If you were going to open a restaurant, what would you name it and

[Tuesday Afternoon]

what kind of food would you serve and where would it be located?

[Robb]

1. "Toast of the Town"

Could be anywhere. Only serves varieties of toast -- regular, French, what-have-you. :D

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. burnt ? I suppose it would be located at the old Grist Mill?

:D

[hobbit709]

2. Chez Grub-in South Austin, where else

Keeping Austin Weird since 1974

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. Serving Grubworms. I suppose --

:D :shrug: :hi:

[hobbit709]

8. I said Grub, not Larvae.

[GOPisEvil]

34. Sounds like a Kelso kind of place.

I have a suggestion: if you're too nicely dressed, you can't come in.

[NJmaverick]

4. "Sam and Ella's"

Greaspy spoon diner

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. Serving greasy spoons? What's for supper --

the blue plate special? :) :hi:

[raccoon]

7. Donner's Restaurant. Barbecue. Up in the Sierra Nevadas. nt

[hobbit709]

9. "Long pig our specialty"

[BrotherBuzz]

14. Ouch!

:rofl:

[MissMillie]

10. Actually, it looks like I'll be opening a mobile lunch truck soon

and I have no idea what it should be named.

[trof]

11. Miss Millie's Meals on Wheels, natch!

;-)

[MilesColtrane]

13. Le Roche Coach?

[driver8]

19. Might as well call it "the roach coach"...

That's what everyone ends up calling them!!

(That name probably wouldn't be too good for business, would it?).

[MissMillie]

28. they'll be a catering service involved too

I'm going to have some partners, so I imagine they might have something to say about it.

[MilesColtrane]

12. Meatfist!

Nothing but meats inside of other meats.

Home of the Cowdeersheep™.

[KamaAina]

37. How about turducken?

Already popular in Louisiana (a minor crisis was narrowly averted in '05 when a major supplier managed to replenish its supplies that spoiled after Katrina just in time for Thanksgiving!), Meatfist might be just the vehicle needed to take it national.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken

A Turducken is a dish consisting of a partially de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed with a small de-boned chicken. The name is a portmanteau of those ingredients: turkey, duck, and chicken. The cavity of the chicken and the rest of the gaps are filled with, at the very least, a highly seasoned breadcrumb mixture or sausage meat, although some versions have a different stuffing for each bird.



edit: Thanksgiving

[MilesColtrane]

58. That'd be OK on the Kid's Menu.

All Meatfist! entrees have to live up to the 30-day colon pack™ guarantee.

[redqueen]

15. I want to tell you but I have hopes of someday opening it...

and I don't want someone else to get the chance to use it first. :D

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. simplicity. brooklyn. organic fusion food.

but a different kind of fusion, every item would be authentic but the mixes would be from different countries.

so an indian chicken recipe with a middle eastern couscous and french greens.

[yellowdogintexas]

17. "The Place Next Door", and plant it right next to a big Weight Watchers location,

and the food would be clean healthy food with ALL Weight Watchers indicators on the menu

points per serving
whether or not it is on the CORE plan

stuff like that.

with really really good coffee!

[driver8]

20. Genius!!

Now THAT is a great idea!!

[yellowdogintexas]

22. thanks. I was inspired by an empty restaurant spot that really was next door

to our WW location.

No money to do this of course.

it was fun dreaming about it though.

Meanwhile, a restaurant did move in there and our WW location moved to nicer digs in a newer place.....

[hobbit709]

66. There was a Weightwatchers near here in a strip center

Right next door to it was a bakery.

[Rambis]

18. The last supper (blasphemy inside)

We would serve all types of food. We would have shroud of turin table cloths. The salsa bowls would be a ceramic hand with holes in the palm. Fresh sweet jesus mango salsa with bottomless cups of water and wine. All you can eat Manna mania and karaoke on Thursdays.
quotes from customers
"these guys have a good steak nailed down"

[driver8]

21. We have two small children and they love to go to "Soup Plantation".

I always tell my wife I'm going to open a place called "Soup the Nation" and offer several fresh soups, an all you can eat salad bar, and killer desserts.

I dare "Soup Plantation" to sue me!!

[MilesColtrane]

25. "Soup Plantation"?

Holy crap! That's as bad as "Spaghetti Forced Labor Camp".

Try the #3, "Benito's Favorite".

