Menu Tracker: New items from Starbucks, Subway, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Jimmy John’s

Plus innovation at Bonchon Korean Fried Chicken, City Barbeque, Cracker Barrel, Ellianos Coffee, El Pollo Loco, Erbert & Gerbert’s, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, Lucky Strike, On the Border, Pizza Inn, Rachel’s Kitchen, Roy Rogers, Sweet Paris, Thirsty Lion, Velvet Taco, Viva Chicken, Voodoo Brewing Co., and Ziggi’s Coffee

For a very brief period, so brief that it didn’t have time to make it into Menu Tracker, &pizza was offering Marion Berry Knots in the Washington, D.C., market, which were sweet dough knots stuffed with marionberries, topped with icing, dusted in powdered sugar, and accompanied by marketing that made it very, very clear that the chain was making fun of late mayor Marion Barry, who was famously busted for drug use. “The Marion Berry Knots have enough powdered sugar that will have customers bumping elbows to order and even force the DEA to look twice,” it said in an email.

It did not go over well, at all.

Meanwhile, Pizza Inn is offering a pie called the Bambi & Friends Pizza, topped with venison, wild boar, and elk. But it’s only being offered in hunting communities, so maybe they’ll be fine. You gotta know your audience.

Halloween continues to barrel down upon us, and there are new thematic items from Ellianos Coffee, Sweet Paris, Voodoo Brewing Co., and Ziggi’s Coffee.

Starbucks has new items that could be Halloween-themed, but in fact, they’re tied to the premiere of the movie Wicked.

It might seem a bit early for Christmas marketing, but Cracker Barrel doesn’t think so. Nor, apparently do Freddy’s or Subway, who are already rolling out the chocolate and mint.

Bonchon, Buffalo Wild Wings, El Pollo Loco, and Viva Chicken have new sauces, On the Border has upgraded its fajitas, Lucky Strike has a whole new menu, Thirsty Lion has a bunch of fall specials, and Rachel’s Kitchen has a new salad.

Erbert & Gerbert’s is playing rotisserie chicken, Roy Rogers has a new cheesesteak breakfast wrap, City Barbeque has brisket chili, and Velvet Taco’s Weekly Taco Feature is helping to support Breast Cancer research.