# Name a place you will never go into that's popular. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 18, 2003, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873 "2003-11-18T08:38:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/61 "2003-11-18T21:49:49Z")
New York City ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/62 "2003-11-18T21:53:34Z")
Planet Hollywood. Went there for the first time this past weekend and the food and service was horrible. McDonald’s is better than that dreck. I can’t beleive that they get any repeat business. And the prices, jeez, I could have gone to my local steakhouse and gotten a good stake for what I paid for a burger and fries. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/63 "2003-11-18T21:57:18Z")
After reading Fast Food Nation, none of the places mentioned in the book. ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/64 "2003-11-18T22:03:42Z")
**Lynn,** I do agree with you that using religion as a selling point is really irritating…but OTOH, I used to work at a bar that closed on Sundays, and I _loved_ the fact that I was guaranteed one day off a week, regardless of what happened. I admire businesses that give their employees a guaranteed day off; whether it’s Saturday or Sunday wouldn’t really matter to me, but I think it’s a lovely idea to give people a guaranteed weekend day off with their kids/family, etc. and I wish more places did it. It’s not as though they require you to go to church or anything; you can sit in your backyard and drink beer with your coworkers or friends or whoever the hell you like. Sure, it’s cloying that they say “family and worship,” but since they really do close that day, and probably lose a significant amount of money to Michaels for it, I have no problem with it. Ditto for several restaurants that close on Sundays also. And if you’d ever worked a shift for the after-church crowd on Sundays, you’d know why. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/65 "2003-11-18T22:05:37Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland_ > \*\*Well, I’ve quit going to Applebee’s because of a story someone on here told about them discriminating against gays. > > It would be nice if it were not true, because there’s an Applebee’s right by my house and the food (at this particular location) is actually pretty tasty. What story is that? If it has to do with the _Gay Weddings_ special on Bravo, that could have been a simple [misunderstanding](http://www.gayapolis.com/news/artdisplay.php?artid=46). I tried a Google search for _applebee’s gay discrimination_ and the only thing it found was several mentions of a settlement invovling one incident of race discrimination. A serch for _applebee’s gay discriminate_ did find [this questionable list](http://gratefuldread.net/act/qqa.html). ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/66 "2003-11-18T22:16:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Chick-Fil-A–It’s owned by raving fund-a-loonies who contribute a lot of money to anti-gay lobbying groups. Why, oh why do such evil people make such delicious chicken sandwiches? Oh…with extra pickles. This will be a true test for me ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/67 "2003-11-18T22:25:11Z")
Oh, gosh, I boycott practically everything. I’m a boycottin’ fool! Seriously, a lot of places mentioned in this thread I don’t shop at and not necessarily because of politics, but just cause I don’t like their stuff. Which isn’t really a big deal. I DO boycott Wal-Mart and Starbucks, though. I admit that I broke down and had a cocoa at the Starbucks in the Atlanta airport in June. I reallyreallyreallyreallyreally wanted a cocoa and it was the only place open in the airport at 8.30 am. I also boycott fast food restaurants and horrible horrible places like Niketown. Which works because I also boycott Nike. I’m not nearly as bad as my dad. His disputes with the video stores in my hometown are the subject of many jokes in my family. He boycotts every one of them, except for Hollywood. Once, they charged him a late fee for something he considered unfair, and he paid it, simply because there were no other stores he could rent from. Of course, now he has Netflix, and my mom worries about what might happen should he have a conflict with them too. ---
**Author:** ![BellaDellaItalia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BellaDellaItalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellaDellaItalia)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/68 "2003-11-18T22:39:18Z")
A hockey game. Not then, not now. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/69 "2003-11-18T22:40:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kid\_A \* > **When I think of a t-shirt as being official, I think of it being sold either at a concert or through the band website or through some other source where music is the priority. Not at some commercial chain, where it sits next to the cologne or pocket knives.