More follow up to Sprinkles NippleGate: Famous Cupcakes owner Desiree Adl says "she's actually kind of honored that Sprinkles considers her little bakery its rival." [LAT]
A new battleground has been declared in the ongoing Cupcake Wars: The courtroom! Sprinkles Cupcakes has sued North Hollywood-based Famous Cupcakes for copying its trademarked "modern dot" design: "Unlike other cupcake imitators around the world who ceased using 'Modern Dot' after being caught by Sprinkles Famous Cupcakes has not responded to repeated requests to 'promptly stop using its trademarked design,' the lawsuit said."
According to the blog Las Vegas Trademark Attorney, Sprinkles' "nested circle" design was registered last April, with a helpful dot-placement diagram. Although we can certainly see some concentric circles in Famous Cupcakes' logo, their actual cupcakes don't seem to be topped with dots (turkeys, even, but not dots).
SANTA MONICA: It might not be a free 1,000-cupcake bonanza a la Crumbs, but Vanilla Bake Shop turns one this year, and to celebrate they're giving away a free cupcake for ever $10 purchase on Thursday, July 10 all day (9am-7pm). The shop is at 512 Wilshire Boulevard. [EaterWire]
SANTA MONICA: During the GLOW event---an overnight art fair on the Santa Monica pier, Muscle Beach, Palisades Park and portions of Ocean Avenue---several restaurants will offer specials and some even stay open all night. Ocean & Vine at the Loews will have a pre-GLOW prix fixe menu; Bar Pintxo will have $5 Sangria after midnight; Mariasol Restaurant on the pier will be open 24 hours; and there will be other specials at Ye Olde King's Head, The Yard, Thai Dishes, Makai Lounge and more. The event starts at 7pm on July 19 and ends at 7am July 20. [EaterWire Inbox]
HOLLYWOOD: From a tipster: "The Thursday before Memorial day weekend, the club The Day After (aka Montmartre Lounge) closed. Well, actually the owners (who live in Mexico) hadn't paid the rent for months, so the landlord came and changed the locks." We also noted Montmartre Lounge on the DOH closure list, so there you go. Full explanation. [EaterWire Inbox]
Keeping good on their promise, the new Crumbs Bake Shop will dole out 1,000 free cupcakes on Friday, June 6, starting at 8am. The cupcakery actually opens tomorrow (Wed 6/4), but it takes a lot of time to make 1,000 extra cupcakes, yo. Those fine Crumbs folks were supposed to open last week, canceled, but gave out free treats anyway. Oh, and it took less than two hours to go through 1,000 cupcakes then, so plan accordingly. (216 N. Larchmont Blvd, 323.464.8400)
· Free Crumbs Cupcakes Coming to Larchmont [~ELA~]
· Breaking: No Free Cupcakes Tomorrow! [~ELA~]
· Guerilla Cupcakes [~ELA~]
The Crumbs folks felt so bad about having to reneg on the promise of 1,000 free cupcakes today, so they handed out 1,000 free cupcakes today! "We thought, 'What if people don't check websites and show up anyway?' We had to do something," Crumbs West Coast partner Harley Bauter told Eater. "Our bakers worked all night. We started around 8am and by 10:47am, all the cupcakes were gone." But don't fret cupcake whores, when Crumbs officially opens (probably next week), there will be another free 1,000 treats. [EaterWire]
Bummer. The big Larchmont debut of Crumbs Bake Shop---when they were to dole out 1,000 free cupcakes---has been delayed. We repeat: No free Crumbs cupcakes on Larchmont tomorrow, May 29. Reps for the company just say it's "delayed to the beginning of June." A reader, who thought thought today was tomorrow and went by for the freebies, said, "not looking like they are opening soon." You''ll have new dates and cupcake times when we do.
· Free Crumbs Cupcakes Coming to Larchmont [~ELA~]
Let us be the first to tell you, Larchmontians: Crumbs Bake Shop opens on May 29, and with it comes 1,000 free cupcakes. When the company's first West Coast cupcakerie opened in Beverly Hills last September, the lines, we're told, snaked down the block and the free cupcakerage was gone before noon. That's 1,000 cupcakes gone before 12pm, people. Having hordes descend on sleepy Larchmont Village might reignite the anger that locals had over losing their beloved mom-and-pop shops. Then again, there's nothing that a free Oreo cookie or blueberry cobbler sugar-bomb cupcake can't cure. Freebies start at 8am. (216 N. Larchmont Blvd, 323.464.8400)
· Sweet Monday: Crumbs Opens Today, Freebies [~ELA~]
· Yep, The Chains Are Coming to Larchmont [~ELA~]
· Larchmont, Prepare for Free Cupcakes [~ELA~]
Welcome to a new weekend feature, Week in Eater, where we divulge the best stories of the week that was. This is a special Sunday edition, but look for us on Saturdays from now on.
Larchmont Villagers, be forewarned: There will be a day, probably sometime in mid-May, when free cupcakes will be thrust upon you by Crumbs Bake Shop. And we're not talking mini-cakes with cute little candy dots on top. Crumbs are ginormous sticky-sweet flavor bombs like Oreo, Fluffernutter and Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. The free thing, well, it's just what they do when a new store opens: In Beverly Hills free cupcakes were given to the first 1,000 customers.
· NYC to LA: Cupcake Wars of Beverly Hills [~ELA~]
· Yep, the Chains Are Coming to Larchmont [~ELA~]
· Sweet Monday: Crumbs Opens, Freebies [~ELA~]
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A new battleground has been declared in the ongoing Cupcake Wars: The courtroom! Sprinkles Cupcakes has sued North Hollywood-based Famous Cupcakes for copying its trademarked "modern dot" design: "Unlike other cupcake imitators around the world who ceased using 'Modern Dot' after being caught by Sprinkles Famous Cupcakes has not responded to repeated requests to 'promptly stop using its trademarked design,' the lawsuit said."
Keeping good on their promise, the new Crumbs Bake Shop will dole out 1,000 free cupcakes on Friday, June 6, starting at 8am. The cupcakery actually opens tomorrow (Wed 6/4), but it takes a lot of time to make 1,000 extra cupcakes, yo. Those fine Crumbs folks were 
