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Yes, schadenfreude fans, the episode of Kitchen Nightmares that TV food celebrity/reality host Gordon Ramsay filmed at Hampden’s own Café Hon last fall debuts tonight on Fox at 8 p.m. In case you haven’t seen the series, Ramsay drops in on a struggling restaurant each episode and tries to tough-love it back onto the...
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Flanked by a celebrity chef, Denise Whiting formally renounced her trademark on the word Hon today, WBAL reports: “I didn’t mean to steal something, to take something. No one can ever steal or take or own the spirit of Baltimore and I apologize from the bottom of my heart for all of the pain...
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Baltimore restaurants are having their moment in the television spotlight recently. The Baltimore Sun reported this morning that Gordon Ramsay will be counseling Baltimore’s most outspoken Hon, Denise Whiting, in an upcoming episode of Kitchen Nightmares. Filming at Whiting’s Café Hon is scheduled to begin next week. The producers of BYUtv’s Turning Point series,...
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In the wake of recent revelations concerning Denise Whiting, owner of Hampden’s Café Hon, and her federal trademarking of the term “hon,” the people have spoken and then some. Now the potty-mouthed robot-voiced avatars are piping up.
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Denise Whiting’s efforts to trademark the word “Hon”—a la J Lo and her booty or Paris Hilton’s “that’s hot”—have pushed many Baltimoreans over the edge. Whiting’s hopes to profit off of Baltimore’s precious word have even got some people calling for massive unrest at next year’s Little Miss Hon competition. Local zine Smile, Hon,...
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She’s finally gone and done it. Not satisfied with having Disney-fied Hampden, Denise Whiting—owner of Café Hon and creator of Honfest—is going national. She has registered the word “hon” as a federal trademark, according to an article in the Baltimore Messenger. As the self-proclaimed owner of the word, Whiting has a licensing agreement with...
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