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The pump isn’t the only place where you’re going to be spending more money this summer: If your summer plans involve heaping piles of burgers sizzling away on the backyard barbecue (and they should), you're going to have to shell out more of your hard-earned pay for those all-beef patties, too. And you can blame the weather.

A receipt from Mr. Chow in New York could save John Travolta a lot of embarrassment, as it indicates that he was far, far away from a kinky massage table in Beverly Hills at the time and date in which a masseur says that Travolta groped him. Additionally, there are photos of the actor in New York at the time, proving that this is just another case of Pulp Fiction meets penis fiction ... and also, that Travolta is a good tipper. [Daily Mail UK]

Students at U.T. Austin can now buy coffee made by "robistas" (robot baristas), thanks to a kiosk installed recently on campus. Just think: No need to agonize over etiquette, no lines (since you can order online or on your phone), and it's pretty cheap, too — $2.80 for a basic latte. Java-heads can indicate sweetener and milk preferences and a screen flashes your name when the drink's ready, so you can still get a kick by claiming you were christened Myrtle, like we used to never did back in the day. [Singularity Hub]

Drop that honey-dipped doughnut now ... because half of us are turning into future fat-asses within the next twenty years. A new study predicts that 42 percent of Americans will be hugely rotund by 2030; but then again, "obesity forecasting" — which uses variables like unemployment rate, fast-food prices, alcohol prices, and fuel prices — isn't always on point, especially since horizontally challenged subjects tend to tell fat lies to researchers. [Slate]

It seems French spot Bar Henry has quietly morphed into something called ZirZamin, a "subterranean music parlour." Interestingly, the new place has an Austin-themed menu — the brief lineup features that Lone Star city's hits, including breakfast tacos, queso, brisket tacos, and a burger; cocktails focus on Tito's (naturally) and tequila. According to ZirZamin's Facebook page, it's open from 5:30 p.m. to 3 a.m., so we guess the egg tacos are meant for a very early breakfast. Scope out the menu below, y'all.

Menu [PDF]

ZirZamin, 90 W. Houston St., nr. W. Broadway; 646-823-9617

We'll bring you this week's ratings from the critics shortly, but over at the Times, this month marks 50 years since Craig Claiborne's regular restaurant reviews started appearing, as Pete Wells writes. It was then that "reading the critics, eating what they had recommended, and then bragging or complaining about it ... bec[a]me a national pastime." Much like the gastro-seekers of today, the ahead-of-his-time Claiborne could be found "prowling the streets in search of Filipino, Armenian, Lebanese, Mexican, Hungarian and Czech menus." Aspiring food writers, go read about this guy. [NYT, Related]