i.zabihah.com allows iPhone users to look up zabihah.com halal (meeting Muslim dietary codes) restaurant listings.
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
Seattle To Require Calorie Labeling At Chain Restaurants
Last night, the King County, Washington Board of Health voted to require food service establishments to phase out their use of artificial trans fat and to list nutrition information on chain restaurant menus. The menu labeling rule only affects chain restaurants with 10 or more outlets and that have standardized menu items.
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4 Best Web Tools To Eat Local
A quick and easy list to follow for finding the best ways to track down local eats on the web - - from farmers to restaurants.
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36 Inspirational Business & Corporate Websites
36 Inspirational Business & Corporate Websites, a great list of inspirational corporate, business and restaurant websites that will get you past your design block.
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Fast Food Restaurant Nutrition Links page
This is a page that links to some of the most of the popular fast food restaurant nutrition info page, very handy for health conscience minded / allergenic guide / gluten / diary intolerance...etc. Let me know what other places you wanna add to the list!
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Eating Healthy at Fast Food Restaurants
The items listed fall generally under 400 calories or so and under 15 grams of fat. If you are going to be stuck eating at such restaurants this is a fairly good guideline to use for any meal.
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Forbes 2006 list of the most expensive restaurants in the U.S.
Want to really impress a date? Take them to one of these restaurants. Topping off the list at #1 is Masa which boasts a menu starting at $400 per person, drinks and mandatory 20% tax not included!P.S. To slow down the slide show, increase the value listed after the "thisSpeed=" portion of the URL.
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How to plan your holiday in Provence if you're in the Fayence area
Great list of "how to's" and "what to's" for folk holidaying in Provence: travel, restaurants, activities, shopping etc.
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10 Things Your Restaurant Won't Tell You
Even menus are rigged. "We list the item that makes the most profit first so it catches your eye," says restaurant consultant Linda Lipsky, "and bury the highest-cost item in the middle."
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The 2007 List of the 50 Best Restaurants in the World
Warning, don't read if you're feeling hungry ;) And for the record - France has 12 of the top 50 - guess that's saying something :)
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Searching for excellence
This is a marketing story. But it could quite easily apply to ones life. I was reading the list of top 50 restaurants in the world as per the S Pellegrino Awards announced in April 2007.
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Web site steers diners to healthy eats
Restaurants, under fire from health advocates for too-big servings and not enough detail on nutrition, are fighting back. The National Restaurant Association is building a Web site that will provide a hefty list of healthy meals and restaurants across the country where they can be found.
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America’s Top 50 Restaurants are Chosen
This article reports that Gourmet Magazine has published its list of the top 50 restaurants in America. Alinea, a new restaurant in Chicago, has been designated America's number one restaurant. The article presents a slideshow about Alinea and its unique food presentations. The ranked Top 50 List is also shown.
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Huge List of Restaurants that Give You Free Birthday Meals
Now there is no excuse not taking someone out for their birthday. There are some high quality restaurants on this list that I didn't know gave free meals on your birthday.
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Healthy (& Recommended) Restaurants - Los Angeles Area
Ever wondered where to eat in Los Angeles that was healthy & tasty? Here is the big list!
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Restaurant Information
We offer a complete range of information on restaurants and hotels. The list is never ending. We can help you help you choose the best restaurant and hotel in your budget. The best part is that the service is FREE. Try today. http://eef.in/d10f69
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How a Failing Restaurant’s Rebound can Help You Build Your List
This is a story on how a struggling restaurant used internet marketing tactics to not only turn their business around but made record returns. The moral to the story-Marketing is marketing no matter what the media source is.
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The world's most expensive dessert
Forbes Traveler has recently compiled a list of the most expensive desserts in the world. The Fortress Aquamarine, served at the Fortress restaurant in Sri Lanka, is topping the list.
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Restaurant Gift Card Bonuses
This list includes restaurants that offer bonuses when you purchase a gift card. Restaurants include Chili's, Macaroni Grill, Buca di Peppo, Fuddrucker’s, Red Robin, Tony Roma’s, Morton’s Steak House, IHOP and more.
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Ten Things Your Restaurant Will Not Tell You
Yahoo! Finance - Is something fishy about the special? What really happens to your tip? Get the dish on restaurant dining with this insider's list.
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Top Connecticut Restaurants
Check out this incredible list of the best restuarants in Connecticut - regardless of your food of choice!
