# New fast food restaurant chains: Unworkable ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906 "2007-02-12T19:35:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/1 "2007-02-12T19:35:07Z")
Tired of the same old burgers, pizza, and Kentucky Fried Tacos? Ever yearn for something a bit different? Have an idea so bad that the business model (evident in the name of the chain) is a recipe for failure? Share your ideas! For example: Han’s Drive-Thru Fon-du Spam Hut Sammy’s Salad on a Stick Orangatan Julius McSushi’s ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/2 "2007-02-12T19:44:12Z")
[Drive Thru Daiquiri stand](http://www.dailyfreepress.com/media/paper87/DFPArchive/opinion/1108963.html) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/3 "2007-02-12T19:44:28Z")
Roadkill Cafe TGI E.Coli’s ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/4 "2007-02-12T19:55:43Z")
Hardly new, but if you’ve ever asked yourself “Where can a young couple, who are having an evening out, not too much money, and they want to have a decent meal, you know, a decent frog and a nice bit of peach, where can they go and get it?” there’s always [The Frog and the Peach](http://www.davehitt.com/july99/frogskit.html) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/5 "2007-02-12T20:02:28Z")
Fois Gras en Croute sur Céleris-Raves avec un Coulis Des Framboises Hut Thermido-R-Us ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/6 "2007-02-12T20:05:12Z")
Dumpster Diner ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/7 "2007-02-12T20:08:19Z")
Taters 'n Clams Tim’s Taro Food U Can Eat With A Spork Gizzards and Such Albanian Sausage Factory Borschtapalooza The Lutefisk Emporium Bul Go Gi and Bananas Bavarian Samosa Hut Soy Joy The Wasabiteria Snails and Scales Seafood Chalet Der Pumpkin Haus Billy’s Bison-milkshakes ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/8 "2007-02-12T20:10:20Z")
I wish I were making this up, but I grew up just down the street from a hot dog joint whose owner got sick of dealing with franchising, so he struck out on his own. His big idea? A hot dog at the bottom of a taco shell, slathered in all the usual Tex-Mex goodies. Thus, **Taco Dog** was born! It didn’t last very long. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/9 "2007-02-12T20:12:01Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Fois Gras en Croute sur Céleris-Raves avec un Coulis Des Framboises Hut [/QUOTE] I think we have a winner! Er, loser! Caviar Bell Booger King House of Jerk ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/10 "2007-02-12T20:19:07Z")
Quack Shack (Deep fried duck to go) Everything Lima Liver World ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/11 "2007-02-12T20:23:50Z")
Okra-Homa! Turduckenhut Harry’s Taco Time Brains-n-Eggsville (My mom would eat here) Spam-Egg-Sausage-and-Spam-ateria The “Y” (Breakfast only) For the “diet concious” ladies: The Fork N’ Finger The Vomit-Sutra ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/12 "2007-02-12T20:26:39Z")
EbolaCastle Burgers Long John Seal Blubber’s J. P. McPickleshitters ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/13 "2007-02-12T20:30:51Z")
Durian Delight The Bug House The Stinky Cheese Man and other Snacks Casa Casa Marza ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/14 "2007-02-12T20:43:44Z")
Long John Saddam’s Der Worstery The Chicken Back Shack International House of Poundcakes The Haggis Pound ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/15 "2007-02-12T20:46:58Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Quack Shack (Deep fried duck to go) [/QUOTE] I went to a duck restaurant in Beijing that had the slogan (in translation): “We cook everything but the quack!” ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/16 "2007-02-12T20:59:17Z")
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore had a TV sketch featuring a restaurant called the Frog and Peach. The two featured dishes were Peche a la Frog and Frog a la Peche. You can read the script [Here](http://www.2wheels.org.uk/ride/sketches.asp) ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/17 "2007-02-12T21:00:18Z")
McNoah’s Ark- if it has four legs, we can make haggis out of it! Le Coprophage Adolf’s Grill NBC and Endemol Entertainment present Beer Factor Bar and Restaurant ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/18 "2007-02-12T21:00:45Z")
The same Frog and Peach that **bobotheoptimist** mentioned up thread? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/19 "2007-02-12T21:04:15Z")
Long Pig BBQ. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/20 "2007-02-12T21:04:58Z")
Try this [Link](http://www.2wheels.org.uk/ride/sketches.asp) for the Frog and Peach. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906.md?page=2)