Customers Will Droolz...

And Bloomberg's Nanny State Don't Rulez. I say good. Many restaurants in NYC have already been providing nutritional content for customers who inquire, but the rule that the health board passed last year is laughable, ridiculous, and is symptomatic of bureaucrats who live in fantasy lands. Who thought that publishing caloric content in the same size type as the food price on menus would ever work? Menus that used to be 4 pages will become little magazines, because it's not just putting the calorie number next to the price that the regulation mandates. It's putting the calories of a burger with pickles. Or a burger with pickles and mustard. Or a burger with pickles and ketchup, but no mustard. Or a cheeseburger with onions. Or cheeseburger with onions, barbecue sauce, and pickles. Do you begin to see the problem that fast food chains will have? They need a spreadsheet to put all that info together, which is why they have those big posters with rule lines and dots all over them. Or better yet, online.

Of course, the AP has to quote an advocacy group spokesman who hates fast food restaurants. For balance, right? The story also mentions how many calories are in a burger, but how much is that "healthy" salad at McDonalds? The Southwest Salad with Crispy Chicken runs you 400 calories. You better be just drinking a diet soda.