# Culinary niches which became restaurant opportunities **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 19, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culinary-niches-which-became-restaurant-opportunities/1011859 "2024-12-19T10:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 44
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culinary-niches-which-became-restaurant-opportunities/1011859/44 "2024-12-20T19:30:06Z")
Welcome to the Straight Dope, @Sodokufan! And whaddya know, there’s actually a wiki page for these - uh - specialities: > **[Tavern sandwich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavern_sandwich)** > > A tavern sandwich (also called a loose meat sandwich or loosemeat) is a sandwich consisting of ground beef on a bun, sometimes mixed with sauteed onions, and sometimes topped with pickles, ketchup, mustard, raw onions, and/or cheese. > Unlike a hamburger, a tavern's meat is cooked loose rather than formed into a compact patty. It more closely resembles a sloppy joe, without the tomato-based sauce. > Carroll Dietz of Missoula, Montana, created the precursor to the tavern sandwich in 1920, referred t... Sounds like a niche that’s being monetized to me. j ETA: there’s a live thread: > [@Sandwiches nobody eats anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714): > > This article was in my Yahoo news feed this morning. Coronation Chicken Olive Loaf Chow Mein Sandwich Fluffernutter Banana and Mayonnaise Finger Sandwiches Mock Ham Salad Hot Brown Liverwurst Or Braunschweiger Scotch Woodcock Souper Burger Sloppy Joes I’ve italicised the ones I’ve never heard of. Of the others: I’ve made Coronation Chicken sandwiches; but not for a couple of decades, and only a few times. I don’t think I’ve had olive loaf, by my dad liked ‘pickle-and-pemento’ loaf sandwich… - where I learned more about Sloppy Joes than I ever felt the need to know - looks like a loose meat sandwich and a Sloppy Joe are close relatives. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culinary-niches-which-became-restaurant-opportunities/1011859)._