# Restaurants that can't do a specific thing well

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [May 30, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-cant-do-a-specific-thing-well/965335 "2022-05-30T02:25:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-cant-do-a-specific-thing-well/965335/175 "2022-07-29T21:33:43Z")

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> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#):
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> Hint: When a restaurant has a type of food in their name, stick with ordering that type of food.

If you can.

> [@Eponymous restaurants that do not serve their namesake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eponymous-restaurants-that-do-not-serve-their-namesake/959379):
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> This [discussion on hot dog chains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-nationwide-hot-dog-chains/959259) brought up the restaurant [Wienerschnitzel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wienerschnitzel) which does not serve wiener schnitzel. This reminded me of a restaurant that used to be near my house called [Laksa](https://www.yelp.com/biz/laksa-san-francisco) which was, obviously, a vietnamese restaurant that served pho and vermicelli but not any laksa. Any other examples of restaurants named after a food that doesn’t have that food on the menu?

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