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Cracker Barrel Founder Dies at 76; Seniors Cited as Big Binge Drinkers

• Dan “Danny” W. Evins, who founded Cracker Barrel in his family’s gas station, passed away at age 76. [NRN]

• On Sunday, Jorge Alvarado, working in a Lynwood restaurant, ran to the defense of a market clerk being robbed. After stabbing the thief in the neck with a knife he had been using at the restaurant, he was shot in the back of the head and now lies in critical condition. [MSNBC]

• The debate over coconut water’s alleged health benefits rages on. [NYP]

• And the award for biggest binge-drinking demographic goes to … Grandma and Grandpa. [NYDN]

• Anthony Myint at Mission Chinese Food in SF shares his recipe for twice-fried Popeye’s chicken. It might make you love fast food again. [SE]

• Restaurant Catchup, a new blog detailing goings-on in the quick service restaurant category, has launched. [Market Watch]

• Las Vegas has added a spring restaurant week in late February to early March. [LAT]

• A year after rolling out Points Plus and making some other changes, Weight Watchers is thriving. [Crain’s]

Cracker Barrel Founder Dies at 76; Seniors Cited as Big Binge Drinkers