A North End diner who didn't think the free meal he got in exchange for a restaurant's mistake was good enough got the place hauled before the Boston Licensing Board today - even though he's now refusing to cooperate with the board or police.

Trattoria di Monica, 67 Prince St., had to explain an incident on Sept. 4, for which they received a police citation for "assault and battery, employee on patron."

Cissy Huang tries the haggis at the Haven in Jamaica Plain:

Maybe it was the beer or maybe it was the learning curve, but I found myself gaining appreciation for this dark hash and its iron flavor. However, I don’t think it’s something that I would care to eat again.

The South End News reports the Parks and Recreation Department has rejected the Parish Cafe's plan to remove a tree on Tremont Street to make way for outdoor seating.

Virgil Aiello said today DeLuca's on Charles Street could be back in the wine business within a month after receiving Inspectional Services approval - which his lawyer said could be any day now.

Aiello and attorney Terry Dangel told the Boston Licensing Board that renovations to the market - destroyed in a four-alarm fire in July, 2010 - are proceeding apace, even as Aiello continues lawsuits against Nstar for the basement short circuit blamed for the fire.

The Globe reports that not only do many restaurants around here not serve you the fish they claim they do on their menus, they seem to think that's just fine.

All 23 white tuna samples tested as some other type of fish, usually escolar, which is nicknamed the "ex-lax" fish by some in the industry because of the digestion problems it can cause.

Eagle-eyed Mark Hurwitz spots a Craigslist posting for jobs at a Five Guys going into a Summer Street location vacated by McDonald's.

In recent years, the chain had opened a number of its burger joints in suburbs surrounding Boston but none in the city itself.

A mobile food festival originally planned for this Saturday has been postponed until at least this spring, the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy announced today:

The decision is based on the fact the attendees we're anticipating for the Greenway Mobile Food Fest, when combined with the Occupy Boston encampment on Dewey Square, would simply be too crowded to be considered safe for the public.

Farmers to You, which hooks up Vermont farmers with Boston-area consumers, reports it is very close to setting up a delivery site in JP (what? Oh, you thought I was talking about that other place):

In order to have a site open, we need a site host and 30-40 orders. We are very close on both counts.