Back in the day, you might have spotted Marilyn Monroe, Jim Morrison or Janice Joplin at Barney’s Beanery, an iconic Los Angeles burger joint and bar. Now, you can add “Kobe” to the list of the illustrious now gone. As in Kobe beef, not Bryant.
California Superior Court Judge Kenneth Freeman on Oct. 23 granted final approval to the settlement of a consumer class action filed against Barney’s, now a restaurant chain, by consumers alleging Barney’s Worldwide Inc. violated California’s False Advertising Act and Unfair Business Practices Act by falsely portraying its “Kobe beef” sliders and burgers as made with the world-renowned, Japan-bred meat.
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