# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/61 "2007-02-18T09:21:04Z")
[QUOTE=Hugh Jass] Der Pumpkin Haus [/QUOTE] I think I’d be into Der Pumpkin Haus. ---
**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, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/62 "2007-02-18T09:22:48Z")
Sounds like a hip-hop group somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/63 "2007-02-18T11:04:29Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Best of the Wurst [/QUOTE] Hey–[Best of the Wurst](http://www.northmarket.com/merchants/merchant_detail.php?m=Best+of+the+Wurst) is pretty good! They have some of the best sausages ever. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/64 "2007-02-18T11:15:14Z")
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore used to do a sketch about a restaurant that served some really revolting dishes. I can’t remember what it was called, though. I’d ask my wife, but she’s not a well woman–not well at all. ---
**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 18, 2007, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/65 "2007-02-18T12:19:16Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] Peter Cook and Dudley Moore used to do a sketch about a restaurant that served some really revolting dishes. I can’t remember what it was called, though. I’d ask my wife, but she’s not a well woman–not well at all. [/QUOTE] It was probably the Frog and Peach , as mentioned above. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/66 "2007-02-18T20:46:28Z")
If you’d commit hara-kiri if you don’t get Indian food quickly, go to: Hurry Curry ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/67 "2007-02-19T01:15:23Z")
[QUOTE=racer72] There is an actual restaurant called the Skookumchuck Cafe. [/QUOTE] It’s named after a perfectly respectable river. Just like the Humptulips Grocery and Bait Shop. Coastal Salish and its variants put out some great placenames. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/68 "2007-02-19T01:26:43Z")
_[Mrs. Lovett’s Meat Pies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd)_ ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/69 "2007-02-19T02:09:58Z")
Take a Crepe The Diet of Worms The Buggery Ron Jeremy’s Meat Shack MRE King Pizza Slut Creamy Gene’s ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/70 "2007-02-19T03:46:42Z")
Wok the Dog: Fine Korean dining. I thought of this one when I worked for my mom at our dog grooming shop. I _so_ wanted to answer the phone with that sometime. Costume-themed stuff like [Maid Cafes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay_restaurant) are pretty popular in Japan. Somehow, I can’t see them catching on quite as well in the West. Sure there are guys that fetishize maid uniforms and stuff, but not to the extent that Japanese guys do. YouTube [link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjNGX-jQS94). You’d think that [Bikkuri Donkey!](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Bikkuri-donkey_?03?.jpg) (Surprised Donkey!) would be a bad name for a restaurant. You’d be wrong. They’re all over the place here. No donkey or even horse on the menu though, just hamburg steak and typical family restaurant fare. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/71 "2007-02-19T09:16:51Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] Peter Cook and Dudley Moore used to do a sketch about a restaurant that served some really revolting dishes. I can’t remember what it was called, though. I’d ask my wife, but she’s not a well woman–not well at all. [/QUOTE] No, the line is “She’s not a well woman. She could never stand going down the well to get the frogs.” ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/72 "2007-02-19T09:22:16Z")
The Bukkake Diner- All You can Eat ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/73 "2007-02-19T13:15:36Z")
There’s a restaurant around here (maybe a chain?) called Backyard Burgers. Of course, I always call them Backdoor Burgers. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/74 "2007-02-19T14:51:50Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] There’s a restaurant around here (maybe a chain?) called Backyard Burgers. Of course, I always call them Backdoor Burgers. [/QUOTE] The men don’t like it, but the little girls understand. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/75 "2007-02-19T15:08:27Z")
Casa d’Olestra (“Come for the food – stay for the restrooms!”) ---
**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 19, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/77 "2007-02-19T18:13:47Z")
Celery Cellar Fish ‘n’ Chimps Ye Olde Stuffed Cabbage ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906/78 "2007-02-19T18:19:40Z")
These are franchises that are looking for sponsors: _What-a-Bass_ - with spokesperson [Dan Aykroyd[sub] YouTube[/sub]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Op3OPItH0) _The Crunchy Frog_ - though other, [inquires[sub] YouTube[/sub]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KwKcHyUXyA), are in progress. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fast-food-restaurant-chains-unworkable-ideas/391906.md?page=3)