Mediavore: No More Marlin
• Maitland-based Tijuana Flats is opening up 12 new locations in the next year, three of which will be in South Florida: Coconut Creek, Miramar, and West Palm Beach. [Orlando Sentinel]
• A new national consumer survey claims that 78 percent of restaurant-goers wouldn't order marlin or other billfish off of a menu. Billfish populations are down up to 80 percent, and the Take Marlin Off The Menu campaign aims to ban the fishing and importation of the fish in the U.S. [Florida Fishing News]
• Tim and Nina Zagat explain that though the economy is bad and people are splurging less, they're still going to eat out. [The Atlantic Monthly]
• Jean-Georges Vongerichten's goal: create a haute cuisine restaurant chain with the reach of McDonald's. [CNNMoney]
