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May 28, 2020 19:32
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Whooping Crabs posted:Quaker Steak & Lube this is a good nomination. we don't have them here but I assumed this was like a gas station or a grease monkey that had a deli attached to it? evidently this is not the case. they will not work on your car.
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May 28, 2020 20:38
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SilvergunSuperman posted:It used to bug me too, now that somebody explained it I'm not annoyed. The "Ruth's Chris" shortening still bugs me. I don't care what the backstory is, it sounds like Ruth owns a guy named Chris, or like someone put the 's in the wrong place, and it will never not sound like that to me.
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May 29, 2020 03:26
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In Canada we have our own version of the Golden Corral that used to be called Mother Tucker's but they wisely rebranded to Tucker's Marketplace in the nineties.
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Jun 9, 2020 21:31
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kuddles posted:In Canada we have our own version of the Golden Corral that used to be called Mother Tucker's but they wisely rebranded to Tucker's Marketplace in the nineties. drat that's a good one. I was looking around and found a now defunct chain that sold broiled chicken called Koo Koo Roo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koo_Koo_Roo. Which is funny, because it sounds like Kuru, the neurodegenerative prion disease that cannibal tribes of Paupa New Guniea contracted after eating human brains.
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Jun 9, 2020 23:05
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Whooping Crabs posted:Quaker Steak & Lube You forgot to mention their website, which is comically http://www.thelube.com
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Jun 13, 2020 00:55
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Wawa what? you are a baby wanting water or something?
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Jun 14, 2020 10:05
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TelevisedInsanity posted:Wawa I always thought it was Hellen Keller's first words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUV65sV8nu0&t=32s
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Jun 14, 2020 10:16
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Whooping Crabs posted:Beef O'Brady's Back in the day I worked here and yes it is a *terrible* name. I'd love to know the concept pitch for the name, or if someone was just drunk or stupid or something
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Jun 14, 2020 22:21
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Well, it was 1985, and it was Tampa. So, cocaine came up with the name. And approved it.
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Jun 15, 2020 00:15
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I mean as a huge Whataburger fan its a really loving dumb name
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Jun 19, 2020 04:09
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Pizza Hut is pretty dumb
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Jun 19, 2020 07:14
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Not America, but I hate this place's name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mom%27s_Touch?wprov=sfla1 Good food though.
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Jun 20, 2020 07:59
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Shadow0 posted:Not America, but I hate this place's name: It does allow you to say "I'm rather fond of your Mom's touch" though.
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Jun 20, 2020 11:45
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Cough Drop The Beat posted:Olive Garden, since it sounds like what white people think an Italian place is called and I hate it. Olive Garden always bugs me because olives grow on trees, not in a garden. Shouldn't it be Olive Grove or Olive Orchard or something?
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Jun 21, 2020 15:53
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KernelFailure posted:Back in the day I worked here and yes it is a *terrible* name. I'd love to know the concept pitch for the name, or if someone was just drunk or stupid or something Wawa is named after the town of Wawa, PA
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Jun 22, 2020 18:22
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Whooping Crabs posted:Quaker Steak & Lube It’s a weird name but I like their food.
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Jun 27, 2020 01:34
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BromanderData posted:It’s a weird name but I like their food. Oh yeah I haven't been to one in 7 years but remember going there occasionally and it was good for a chain restaurant.
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Jun 27, 2020 04:11
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Which Wich made me think I was having a brain aneurism I saw a horrible place called Unicorndog
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Jul 1, 2020 06:06
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BromanderData posted:It’s a weird name but I like their food. They sent us a case of their different sauces when I was deployed to the desert one time, it made the crappy grilled chicken breasts from the chow line into decent food. Their "spicy" (5000 scoville) BBQ sauce is like the perfect mix of hearty, heat, and sweet to make faux pulled chicken with when you're sick of eating the same stuff for the 100th time in a row.
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Jul 1, 2020 07:06
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lo carb Lo Pan posted:I saw a horrible place called Unicorndog This is a good name, just maybe not for a restaurant.
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Jul 1, 2020 09:46
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Souplantation
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Jul 2, 2020 02:11
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Chuck-o-rama. A Utah based buffet chain. The only thing it's missing is feed troughs for all the slop on the buffet. It's terrible food, I think each location throws out more food than gets eaten. Every time I've been there there's huge mounds of dirty plates half full of food left by exasperated Mormon parents and the 6-10 chubby minions left on all the tables.
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Jul 5, 2020 04:25
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TheAardvark posted:
this is fantastic i wouldn't have to waste time even looking at the other trays
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Jul 6, 2020 07:29
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I always hated Bennigans but I think that's dead now
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Jul 7, 2020 00:08
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*loudly clears throat* Taco Bell 
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Jul 7, 2020 03:47
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Chinatown posted:*loudly clears throat* Nope. It was a taco chain started by a dude named Bell.
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Jul 7, 2020 17:55
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Nope. It was a taco chain started by a dude named Bell. Sounds pretty fuckin' dumb to me. Speaking of dumb names, bring back the Bell Beefer, you abject cowards.
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Jul 7, 2020 17:58
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Chinatown posted:Sounds pretty fuckin' dumb to me. taco bell is in the process of removing every item from their menu so maybe once they run out they'll bring stuff back
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Jul 7, 2020 18:05
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Nope. It was a taco chain started by a dude named Bell. Specifically Ronnie Bell of Bell Biv Devoe, It was part of his diversification effort after New Edition collapsed. Biv Burger was a massive failure. Devoe Donuts never got past planning because people in test markets kept asking which one was Devoe. Tresvant's remains a staple of the Boston fine dining scene.
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Jul 7, 2020 18:14
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There's a small chain that I visited one time that has forever haunted my memory. I try not to say it's name, but I will here: Cheeburger Cheeburger  https://www.cheeburger.com/locations/
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Jul 7, 2020 18:50
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Real power move there would be to not sell any burgers with cheese.
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Jul 7, 2020 18:52
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Lifepuzzler posted:There's a small chain that I visited one time that has forever haunted my memory. I try not to say it's name, but I will here: I've only seen them in airports
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Jul 7, 2020 19:33
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Lifepuzzler posted:There's a small chain that I visited one time that has forever haunted my memory. I try not to say it's name, but I will here: wh...why are they so spread out
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Jul 8, 2020 10:33
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i say swears online posted:wh...why are they so spread out Whooping Crabs posted:I've only seen them in airports
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Jul 8, 2020 13:44
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Krispy Krunchy Chicken
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Jul 9, 2020 03:11
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Ruth's Sizzling Kum 'N Lube
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Huddle House
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Jul 10, 2020 13:05
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Five Guys
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Jul 10, 2020 21:25
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i say swears online posted:wh...why are they so spread out They used to have upwards of 70 locations but a lot of them have been closed down for safety bullshit or kicked out of their lease because their time has passed. It's all owned by a super bored rich dude who is now attempting to invent ??a new baseball league in the middle of loving nowhere in NY??, so he doesn't give a poo poo, and the big gimmick is that you can "franchise" his lovely SNL cheeseburger joke restaurant for a fraction of the cost it would take to be a franchise owner of something with any actual cachet. Hence, airports.
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