has a newly slimmed spokesperson touting the benefits of the Drive-Thru Diet. Enter Christine Read more