Growing up in Squirrel Hill, we were a Mineos family.
(Now I’ll never rest until I try Larry&Carrol’s)
They weren’t the names of the restaurants, but the phrases following them. still…
There were two restaurants in Inman Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Jae’s Diner said Eat Here and Live Forever.
East Coast Grill next door said Eat Here and Die Happy.
“You’ve tried the rest, now try the best” is what’s written on a standard pizza box used by many different pizza places.
When I read this, I immediately semi-spoonerized it into “Carrion Larry’s”, which sounds like a way worse place.
There’s a Korean fusion place in the outer suburbs of DC called Iron Bag.
I immediately thought of Ted & Alice’s.
Umm, yeah, collagen (converted to gelatin during the cooking process) is what makes stock, stock. That’s why you keep the bones and slow cook them for a long time. Without collagen it’s just meat flavored water. It’s what gives stock it’s richness & mouthfeel. Really good homemade stock actually firms up like Jello when you refrigerate it.
That’s actually hysterical.
Years ago, the Italian pizzeria near my house in the Bronx, Sal’s, was bought by a Korean family, but they kept it a pizzeria.
They named it The Two Peninsulas. It wasn’t the name that was so odd, but the logo, which was Italy and Korea smushed together. It looked like a particularly bizarre sex toy.
I went in there once shortly after it opened to order a pizza. There was a tiny Korean woman behind the register. When I tried to order a half-pepperoni half-mushroom pizza she got very confused.
Hearing this, a big Italian guy in a tomato sauce-smeared apron came out of the kitchen in the back. He said, in a thick Bronx accent, “Don’t tawk to her, tawk to ME!”
Unfortunately, they didn’t last long. I would have liked to try kimchee pizza.
That would be a fun night out. Drag queens and tacos!
My local chain of Mongolian BBQ restaurants (HuHot) has Genghis Khan all over things, and the kids menu is the “little warrior’s” menu. I always found it a bit distasteful, and my husband found their food to be the same.
Very large restaurant. High prices. Always full.
Go figure.
Food is great though, so that explains a lot of the success.
I always thought “Potbelly” was a horrible name for a restaurant chain, but now they seem to be everywhere.
(fun fact: the original location, and for many years the only location, is a block from my house and still going strong. and still has the potbelly stove.)
What, would you rather they named the restaurant Live Fish and served it that way? At least this way you know the fish is dead when served.
Awww…Bruddah Sam, you can’t mention Itchy Butt without posting a link to the logo! 
https://postimg.cc/image/6wgntb24x/ I live close by, but haven’t tried it yet. Gets rave reviews for their Korean style chicken.
May be unappealing to those who don’t understand the true meaning of the name. 8 Fat Fat 8 here in Hawaii. It’s actually Baat Fat Fat Baat with Baat (8) rhyming with Fat (wealth/prosperity) in Cantonese.
Edit: Frog House is a Korean restaurant, again with great reviews, but never been there. It’s been around since at least the '80’s so it must be good!
Need to clarify before Siam Sam or another native Cantonese speaker jumps on me.
The double ‘a’ in Baat (8) is pronounced like baa (like baa baa black sheep). Same with the ‘a’ in Fat (Faat)! It not Bat Fat Fat Bat. :eek:
Dining at the Heart Attack Grill is not something high on my list.
In Brazil, I took a picture of a side-walk café that served hotdogs. It was called “Come Dog”. This was back when cameras had film and pictures were on paper. So, no linkys.
Lewis Keseberg is the guy your going for here.
Right, thanks. I had read about this in the wonderful 1936 book Ordeal by Hunger, by George Stewart.
In Phoenix, AZ there’s a Mexican-Chinese fusion restaurant named Chino Bandido.
I’m going to guess that Red Baron pizza is so named because red is a color that people associate with pizza. The sauce is red; pepperoni is reddish; there are sometimes flecks of red pepper or tomato; the general color palette of pizza is red (and white). Having a personification of your brand is always effective, and the Red Baron was a ready-made mascot.