Olive Garden's popular 'Never Ending Pasta Bowl' returns on August 25, offering unlimited pasta, soup or salad, and breadsticks for $13.99, with eClub members gaining early access on August 18. The menu features up to 96 flavor combinations, including a new Spicy Three-Meat Sauce, and the promotion runs until November 16.
Taco Bell has quietly brought back the popular Cheesy Street Chalupas for a limited time, offering fans another chance to try the item that briefly appeared in 2024, featuring street vendor-inspired ingredients and fried cheeses.
Selena Gomez revealed her wedding menu preferences, including a small dessert for her and Benny Blanco, and her dislike for a large cake, with the wedding scheduled for September in California, attended by close friends and family.
A reviewer revisits Red Lobster after over a decade to try their new seafood boil, which features options like shrimp, sausage, lobster, and crab in a garlic butter sauce, served in a plastic bag. The meal is flavorful but somewhat messy, with the sausage standing out as the best component. Despite some mediocre seafood and soggy corn, the experience is highlighted by classic Cheddar Bay Biscuits. The restaurant recently exited bankruptcy and is promoting its new menu items with viral TikTok campaigns.
McDonald's is reintroducing the Snack Wrap on July 10 with two new flavors: spicy with a habanero kick and savory ranch, available for $2.99 at participating locations, including late-night menus and via the app.
McDonald's is bringing back the popular Snack Wrap on July 10, 2025, as a permanent menu item across the U.S., available in Spicy and Ranch flavors, after a fan-driven campaign and social media demand.
McDonald's is officially bringing back the Snack Wraps starting July 10, featuring new flavors like Spicy and Ranch, after their discontinuation in 2016, with a dedicated website for fans. Popeyes has also introduced its own Chicken Wraps and new beverages.
Starbucks is launching four new layered Frappuccino flavors for summer, including Salted Caramel Mocha, Strawberry Matcha, Brown Sugar, and the limited-time Firework Frappuccino for the Fourth of July, alongside other seasonal menu items. The new drinks have received mixed reactions from customers and baristas, with some concerns about menu complexity and preparation time.
McDonald's has quietly reintroduced bagels to its menu at thousands of locations after discontinuing them in 2020, following a surge in demand and surprising success in select markets. The return of the breakfast staple has sparked excitement among fans on social media, with some locations already offering the item. This move comes as McDonald's also announces a partnership with Krispy Kreme and hints at potential new menu items in the future, while addressing concerns about affordability and food inflation.
CosMc's, a new beverage-led restaurant concept owned by McDonald's, has opened in Dallas, offering bold and unexpected flavor combinations in drinks and a selection of savory and sweet food options. The menu includes unique beverages like Sour Cherry Energy Burst and Churro Cold Brew Frappe, as well as food items such as Spicy Queso Sandwich and Blueberry Lemon Cookie Sundae. The restaurant is named after a 1980s-era McDonaldland character and is the second CosMc's location to open, with plans for more in the future.
Jon Rahm, the 2023 Masters winner, has revealed the menu for the 2024 Champions Dinner, featuring dishes from his Basque heritage such as basque crab salad, ribeye, and tapas. The tradition allows the defending champion to select the menu for the following year's dinner, and Rahm's choices reflect his Spanish roots. Past champions' menus have varied widely, with Rahm's predecessor, Scottie Scheffler, opting for cheeseburger sliders and firecracker shrimp.
Jon Rahm revealed the menu for his Champions Dinner at the Masters, featuring a northern Spanish Basque country flair inspired by chef José Andrés and his grandmother's recipes, including tapas of acorn-fed Iberian ham, Basque chorizo, and Idiazabal cheese, a Basque crab and potato salad, a choice of Basque ribeye or turbot for the main course, and a puff pastry with custard and Chantilly cream for dessert.
McDonald's CFO Ian Borden revealed that the company's focus on premium burgers was unsuccessful, and instead, there is a demand for larger, more filling burgers. As part of its strategy to promote and improve its core menu, McDonald's is piloting larger burgers and plans to scale the successful product globally. This shift comes as part of the company's "Accelerating the Arches" strategy, which emphasizes its core menu of burgers, chicken, and coffee.
Chipotle's Chicken al Pastor, a popular limited-time offering, is returning to the menu for a limited time, featuring a sophisticated flavor profile with seared morita peppers, ground achiote, pineapple, lime, and cilantro. Available at Chipotle locations nationwide, customers can enjoy a $0 delivery fee for Chicken al Pastor orders placed via the Chipotle app and online from March 14 through March 24, and can also order the most-ordered Chicken al Pastor burrito bowl of 2023, consisting of white rice, black beans, fresh tomato salsa, roasted chili-corn salsa, cheese, and guacamole.
Employees of Jersey Mike's have revealed some concerning aspects of the popular chain's menu, including the use of day-old bread for hot subs, the use of soybean oil in place of olive oil, the lack of official guidelines for off-menu items like the salami and cheese sandwich, potential overloading of peppers in the chipotle chicken sandwich, concerns about cross-contamination with gluten-free subs, underwhelming chicken strips, reports of contaminated soda fountains, and the unimpressive nature of new test menu items like the Nacho and Cool Ranch Philly Bowls.