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Restaurants & Institutions publishes list of top 400 chain restaurants
The 2007 R&I Top 400 list of restaurant chains has just been published. Topping the list is McDonald's. Starbucks weighs in at #4. They consider 7-Eleven, at #21, a chain restaurant. Fans of Waffle House hash browns can enjoy their #48-ranked chain. At the bottom of the list is Hot Dog On A Stick.
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10 Great Wines for $10 or Less
The list of wines is on the second page of the article -- "Buying retail is a slightly different experience. Most people don’t feel as if their retail purchases are windows into their ignorant, miserly souls, the way they do in restaurants, and so are less inhibited." -- NYTIMES
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Are These the Top 14 Restaurants in the World? You Decide.
By incorporating "powered by Reddit" technology into their pages, CondeNet's travel site Concierge.com is asking visitors to vote within a list of 14 top restaurants from around the world by clicking a "Eat it up" or "I'll Pass" arrow to ultimately determine a winner. What say you?
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ListRankr - Everything's a list.
There are lots of services that allow you to rank, vote, dig, thumbs up...you get the point. Why isn't there one service that does it all?! There is: ListRankr. Make a list for anything! Websites, coffee shops, local restaurants, sushi, great blogs, videos on youtube...the list goes on! Everything's a list at ListRankr!
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Buy or Sell your Business!
This site allows you to buy or sell your restaurant, bar, or grocery store. Sellers can list for free and buyers for a very small fee. Excellent site!
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Salads that will make you fatter?
Don't eat these salads from your favorite restaurants. Is your favorite salad on the list?
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Top Ten Fastest Growing Retaurant Chain Concepts
Keith Gellman's RestaurantChains.net releases October's Top Ten list of the fastest growing restaurant chain concepts with 50 operating stores or less.
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Bursa Franchise, Waralaba in Indonesia
There are many Franchise and Waralaba in Indonesia. Bursa Franchise provide the list to the Industry, from food, restaurant, property, etc. And they also provide Business Opportunity Information Center in Indonesia. You can take a look the list of Franchises within their categories. There are many franchises like Jco donuts, bread talk, veneta,etc.
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Restaurants, cafes and Bars in Valencia city
really amusing and informative reviews of the restaurants of Valencia, and great listings too.
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And We're Off!!
Yesterday, our first restaurant was listed! Rathskeller Restaurant, located downtown on East Michigan St., features an award-winning menu with authentic German cuisine as well as steak, seafood, chicken, pork and vegetarian entrees.
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Award-Winning Vegas Restaurants
Here are the best places to eat in Sin City according to the prestigious European Michelin Guide that has now added Las Vegas to its list of premier dining destinations around the world. I met the chef at the restaurant that received top honors and tasting his cuisine truly is a treat!
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Searchable Listing of Restaurants in Fredericksburg Downtown Virginia
This is a listing of restaurants in Fredericksburg Downtown (Virginia). It strives to be complete and user-friendly.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Paris rental apartments for tourists
Great neighborhood, all kinds of restaurants and stores.Montparnasse, the Champs de Mars (Eiffel tower), Invalides, Rodin Museum and Luxembourg gardens are all at walking distance (Less than 20minutes).Subway station "Volontaires" (2 minutes walk) or Sevres-Lecourbe (4 minutes) will take you everywhere in Paris, very easely:
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Rendez-Vous des… Rats?
Ratatouille themed buffet at Disneyland Paris. The changes reported in late July for Rendez-Vous des Stars Restaurant at Walt Disney Studios Park have now taken place, and the park now finally holds a dining option more exclusive than counter service and more glamorous than cafeteria service (or ‘buffeteria’ as they insisted). However, one thing no
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Crazy Menu (Figuring out what’s for lunch at the office. )
Pick-A-Place in which suggestions are tallied and voted on. Restaurant managers can upload their menus complete with delectable photos to increase their business orders by up to 400%. Current cities on the CrazyMenu roster include Paris, Toronto, New York, Chicago, L.A., Houston, London, and Montreal among others.
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[Celebrity] Responses to Massive Halo 3 Sales
Paris Hilton's take on this news: What's a Master Chief? Is he in charge of like restaurants and stuff? *stupid look* -- Kanye West's take on this news: Microsoft hates ***** gamers. -- Many more responses inside!
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Robert & Louise: Country Cookin'
Eating at this restaurant makes you feel like you've gone to the countryside; all in the heart of Paris. Robert et Louise, a tiny country place in the Marais, is located on a quiet street between a...
