# 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:** 3
**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 13, 2007, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/41 "2007-02-13T08:36:20Z")
The _Two Ronnies_ had a sketch called “Rook Restaurant” which served up that benighted bird in about fifty different ways. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/42 "2007-02-13T08:55:31Z")
[QUOTE=LurkMeister] Fried Rat on a Stick [/QUOTE] Set up at a Ren Faire and you’re golden. 🙂 The Hardtack Shack Get Your Grubs On Hard Rocks Café (It’s amazing how adding one letter can change things, no?) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/43 "2007-02-13T10:07:02Z")
Whisky-N-Go drive-through bar ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/44 "2007-02-13T10:33:52Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > The “Y” (Breakfast only) What about box lunch? 😛 Years ago I had these ideas: House of Cholesterol (“Heart attack or your money back”) House of Starch (today we’d call it Joe’s Carb Shack or sump’nlike) An idea I would actually like to try is Steve Martin’s Pizza In A Cup. “People come from all over to get this.” ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/45 "2007-02-13T11:24:01Z")
[QUOTE=Hugh Jass] Soy Joy [/QUOTE] Too late. [http://www.soyjoy.com/](http://www.soyjoy.com/) They went on sale here in Japan last year. Pretty good, actually. And while there’s no chain here called McSushi’s, fast food sushi is pretty big here as well, as are TacoDogs. ---
**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 13, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/46 "2007-02-13T13:11:57Z")
[QUOTE=brendon\_small] 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 [/QUOTE] Did they not understand the imagery the name conjures up? Or was this in the Pre-Karen Carpenter days when bulemia was unknown? I hope they never said, “Your dinner will be coming up shortly!” ---
**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 13, 2007, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/47 "2007-02-13T14:29:57Z")
There’s a quicky mart chain out west called “Cum 'n Go”, spelled just like that. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/48 "2007-02-13T15:07:05Z")
_Rat in the Box_ _The Fiendish Wok of Fu Man Chew_ ---
**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 13, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/49 "2007-02-13T15:12:53Z")
Tails A Waggin’ Korean deli. ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/50 "2007-02-13T15:57:29Z")
Inspired by the Piggly Wiggly Chain of grocery stores, I’ve always wanted to open up one named “Fat Ass” so I could hear people say “I’m going down to the Fat Ass for some chips - need anything?” ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/51 "2007-02-13T16:13:37Z")
Intravenous Bacon Fat Though on second thought… ---
**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 13, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/52 "2007-02-13T18:49:59Z")
Yesterday’s Sushi Goulash Bell The ChocoPrawn Just Tortillas Honeybaked Capybara Wheetabix & Whalemeat Stan’s Soupcicles Land of a 1000 Mustards Vole Ole! T.G.I McFiber’s ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/53 "2007-02-13T19:01:54Z")
Years ago, in SoCal, somebody tried opening a chain of fast-ffod felafel stands-it was called "Uncle Moustach’-it lasted less than a year. Seemed like a good idea-basically cheap, filling food-though felafel is about a once a month thing for me. Also, the old NATIONA LAMPOON did a story about a bogus fast food idea-the "Bunny burger’-it was supposed to be a place where they had live rabbits in cages-you picked out the one you wanted, and it would be slaughtered and made into a “bunny” burger! damn stupid idea-PETA would go absolutely BONKERS! ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/54 "2007-02-17T17:09:59Z")
_Yesterday’s Feast_ (discount eatery featuring what the buffet restuarant down the street was going to throw out) ---
**Author:** ![cookeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@cookeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cookeze)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/55 "2007-02-18T01:26:31Z")
Mystery Burgers: “We don’t ask; we don’t tell.” ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/56 "2007-02-18T03:41:43Z")
My stepfather called every greasy spoon restaurant he encountered “The Ptomaine Pit”. There is an actual restaurant called the Skookumchuck Cafe. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/57 "2007-02-18T06:54:58Z")
Bob’s Burger Barn. Oh, neither the name nor the food are weird. In fact, they serve up a pretty good burger. It’s just that after you’re done eating they staple your scrotum to your chair. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/58 "2007-02-18T07:45:04Z")
[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] Or, indeed, the [Slug & Lettuce](http://www.yourrestaurants.com.au/guide/?action=venue&venue_url=slugnlettuce_tavern) . 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/59 "2007-02-18T08:00:16Z")
[QUOTE=Manatee] It’s just that after you’re done eating they staple your scrotum to your chair. [/QUOTE] Until you pay the check? Or just for the sheer sadistic fun of it? And I thought the place on _Frasier_ where they cut guys’ ties off at the knot was ridiculous. ---
**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 18, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/60 "2007-02-18T08:20:52Z")
[QUOTE=Manatee] It’s just that after you’re done eating they staple your scrotum to your chair. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Until you pay the check? Or just for the sheer sadistic fun of it? [/QUOTE] Oh, that’s all done in fun. When they want to get you to pay your check, they’ll instead nail your head to the floor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906.md?page=4)