# 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:** 2
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/21 "2007-02-12T21:06:03Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] The same Frog and Peach that **bobotheoptimist** mentioned up thread? 😉 [/QUOTE] Missed that :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/22 "2007-02-12T21:28:23Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] 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) [/QUOTE] My friend’s brother is a bartender at a bar called the **Frog and Peach** in San Luis Obispo, CA. After 15 years, now I get the reference! ---
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/23 "2007-02-12T21:39:14Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] My friend’s brother is a bartender at a bar called the **Frog and Peach** in San Luis Obispo, CA. After 15 years, now I get the reference! [/QUOTE] My work here is done. ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/24 "2007-02-12T21:50:28Z")
McSadist’s All Things Mayonnaise Chicken Fried Schnauzer Soylent Taco Phil’s Flat Soda and Hard Boiled Eggs Oatmeal King Cap’n Bligh’s Breadfruit Bistro Waffles ‘n’ Chutney Mike’s Marzipan Shaped Like A Diseased Penis 1001 Arabian Bobwhites Dooley’s Crackers ‘n’ Margarine A Time For War, A Time For Peas Turn Ya Gay Fried Chicken Methusalami Don King Donuts ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/25 "2007-02-12T21:57:42Z")
I’ve sampled many of these ideas already in IKEAs food plaza. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/26 "2007-02-12T22:05:17Z")
[QUOTE=control-z] Roadkill Cafe [/QUOTE] There was a chain of Road Kill Cafes in the north east for a while. I’ve eaten at one in Maine and one in NH, but they seem to be gone now. :dubious: Cute t-shirts, but basic standard fare actually. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/27 "2007-02-12T22:09:54Z")
The Offal House ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/28 "2007-02-12T22:10:43Z")
Since when is squished possum standard fare? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/29 "2007-02-12T23:45:14Z")
The Secondhand Smokehouse Sum Yung Gai Best of the Wurst Strawberries 'n Sauerkraut Herman’s Headcheese Spamela Anderson’s ---
**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 13, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/30 "2007-02-13T00:05:49Z")
The Sneezecake Factory Whizzlers Spacklebee’s Nooters ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/31 "2007-02-13T00:47:16Z")
Sam and Ella’s Food Flavoured Eats I can’t Believe its Not Tofu Hairy’s Weiners The Deep fryer (Our Coatings make it seem edible) Now Glass Shard FREE (May contain glass shards) Dr Crazy’s House of Bimethylethylketones McWongs’ House of Steamed Wood Carpet Muncher Buffet FML (If its not there in 30 minutes, its LATE!) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/32 "2007-02-13T00:56:45Z")
Agent Orange Julius Sprout City Potted Meat House Cuitlacoche-coo’s ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/33 "2007-02-13T01:00:57Z")
Honest Abe’s Waffle Hat. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/34 "2007-02-13T01:02:35Z")
Well, there’s always the “Stinkin’ Rose” [meaning garlic], but it’s a restaurant in Venice (CA), and it’s actaully quite successful. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/35 "2007-02-13T03:13:35Z")
Fried Rat on a Stick ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/36 "2007-02-13T03:30:01Z")
You Kill It, We Cook It ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/37 "2007-02-13T03:37:35Z")
Long Dong Silver’s Fugu Folks 'N Fun Ye Olde Laxative Factory ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/38 "2007-02-13T03:43:12Z")
The House of Kitten The Deep-Fried Puppery Thoroughbred Delight ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/39 "2007-02-13T03:51:07Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] For the “diet concious” ladies: The Fork N’ Finger [/QUOTE] We had a Fork N Finger in our town! It was pretty popular though, kinda like a little diner. It wasn’t bad though, I ate there a couple times. Brendon ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/40 "2007-02-13T08:27:55Z")
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