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Restaurant Music Hall Paris.
Né de la rencontre entre Valério Berkovics (producteur de spectacles et Hervé Nepple ( chef cuisinier ), le Music-Hall est une adresse incontournable du quartier des Champs Elysées. Son décor est conçu comme une véritable mise en scène de spectacle. Les jeux de lumières rythment les repas grâce à un système d'éclairage unique où sont programmées...
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Free Downlaod Google Earth 4.2
Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View exotic locales like Maui and Paris, as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, and schools. Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps, and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at you
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Alcazar, Paris : restaurant design, cocktail bar and lounge in Paris
Alcazar is one of my favorite places in Paris. It's a design restaurant with glorious food and soprano singing on mondays nights. It's also the best cocktail lounge and bar with renowned DJ's everynight at the Mezzanine, the bar upstairs and it is also club, The Wagg, donwstairs. Alcazar is member of www.goosta.com, contemporary restaurants.
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Paris restaurants turn to food made off site to cut costs | csmonitor.com
The practice causes a snit in the world's culinary capital, with critics seeing it as the demise of French culture and others calling it the democratization of fine dining.
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Dinner Parties Anyone?
London has “leapfrogged Tokyo and Paris” to become the world’s most expensive city for dining out. Of course, with London being home to eleven of the world’s top 50 restaurants along with its reputation as “Europe's biggest tax haven” such news was perhaps inevitable.
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Paris Hilton Arriving at Mr Chow Restaurant in Los Angeles
Paris Hilton in sexy black dress Arriving at Mr Chow Restaurant in Los Angeles - 11 High Quality Scans.
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Tour D Argent reopened
The oldest restaurant of Paris and France, Tour D’Argent, which first opened more than 425 years ago, has been reopened after three months of hi-tech makeover. Now its kitchens, located on the restaurant’s six floors,
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Is Paris Really The Gourmet Food Center Of All Europe?
Paris is a city of phenomenal restaurants, quaint bistros, and tea saloons as well as the little cafes we have heard so much of. These establishments serve a variety of fine gourmet foods from elegant fine dishes to foods from the region including ethnic cuisine from restaurants that make you feel at home and a variety of so many different foods yo
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Best museum restaurants in Paris
Sightseeing might be really tiresome, that is why museum restaurants are very useful. CNN published the rating of museum restaurants in Paris, France.......
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Can you survive meat-free in Paris?
As a vegetarian, I've had problems eating out in Paris and, too often, I've survived holidays on cheese baguettes. However, according to this article, there are vegetarian and vegan restaurants in Paris that aren't too "new agey" or micro-b(i)oring.
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Robert & Louise: country cookin' in the heart of Paris
Eating at this restaurant makes you feel like you’ve left Paris and gone to the countryside. At Robert & Louise you get a whole new kind of French food experience...all in the Marais of Paris...
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How-To Create Bootable CD-ROMs: The El Torito Bootable CD-ROM Format
A PC can boot from a CD-ROM if the BIOS supports the El Torito Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification v1.0. The El Torito specification was created in January 1995, by Curtus E. Stevens of Phoenix and Stan Merkin of IBM. It was named after a restaurant, the "El Torito Grill", where they would go to eat and talk about bootable CD-ROMs.
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Garmin Nuvi 260..Normally $349.99 now at Special $249.99
Garmin nuvi 260 comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded City Navigator NT street maps, including a hefty points of interest (POIs) database with hotels, restaurants, fuel, ATMs and more. It even announces the name of exits and streets so you never have to take your eyes off the road. Simply touch the color screen
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Ratatouille Official Trailer
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau.
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New Ratatouille Trailer Online
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family’s wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau.
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Yeh hai Gurgaon meri jaan....
Gurgaon is a vast adolescent real estate that stands in the glow of new paint. Luminous glass buildings, stout bustling malls and gigantic hives of apartments named after lords. knights and birds are spread over green lawns that people from Bombay would call parking.It is unmistakably the colony of the young, its marketplaces and restaurants teem
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Las Vegas for the off beat tourist and locals alike. Tired of the strip?