[driver8]

26. I know...amazing, isn't it?

"Soup Plantation" and "Sweet Tomatoes" are owned by the same company.

In Northern California, the restaurants are called "Sweet Tomatoes". In Southern California where I live, they are called "Soup Plantation".

[begin_within]

38. Souplantation ROCKS.

They always have 6 soups, 4 or 5 signature salads, dozens of individual salad ingredients, 3 pastas, foccacia pizza, bruscetta, breads, muffins, baked potatoes, pudding, fruit, strawberry lemonade, all kinds of other beverages, soft-serve ice cream including dark chocolate ice cream, frozen yogurt, chocolate chip cookies, and it's all you can eat and drink. Not a place for a carnivore but it's always packed. The only trouble with it is that I always end up eating way more than I planned to. Other than that it's close to perfect.

[driver8]

57. We love going there!

I quit eating meat about 4 months ago, and they have lots of things that our kids love -- plus, it is very reasonable!

I agree...Soup Plantation rocks!

[ZombieNixon]

23. The "I Can Has Cheezburger"

A LOLCat themed restaurant.

[TommyO]

52. What an absolutely purrfect idea!

[Shell Beau]

24. Italian is my favorite food, so I would serve that.

[MissMillie]

29. aren't you supposed to be at the hospital?

:hi:

[Arugula Latte]

27. Arugula 'n' Tofu Cafe

Serving liberal commie vegan pinko elitist organic locally grown healthy food to Portland lefties. :)

[LeftyMom]

33. Does Portland really need another place for vegan elitist commies to eat organic?

Seriously, if you guys don't have the most vegan dining per capita, I'd be shocked.

I'd totally move, but I'm allergic to hipsters. :rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

53. Okay ... I'll open The Pig Grease Diner instead

:D

On second thought ... Naaaah ... The thought of that grosses me out.

We do have a high hipster ratio here. We import hipsters from all over. I'm not really a hipster, but by U.S. standards, I'm probably fairly hip for a 42-year-old mother of two. :)

[mcctatas]

30. The White Trash Cafe...

and I would only serve dishes that contained cream of mushroom soup or jello..

Oh, and only Budweiser in the can;)

[MsTryska]

43. Bud? Bud?!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

31. The Fancy Shit

We'll have the cleanest restrooms in the light industrial section of town.

[begin_within]

32. Blazing Salads

All salads, from around the world. Hollywood.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

40. I like it

Would definitely try that. Just open one closer to me.

[begin_within]

46. Here's one dish I'll have:

Salat eh Olivieh, the Persian chicken salad made from chicken, potatoes, eggs, pickles, carrots, peas, onions, mayonnaise, capers, lemon juice, mustard and seasonings. Very rich but delicious. Started in Russia but adopted by the Persians.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

50. Ooohh, I like that

If you didn't find it possible to open a restaurant, how about doing a cookbook??

[begin_within]

51. maybe

[WinkyDink]

35. "Poulet". Main-dishes only of chicken. Like Bubba Gump was with shrimp. :)

Either that, or Gluten- and wheat-free.

[XemaSab]

36. My friend came up with a name: The Hyper Bowl

The menu will have little descriptions of the dishes, and every dish will have an OVER THE TOP description, and all the food will be OBSCENELY overpriced.

Iceberg Wedge

Like the fabled iceberg that sunk the Titanic, this iceberg wedge will loom into view, towering over everything else. It will meet your tastebuds with an awesome crunch, and you will be left drowning in a sea of ranch dressing. 10.0

[MrScorpio]

39. Paris of the East

Lebanese, Downtown Detroit

[liberaltrucker]

41. "Have a ball"

Specializing in Rocky Mountain Oysters.

Grand Junction, CO



:rofl:

[KamaAina]

48. Are those sliced or pounded?

:scared:

Gives a whole new meaning to "food porn"! :evilgrin:

[MsTryska]

42. Gertie's Grub n Stuff.

Serving good old fashioned meat and 3s.


I'll place it near trucking hubs and a police station or 2.

[SoxFan]

44. The Cabildo

Creole and Cajun.

There isn't a good NOLA-style restaurant in New England. The closest thing was the late, great Bob the Chef's in Boston, and that was really a soul food place with NO thrown in to the mix.

[KamaAina]

49. Excellent name!

That way you could do one across town, or in the next town, and call it The Presbytere!

