# Looking for perfect restaurant gift card...sort of

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-perfect-restaurant-gift-card-sort-of/1026357>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 5, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-perfect-restaurant-gift-card-sort-of/1026357 "2026-01-05T01:37:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-perfect-restaurant-gift-card-sort-of/1026357/21 "2026-01-06T02:56:53Z")

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Yup. As noted upthread, I clicked on nearly every restaurant on the island. Every US mainland mall food court franchise shithole is well-represented. All of them. Including Panda Express as a leading example of the genre.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-perfect-restaurant-gift-card-sort-of/1026357/22 "2026-01-06T03:04:32Z")

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I think you are missing the point entirely.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-perfect-restaurant-gift-card-sort-of/1026357/23 "2026-01-06T03:13:52Z")

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Omg. Panda Express is every freakin’ where.

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-perfect-restaurant-gift-card-sort-of/1026357/24 "2026-01-06T03:15:08Z")

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If he likes ice cream, you could buy gift cards to this local-to-me ice cream place. (They do ship, BTW, although it does cost a small fortune; maybe merch would work better.)

> **[Home - Whitey's Ice Cream](https://www.whiteysicecream.com/)**
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> Where to FindUs See More Locations

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