Sure, Applebee's sometimes gives babies margaritas instead of apple juice, and their Times Square location seems modeled after the fourth circle of Dante's Inferno, but drunk hell babies seem to be a winning formula: the joint rakes in $13 million a year! more ›

In case you haven't heard by now, national restaurant chain Applebee's is in some hot water after serving a margarita to 15-month-old Dominick Dill-Reese instead of apple juice, leaving him with a BAC of .10. And apparently, this isn't the first time it's happened; the Daily News reports that toddlers were served alcohol instead of juice in 2006 in New York and in 2007 in California. Someone must've just mislabeled the margarita and apple juice vats at every single Applebee's location, so Applebee's will now be "emphasizing that non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages must be stored in completely separate and identified containers." more ›

Staten Island's Vanessa Riccio has been charged with theft of services after she and a friend racked up a $170 bill at the New Dorp Applebee's and fled without paying, which is all the rage these days. This raises the larger question: how the hell did two people spend $170 on lunch at Applebee's? The Staten Island Advance says they ate ribs ($22.99 for a full rack), shrimp ($13.49 for the "Double Crunch"), and booze, which they must have ordered a lot of considering their entrees don't even equal $50. Of course, money is no object when the alternative is dining at Applebee's sober. more ›

Just weeks ago, Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress shot himself in the leg while at a Manhattan nightclub, but, when he was being treated at a NY hospital, he allegedly claimed his name was "Harris Smith" and said he was shot at an Applebee's. Now, it turns out that Burress's replacement on the field, Domenik Hixon goes to Applebee's. A NJ.com reader posted a photograph of himself with the player and NJ.com's John Shabe writes, "Seems like Hixon was a pretty good sport to mug for a photo with these guys." Hixon will be working off those Applebee's calories when he and the Giants face the Philadelphia Eagles in next Sunday's NFC divisional game. more ›