[Tikki]

TANGS....n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. Dubya's

It'd serve the finest horseshit money can buy.

[SPKrazy]

47. I'd open a Cajun Restaurant

and I'd name it

Acadian Dreams

[Xipe Totec]

54. Quiche my Ass

specializing in pepper flavored quiches, everything from serrano to habanero.

[HamdenRice]

55. Boricua-Moreno

My friend and I have a dream of opening a restuarant that serves the food of the kitchens of New York households, which is mostly the food of mixed marriages and mixed neighborhoods.

Boricua-Moreno can mean either a "brown skinned Puerto Rican" or "Puerto Rican and African American" cooking. But it would include Haitian, Chinese, West Indian, East Indian, Jewish, Italian and other recipes that have been swapped among families, especially here in Queens, which is the most diverse county in the United States.

[Initech]

56. Personally I want to see a restaurant called "The Bottom Feeder"

And it would serve mass quantities of food (target audience - people who weigh 100 pounds more than you'll ever weigh) at rock bottom prices.

[Lil Missy]

59. Don't know what I'd name it, but I'd open a sushi bar, and feature Japanese food.

[mwooldri]

60. The [insert location] Fish Bar.

Yep, I'd open up a traditional British fish and chip shop.

Something America is badly lacking.

Mark.

[Indi Guy]

61. (This is going to sound really bad and PI)...

I'd name it the "Club Foot" & I'd serve only wings. (Club sandwiches would be in "poor taste".)

badum bump...

[Indi Guy]

62. OK -- I've got some growing up to do..

[The Animator]

63. Boobies

I wanted to share the newest design on my cafepress site, and this was pretty much the most perfect thread for it.

http://www.cafepress.com/cf2_shop

[Indi Guy]

65. What a HOOT??!!!

[Awsi Dooger]

64. McDonald's

Located everywhere. I'd try to kill people without them knowing it

[In_The_Wind]

67. Game On!

It would serve fun food. Seafood, steaks, chops, chicken, great veggies, exotic rices, spinach salads. It would have to be overlooking water ~ the ocean, a river ... a small stream.

[Chan790]

68. Funny you should ask this because I've been talking to a friend/chef....

about opening a fancy coffeehouse/restaurant for about six months. Here's the idea in basic, not just name and menu and locale but decor too!!!:

The name we're considering is Peaberries and Bourbon. (both are varietals of Coffea Arabica. The name is also a play on the fact that we're a coffeehouse with a full and extensive bar...notably wines, whiskeys and other gourmet-variety libations and cocktails)

The menu will be entirely home-style prepared on the premises from the highest-quality fresh (mostly locavore/organic/free-range) ingredients in a variety of cuisine ranging from the very elegantly-simple and traditional to haute-cuisine offerings. Everything from your morning croissant to soups to salads to sandwiches to desserts to dinners to light noshes and tapas/dim-sum. Largely vegetarian, most everything on the menu can be ordered veg(etari)an. (we each had one point that we were allowed to win without debate...this was his. I wanted vegetarian-only.) No take-out beverage-service without food order. (i.e. this isn't where you'd get your morning cuppa Joe on the go. This was my "no debate" issue.)

Decor ideally is brick-walled basement, large open space with low ceilings to give a cozy feel, tables, no booths and a bar. Open sight-lines to watch your drink be made. A set of tongue-in-cheek (but seriously-upheld) "rules" spray-painted on the wall by the door. e.g. The heart of a latte is steamed milk with microfoam. Foam keeps your beverage warm and makes it taste not like scalded milk or old coffee. We're not in the business of serving crappy drinks, ergo your request for a "no-foam" anything will be roundly ignored.. A performance area at ground level and modern art by local artists for sale on the walls.

No children, call me mean or silly but kids don't belong in a bar and there is nothing on the menu for them.

We have no decisions on location. Chef wants to put it in NW DC on upper Wisconsin Ave. I'm not even open to the idea. I lived there and no offense to anybody else who lives there...your neighborhood is infested with assholes. I want a more blue-collar up and coming young neighborhood with an artsy feel. Brookland (DC), somewhere in Brooklyn (NYC), Manayunk (Philly), somewhere near Yale (New Haven) or in Northampton (Massachusetts).

Thanks for asking. I enjoyed the mental picture/brainstorm.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

69. That sounds really cool --

Good Luck with it all...sounds like a wonderful dream :)