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Chili’s enters the chicken sandwich wars with new menu offerings

Chili’s enters the chicken sandwich wars with new menu offerings

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Chili’s is officially clucking its way deeper into the chicken sandwich wars with a new menu push built around its “Big Crispy” platform, going after fast-food giants like McDonald’s, while continuing to bet big on value. The Tex-Mex and American chain is expanding the Big Crispy platform to six different versions, all built around a hand-breaded chicken breast on a brioche bun with pickles and mayo. There are both core and premium options, with the original Big Crispy and Spicy Big Crispy at the base level, and more indulgent versions like Honey-Chipotle, Nashville Hot, Buffalo and a Deluxe sandwich topped with bacon, cheese, lettuce and tomato. All of the sandwiches are part of Chili’s $10.99 “3 For Me” value meal, which bundles an entrée …

The 16 most intriguing SoCal theater offerings this fall season

The 16 most intriguing SoCal theater offerings this fall season

Audiences desperately need a laugh right now, and the fall theater season is riding to the rescue with farces, rom-coms, political satires and musicals with a sharp sense of humor. One farce should come with a surgeon general’s warning. Richard Bean’s “One Man, Two Guvnors” had me in physical distress when I saw it first at London’s National Theatre and then again on Broadway. I nearly asphyxiated from laughing. Whether A Noise Within will be able to capture the slapstick panache of James Corden’s Tony-winning performance in “One Man, Two Guvnors,” is an open question. But the mere memory of this reworking of a commedia-style classic leaves me in stitches. “Eureka Day” is no less amusing for being politically pointed. Jonathan Spector’s play, set at a super-woke private school in Berkeley, wades into the ever-more contentious vaccine debate. How can concerned parents reach consensus when even medical knowledge has become tribalized? Spector satirizes with just the right combination of empathy and mercilessness. Hard to think of a finer recent workplace comedy than “Jaja’s African Hair …