Famous Food

Lisa Vanderpump showed her support for Bravo's newest housewife franchise -- "The Real Housewives of Potomac" -- when the cast stopped by PUMP Restaurant Thursday night for dinner.

Lisa wasn't there but we're told she sent a note welcoming the women to the Bravo family and hooked 'em up with PUMP hats. The new 'Housewife' franchise premieres Sunday, and we're told Bravo execs think it's going to be their new hit.

The ladies are definitely saving the drama for the cameras -- we're told there was no argument about the bill at PUMP. They each paid separately.

Scott Disick is no longer hiding his new relationship, because we got pics of Scott and girlfriend Lina Sandberg very openly showing affection in a very public place.

Scott, Lina and one of Scott's pals lunched at the Polo Lounge in Bev Hills. They were kissing inside the restaurant, located inside the very popular Beverly Hills Hotel.

Lina's a Wilhelmina L.A. model who knew him for awhile, but a month ago they went to Nobu restaurant in West Hollywood and the relationship changed. We're told they talk and text all the time and in the last month they've seen each other frequently.

It's a pretty clear sign ... Kourtney's history.

Miss Colombia may have lost her crown, but companies pitching burgers and beers want to re-crown her and make her super famous and wealthy.

Sources connected with the scorned Miss Universe contestant tell TMZ, a high-powered manager -- who reps Sofia Vergara -- is working on her behalf and is in talks with Burger King for a fantastic commercial. Miss Colombia would star in a kids' meal spot where everyone keeps their crown.

And we're told the manager -- Luis Balaguer -- is also talking to Corona about a commercial featuring Ariadna Gutierrez on the beach with a cold one. The hook -- "corona" is "crown" in Spanish.

And there's more ... we're told Ariadna's dream is to become a Victoria's Secret angel, and our sources say Balaguer was in touch with the company on Tuesday.

BTW ... we're told Ariadna was enraged at both the Miss Universe pageant and Steve Harvey after the screw-up and hasn't returned a single call to either. Fact is, it's the best thing that could have happened to her.

Seems there's a bright side to not making the playoffs ... Double Doubles ... 'cause Rams stud Akeem Ayers says he's gonna start his off-season conditioning at IN-N-OUT!!!

Ayers was out at Mastro's grabbing a "light" bite when we asked him what would be the first thing he stuffs his face with when the season is finito ... and he no longer has to watch what he eats.

Peep the clip -- Akeem KNOWS what he wants ... and how he wants it ... saying he's going full fat boy at the fast food joint, with "animal style" everything (grilled onions, special sauce, cheese).

August Alsina’s not getting onstage unless he gets $60k ... and a feast.

We got hold of the rider for the New Orleans R&B crooner, and he's got food on the brain. His dressing room becomes a backdrop for a banquet ...

-- 20 pieces of hot Popeyes chicken
-- red beans and rice
-- jalapeno peppers
-- biscuits, mashed potatoes with gravy

The dressing room is also well stocked with booze ...

-- 2 Hennessy
-- 1 Cabernet
-- 1 Honey Jack Daniels
-- 1 Patron
-- 1 case of Bud Light

August also takes care of his 20-person crew. They get ...

-- 12 Rib-eye steaks
-- 24 sauteed prawns
-- 24 fried prawns
-- baked lobster mac & cheese
-- collard greens
-- peach cobbler
-- apple pie

Guinness, the famous Irish stout, is being sued because THE BEER IS ACTUALLY MADE IN CANADA!

Kieran O'Hara is a local beer drinker from Massachusetts now gunning for Guinness, claiming the beer maker is duping millions of beer enthusiasts.

According to the docs -- obtained by TMZ -- O'Hara claims Guinness plasters a misleading label on every bottle of Guinness Extra Stout that makes people think it's a 100% Irish beer -- with ONLY a teeny tiny disclosure on the back of the bottle saying it's ACTUALLY made in Canada.

O'Hara isn't just in it for himself -- he's trying to put together a class of other Guinness drinkers who thought they were drinking an authentic Irish beer.

We reached out to Guinness for comment ... so far, no word back.

12:51 PM PT -- No romance here people ... sources close to the couple tell us the two are "just friends" and had a nice platonic dinner last night.

Too bad ... they'd be cute together.

Courteney Cox and Will Arnett broke bread and lobster claws Tuesday night, and there seems to be a little dating smoke.

The famous couple arrived together at The Palm restaurant in Bev Hills and had a long dinner.

At around 11 PM, Courteney left alone and got in her SUV, which took off but stopped 20 yards down the road. Will then surfaced and began walking toward the SUV and then beelined it back inside The Palm.

We're told Will eventually left by Uber.

Chris Martin has just been sued by a photog who claims the singer has got it out for the media.

Richard Terry was perched at Giorgio Baldi restaurant in L.A. back in January when he saw Chris and Gwyneth get into a Jeep. He claims Martin intentionally turned his wheel sharply to the right, causing the Jeep to jump the sidewalk and hit Terry.

