Esquire's Best New Restaurants And More News

The Daily Meal brings you the biggest news in the food world.

Industry
A little slice of Wendy's history for fast-food lovers. [Slate]

Restaurants
Esquire names the nation's best new restaurants, with the Restaurant of the Year going to The Optimist in Atlanta. [Esquire]

Chefs and Personalities
Sam Sifton documents his New York diet, which includes making a hot breakfast every day for the family and having a bedtime bourbon. [Grub Street]

Startups
A San Francisco start-up proudly announced that the company has raised $0 in venture capital funding, but will generate more than $150 million in sales by the end of the year. Props all around. [WSJ]

Politics
An ad against Prop 37 in California, which would require all genetically engineered food to be labeled, was pulled after the ad used Stanford's name, which is against the university's policy. [LA Times]

Kitchen Design
Check out Ina Garten's new, fancy, gorgeous, envy-inducing kitchen. Enough adjectives for you? [NY Times]

Produce
Food prices rose 1.4 percent in September, when compared to August, and while short-term food prices won't spike too much, the long term doesn't look promising. [NY Times]