Paired Restaurant Names

In My Humble Opinion
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My son and I were sitting in the car the other day trying to keep ourselves entertained, and tried to decide what the opposite of certain restaurants were. By names only - no actual logical reasoning can be used.

For example, we passed by AppleBee’s. The opposite? Orange Julius, of course - they’re as different as apples and oranges.

There was a “Shorty’s”, and the closest we could come was “Longhorn Steakhouse”, although long/short wasn’t a perfect match.

When we decided that “Uno” and “99 Restaurant” went together, we decided that the names could just kind of, “go together”, and maybe opposites were too stringent.

Then I saw this thread about business(es) that go together. While I didn’t want to hijack leechbabe’s thread, it occurred to me that this game would be appreciated here.

So, who’s next? What restaurant names are opposite / or go together?

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A few years ago we had two restaurants side by side that were clearly made for each other – I wish I had gotten a picture.

Hooters & Woody’s (a barbecue restaurant)

Sadly, Woody’s is no more.

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Orange Julius still exists? Where? WHERE DAMMIT??? I need me some Orange Julius.

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Malls in the Boston area are lousy with 'em. Come on up!

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There’s a Subway right next to a diet place (NutriSystem?) not too far from me. Seems kinda funny, but then again, Subway does have that former fat guy Jared doing their commercials.

welby, you need to come to Baltimore. There’s an Orange Julius in a couple of the local malls.

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Y’know, they got that pill now…

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Well, Burger King and Dairy Queen. A little obvious, really.

The child of this joining actually exists. A small town east of here has a restaurant called Dairy King.

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Famous Amos cookies and Unknown Jerome’s.

Casper’s (hot dogs) and Wendy’s.

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Ah, guess again! Come to Jax - we’ve still got Woody’s. In fact, there’s one about a mile from my house. Yum!

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In the mall here in Manchester, NH, which isn’t too far from Boston, as Motorgirl suggests. I remember them in the malls in Houston as well. Actually, this is one of those places I’ve NEVER seen outside of a mall.

Obligatory OP reference:

Ruby Tuesday’s and TGI Friday’s.

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Oh yeah - and the local pairing here is Hooters and Dick’s. As in Dick’s Wings - 150 varieties, or something like that. I’ve seen T-shirts that say “I like Dick’s better than Hooters!”

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Yes, but is it next to Hooters? :wink:

(is that the one on Blanding in O.P.?)

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Hooter’s and Flat Top Grill…

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Yeah, Monstre, the Woody’s in the Albertson’s shopping center. I’ve ingested many a corn nugget there, and they have the best smoked turkey… And if you know O.P., you know Hooters is on Wells Rd. So’s Dick’s, but farther east. :smiley:

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pst welby ,

my net at work is acting snarky, but go here:

and search for orange julius.

I tried it and it does taste the same.

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Our decrepit mall (Westgate) just outside of town (Havre) has an Orange Julius. And a Sam Goody’s. And a Herberger’s, a representative of a chain I’ve never seen anywhere else in the country. And not much else.

If plastic dolls had tombs, they couldn’t be much deader than that mall. It’s clinical depression in tile and plastic.

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Welby, I could swear I saw one in Springfield Mall in Springfield, VA

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I’ve always placed Arby’s and Harvey’s together in my mind, because of the name similarities.

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How about Hardees & Carl’s Jr. ?

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OH my Og brujo, it’s i the phone book. I know what welby’s doing after work today…

And tomorrow I’m trying Bad News Baboon’s recipe from copykat.com
It’s so nice of you guys to help me get my Orange Julius fix. This place just kicks ass.