As TMZ reported ... another photog across the street took pics of the incident, and some felt it was a set up for the photog to bait Martin and then chronicle what followed.

Terry says in his lawsuit, Martin has "a significant history of repeated and ongoing violent acts against entertainment news people."

Terry is particularly pissed off that Martin left the scene instead of tending to him.

Wolfgang's Steakhouse managers tormented one of their servers over his ethnicity and even looked the other way when someone drew a penis on the guy's locker ... according to a new lawsuit.

Suleyman Kucur, who's Turkish, is taking on the famed restaurant ... claiming his managers in NYC regularly called him "Turko" and bullied him. In the suit, he says they discriminated against him because they were Albanian and Montenegrin -- there's long-standing beef between the nations.

Kucur's lawsuit makes his managers and co-workers sound like real life "Mean Girls." He says they "slammed" his section with customers, so he had to do more work ... and even stole his shoes several times.

Worst of all ... he says his locker was frequently vandalized with words like, "f**k off," "gay Turk" ... and someone once sketched a large penis there as well. Size didn't matter ... Kucur was still pissed.

Drake and Steph Curry were super protected during their late night burger run -- in fact, even the BATHROOM was cleared out when Drake had to pee ... TMZ Sports has learned.

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" will not just dominate in the movie theaters ... it wants to take over the mayonnaise and window blind markets.

Baffling as it seems, Lucasfilm has filed legal docs to own products with the famous movie title, products that include:

- Mayo
- Window blinds
- Mattresses
- Mustard, ketchup and relish
- Frozen meals, consisting primarily of pasta or rice
- Tortillas
- Marmalades
- Veggie burger patties
- Bowling balls
- Bean bags
- Magic tricks
- Fishing tackle

The film company has filed hundreds of trademark applications.

It's world domination.

Boobs and doughnuts -- individually awesome, but together they're messing up biz for the famous strip club chain Spearmint Rhino ... according to a new lawsuit.

In the suit, Spearmint Rhino says Rhino Doughnuts and Coffee -- a South Florida chain -- is intentionally confusing customers and taking advantage of its already famous brand.

The strip club giant points out it's been featured on "South Park," 'The Tonight Show,' and "Tosh.0." Far as we can tell, the doughnut joint's first national exposure is this lawsuit.

Spearmint Rhino wants it all -- profits from the shop, destruction of all the shop's gear with rhinos, and even its Internet domain name.

About the only thing they're NOT suing for ... free doughnuts for life. Stupid.

Lisa Vanderpump and husband Ken Todd hosted a unique dinner at their restaurant -- an awesome reward for at-risk kids who excelled in school and in their community.

LV teamed up with outreach group DEAP in Love to give the kids their 1st fine dining experience ... with a few criteria set up by the Covenant House. To be eligible for the tasty prize ... teens had to have perfect school attendance, keep a clean room, and volunteer at the shelter where they live.

14 kids made the cut and dined at Sur in West Hollywood. They got to order whatever they wanted off the trendy menu, including ahi tuna, steaks, premium burgers and even fancy drinks ... virgin only.

Each one got a special send-off including a fancy box of chocolates and makeup for the girls. Ken and Lisa donated shoes and clothes as well.

Khloe Kardashian might lie about baking pies, but she's a regular Betty Crocker when it comes to whipping up a cheesecake.

Khloe posted a pic of a cooked cake and says there's proof SHE made this because she recorded the whole thing for a "Cooking with Koko" segment.

We broke the story ... Khloe tried to pass off pies from an L.A. bakery, Sweet Lady Jane ... as her own for Thanksgiving dinner.

As for the umm ... flaws in the cheesecake -- she blames "munchkins" for nibbling before the pic, but preemptively told her haters ... "It's a f***ing cheesecake. Grow up."

Since the Mos Eisley Cantina doesn't deliver, tons of 'Star Wars' fans camped out in front of a movie theater in Hollywood had to settle for the next best thing ... buffalo wings.

The most loyal fans in this galaxy are already camped out in front of the famous Chinese Theater on Hollywood Blvd. ... despite the fact the movie doesn't open for SIX days.

But Thursday night, the group was treated to some free wings to help get them through the waiting game, and y'know ... general starvation.

One downside -- tons of wings, no restroom in sight. They're gonna need more than the Force.

Celebrity chef and "Chopped" judge Amanda Freitag has an ironic dilemma ... although she's a pro at saving failing diners, her own is about to go belly up.

Freitag revamps struggling diners on Food Network's "American Diner Revival." She's also part owner of the retro NYC eatery, Empire Diner.

According to legal docs obtained by TMZ, Empire Diner is four months behind in rent. The demand is ominous ... cough up $119,070.80 by December 14th or clear the building.

A source at the diner -- famously featured in Woody Allen's "Manhattan" and the opening credits of "SNL" -- tells us the employees just found out about the problem, and they're devastated they may lose jobs right before Christmas.

A rep for Amanda tells us the chef hasn't been involved in day-to-day operations since July, but she still retains an ownership stake.