We get menus occasionally (every year or so), but that’s mostly because there’s a Chinese restaurant by us cooks any Chinese dish you have a taste for to order for either take out or delivery.
But what’s in a name… 
/me drags Obsidian by the ear to Little Star at either Divis & Fulton or Valencia & 15th. It’s Chicago style, not NY, but if you say SF can’t do pizza after that, then the problem lies with you.
The closest I’ve come to NY pizza is Deja Vu on 16th at Guerrero, but it’s not that close. I’ve heard Go Getters on Gough at Market is good NY style, but mine sure wasn’t.
Atleast in Chinese, there are no plurals/possessions. If you want to say that someone is someones something or another, you just saying Such and Such Mother. Liyou gege; Liyou ganlan; Liyou pengyou… etc. With Liyou being a name, everything else is translated like Liyou older brother/Liyou olive/Liyou friend. The relationships are assumed, there is no verb “to be” (is).
You also dont say Liyou’s pengyous. (Liyou friends) You either count them, Liyou qiu pengyou (Liyou’s 7 friends) or give their exact names or whatever.
Although, I only know the basics of Chinese and don’t really understand all the little aspects. That’s the general idea though.
Japanese isn’t tonal but still doesn’t have many plurals. There is a few endings tachi, ra which is used to create plurals, but this is mainly used for people (you, us). Most nouns cannot be made into plurals, so if you say hon, book, it could mean one or a library.
Back to the OP, sort of, in my previous apartment I used to get far too many menus, although mostly for a much different type of delivery service. :eek:
You can’t get good sourdough anywhere but the SF region. 
My parents live close to the old Colombo bakery off of 880 in Oakland. I used to love going to the bakery outlet store with Ma as a kid.
Huh. I understand French is much the same.
But I never get French menus under my door.
where is this place, I’m from pittsburgh and thought that I knew most of the dives
You complain about all the Chinese menus now, but one of these Halloweens when you’re trying to put together a totally awesome werewolf costume and they’re nowhere to be found, who are you going to cry to then, huh?
I was just coming in to mention how when I skim the thread titles lately, I get that song stuck in my head!
This is the funniest thing I’ve read all day.
( You forget Oriental Asian Forest Buffet Yeah, Oriental Asian.)
The PA Dutch reference would lead me to believe that Boggette is talking about Amish country, but there are actually more than a few Chinese restaurants in the Lancaster area.
I’m in the same boat (contractor, security, badge scanners), and though I’ve never seen a menu ninja even try to get through, the damn things show up anyway, along with the ubiquitous and poorly-designed Asian-girls+fast-cars calendars tacked to walls in the break rooms.
My theory? Red Chinese spies have infiltrated our government. 