Numerology

-- Restaurants and Institutions, 9/1/2008

50%	Percent of the Beverly Hills Chihuahua, protagonist in the soon-to-be-released Disney movie of the same name, that is defined as “warrior.” The remaining 50% is defined as “lover.” However, the character is also noted as being “100% Chihuahua.” (The Internet Movie Database)
1997	Year that actor Carlos Alazraqui, currently known for playing Deputy J. Garcia on Comedy Central's “Reno 911!” first uttered the infamous line “¡Yo quiero Taco Bell!” as the voice of the Taco Bell Chihuahua. (Miniature-Chihuahua.com, Wikipedia.org)
4	Listed ingredients (shrimp, fish fillet, crab and fresh vegetables) in the “Come Back to Life” soup at Bertha Miranda's Mexican Food Restaurant & Cantina in Reno, Nev. (Bertha Miranda's)
9	Listed ingredients—including añejo rum, dark rum, light rum and 151-proof rum—in the recipe for a zombie cocktail in “The Bartender's Best Friend” (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2003). (“The Bartender's Best Friend”)
23.9 million	Number of 9-liter cases of rum consumed in the United States in 2007, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Distilled Spirits Council. The council also notes that U.S. rum sales were up around 9% from 2006. (The Distilled Spirits Council)
$2,185	Price of a 19-seat luxury suite ($115 per person) at PNC Park, home of Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates. Use of a luxury suite includes access to personal concierge services and a host provided by Chicago-based Levy Restaurants, exclusive caterer for the park's premium clubs and suites. (Pirates.com)
1	Rank of Levy Restaurants on R&I's 2007 Top 75 Multiconcept Operators list, placing Levy ahead of the No. 2 MCO—fellow Chicago-based operator Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises—by sales of $735 million to an estimated $315 million. (R&I research)
99%	Approximate percent of lettuce produced in the United States that is grown in California or Arizona. (University of California-Davis Agricultural Marketing Resource Center)
$8	Price of Chang's Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps (wok-seared tofu and water chestnuts with mint and lime, served with lettuce cups) at Scottsdale, Ariz.-based P.F. Chang's China Bistro. (P.F. Chang's)
3:58:05	Finishing time of Cindy McCain, wife of Sen. John McCain, in the 2005 P.F. Chang's Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Half-Marathon, which she walked in support of Train to End Stroke. (P.F. Chang's)
300	Number of first-time racers whom Canton, Mass.-based Dunkin' Donuts aims to recruit to run a 5K this fall. Dunkin' Donuts announced the initiative July 30, the same day it debuted a line of lower-calorie, lower-fat menu offerings (including the Turkey Sausage Egg White Flatbread Sandwich, pictured). (Dunkin' Donuts)
12	Number of food choices available to players of Nintendo's Major League Eating: The Game video game, which calls on competitors to “master a smorgasbord of digestive attacks, defenses and counters” as they try to take down the world's top competitive eaters. (Nintendo Wii)
160	Weight, in pounds, of 29-year-old Takeru Kobayashi of Japan, six-time winner of the annual July 4 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island. (International Federation of Competitive Eating)
62	Age of British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who played Kobayashi, the mononymous assistant to Kevin Spacey's Verbal Kint/Keyser Soze in 1995's “The Usual Suspects.” (The Internet Movie Database)