** Fair enough. But it’s possible those really are officially licensed. No, scratch that - it’s probable. It’s also possible that they were intended for sale at the show or the website and for whatever reason were sold to the store. It’s additionally possible that the store bought a lot of them through the website or at the show. > [@](#): > > Just wondering if anyone can enlighten me about what happens to the merchandising deals of bands when they break up. In order for these t-shirts to be made, who had to give the OK? The managers, former members of the band. I’d hate to think that Tom or Zach gave this their OK. I would think that licensing arrangements would have been made while the group was extant. I also would think that most managers would run licensing arrangements through the members before actually signing off on them, but if they don’t the onus is still on the group itself for hiring the guy - same as if the manager absconded with their money. We should place blame where it’s due. > [@](#): > > I will admit that part of this is a rant against the consumer. But, I really have a dislike for white pre-teens/teens from the suburbs who shop at alot of the places that are mentioned in this thread like American Eagle or Abercrombie and Finch or Gap/Old Navy. And I’m a white guy from the suburbs, who only moved away to go to school. And things aren’t much better here. The concept of buying clothes because they’re “cool” right now, but in six months will be sitting in the closet, astounds me. Well, if you’re saying they shouldn’t buy the stuff at all because they’re not true-blue fans, I’m not sure I agree. There’s nothing inherently wrong with wearing the shirt of a band you’re not a mega fan of, but it’d be different if you pretended you were - that is, you were a real poseur. But if you’re saying they should buy them at the “official” sites… well, can’t agree with that, either. Consider how much it costs to go to a show, factoring in transportation, beverages, and so forth. Why spend all that when you can get the same damn shirt for less money? (If you can, that is.) ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/70 "2003-11-18T22:45:10Z")
Any clothing store like the Gap, Amberslutty & Fitch, Old Navy, etc. Red Lobster & Olive Garden: contributions to Planned Parenthood And while these aren’t businesses, 2 places I will never go to are California and Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/71 "2003-11-18T22:46:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyla \* > \*\*I also boycott \ Niketown. Which works because I also boycott Nike. \*\* I boycott Nike too, but I have had out-of-town guests who, for whatever reason, really wanted to see Niketown. But I didn’t buy anything. Poo on Nike. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/72 "2003-11-18T22:49:59Z")
Okay, I’ll bite - what the hey hey is Niketown? Is there a Ferris wheel? ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/73 "2003-11-18T22:50:43Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s**. I don’t care for their leftist/socialist views. **Pizza Hut**. Why the hell go to a national pizza chain when there are so many good local & independent pizza joints? **The Mall**. Any mall. I hate malls. Overpriced crap. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/74 "2003-11-18T23:06:09Z")
I don’t eat at Cracker Barrel because of two instances - the gay discrimination in 1991 (I can’t find too many articles on it on a basic search, but America Undercover on HBO did a special about it - I’ll hunt for some cites, though, if someone wants to see them) and the 2001 case of racial discrimination that was brought against them. Aside from that, I like Old Navy and Gap because their clothes fit my oddly-shaped, short little body for some reason. I go to Wal-Mart once a year, but they always have something I need, and I like the chicken fajitas from McDonalds - but it’s once a year, too. Ava ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/75 "2003-11-18T23:12:01Z")
I won’t patronize any chain restaurant where the waiters attempt to be “friendly” by crouching down to your eye level while you order. Creeps me out. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Zahn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@John\_Zahn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Zahn)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/76 "2003-11-18T23:15:24Z")
Any church…the only exception being funerals of close relatives. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/77 "2003-11-18T23:26:39Z")
**SnoopyFan** , you’re boycotting… Canada? Dare I ask why? ---
**Author:** ![bicyclops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@bicyclops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bicyclops)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/78 "2003-11-18T23:35:41Z")
Cracker Barrel - same reasons as avabeth [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) - abuse of patents Blockbuster - several reasons Steak & Shake - overpriced, bad service I try to avoid WalMart & Chick-Fil-A but sometimes I go there when I let others talk me into it. ---
**Author:** ![bicyclops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@bicyclops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bicyclops)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/79 "2003-11-18T23:37:55Z")
Oh, and the FOX network - for cancelling Firefly, Futurama, The Tick, and Andy Richter. I don’t even watch the Simpsons anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873/80 "2003-11-18T23:41:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Okay, I’ll bite - what the hey hey is Niketown? Is there a Ferris wheel? \*\* Very nearly. They’re horrible horrible gigantic Nike stores. It’s like, five stories or something. HUGE! You can practically hear the rattle of the chains keeping the little Malaysian children attached to the sewing machines. There’s one on State St. here in Chicago, and there’s one in Union Square in San Francisco. I expect many large cities are home to their very own Niketown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-place-you-will-never-go-into-thats-popular/213873.md?page=5)