# How you can tell a restaurant is about to die

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 13, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-you-can-tell-a-restaurant-is-about-to-die/698379 "2014-09-13T11:56:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-you-can-tell-a-restaurant-is-about-to-die/698379/32 "2014-09-15T00:28:07Z")

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> [@KarlGauss](#):
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> When its victual signs are absent?

Just in case anyone doesn’t realize it, victual is pronounced as ‘vittle’, making this a better pun than it would appear in written form.

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