See another side of Las Vegas next time you visit! "Sandra off The Strip" is a blog with an eclectic pick of things to do in Vegas. Look at Sandra's calendar! There is so much talent with nowhere to go that you can find top class free or "no cover" entertainement any day of the week. Try Jazz, Blues, Wine or Beer Tasting, Restaurants to name a few
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Vlingo Gives Mobile Phones A New Voice
Vlingo Corp., a Cambridge, Mass-based start-up thinks it has the answer – voice-based interface – and has introducing an eponymously named application to showcase its technology. The application allows mobile phone users to speak and look-up information such as local restaurant listings to film schedules.
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BMW becomes first automaker to get live access to Google Local
BMW is now the first auto manufacturer to offer Google local search straight from the in-dash nav system. You can look for Yellow Pages-type info like names and addresses of restaurants, hotels -- locate service stations, banks, supermarkets, cinemas and Apple genius bars -- all of it right from your car. One catch -- you've got to be in Germany
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New restaurant in Bombay bears Hitler's name
Owner Puneet Sablok has refused to back down, and apart from Bombay's 4,500 Jews, there's been little controversy in India, where Holocaust awareness is limited, Hitler is regarded as just another historical figure and swastikas are an ancient Hindu symbol, displayed all over to bring luck.
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Universal Chokes On Palahniuk
Universal has acquired the rights to the Palahniuk novel "Choke". The title accurately describes its contents. It's the story of a con artist named Victor Mancini whose scam is faking choking in restaurants for cash to care for his sick mother. He's also a sex-addict and a med-school dropout. Fun guy.
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Introducing Outside.in
...type in a street address, or a neighborhood name, or a zip code -- perhaps for your own home area, perhaps for a place you're visiting or interested in -- and within seconds the screen gives you a glimpse of all the textured, real-world issues and conversations and news unfolding in the location you've entered. Not just restaurant reviews...
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McMansion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McMansion is a slang architectural term which first came into use in the United States during the 1980s as a pejorative description and an idiom. It describes a particular style of housing that—as its name suggests—is both large like a mansion and as culturally ubiquitous as McDonald's fast food restaurants.
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How to Talk Like a CEO
A Fortune 50 chief executive -- I won’t tell you his name because he didn’t realize I was listening to his conversation -- was sitting at a fast-food restaurant with a woman who was coaching him on how to talk to the media.....
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Where's the "S" in ESPN?
The big behemoth that is ESPN seems intent on gobbling up broadcast rights and crushing all in its path as it sticks its brand name on everything, from ESPN: The Magazine to ESPN Zone restaurants to ESPN Brand Feminine Hygiene Products.But, it usually manages to stick to sports, when it isn't running its self-congratulatory twaddle.
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Bacon Grease Skillet Lettuce
Try this old southern classic recipe. Save some bacon grease, or fry up some bacon. Toss some lettuce in the skillet. You'll have a delicious side dish that has been a recipe favorite all over the South for many years. Wilted lettuce is another name for this recipe. Wilted lettuce is now on some restaurant menus, but it's sure easy to make at home.
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50 Cent and Jessica Alba a romantic couple?
Tells the tipster, "Last Friday I was at [a local restaurant named] Van Vlaanderen and you'll never guess who I saw - 50 Cent and Jessica Alba. They tried to sit quietly in the back but I know it was them .... They were talking and laughing like a real couple and it looked very romantic. At one point it even looked like they were going to kiss...
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The Thai Tramp: Tourist’s walk on Tokyo: hotels, shopping and restaurants
Our lot was a rather usual hotel: we could not afford the Hilton for that money. It’s not an ad to name the place besides we’ve changed it into a better and cheaper one. The room was not worse than in Bangkok. Truly, you are immediately surrounded with millions of nice and cozy things, the room’s built-in stove made us happy. The wonder of the ...
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Chadder's what? Detailed review of Chadder's, an In-N-Out rip-off
For years Utahans have cried to In-N-Out to open a restaurant in their state. Finally a local resident stepped up and took on the challenge. The outcome? A completely ripped-off version of In-N-Out with a crappy name. Chadders? Having worked at In-N-Out for 3 years, I went to Chadders and gave it my own review. Here is it.
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Looking ahead for Brazil Fast Foods Corp.
Brazil Fast Foods Corp, which operate Brazil's second largest burger chain under the brand name Bob's, was one of the top performing stocks in the restaurant group in 2006, returning 285%. This article is the first in a series of articles that will look ahead for what 2007 may bring for Brazil Fast Foods.
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UK fake bloggers soon to be ‘named and shamed’
Hotels, restaurants and online shops that post glowing reviews about themselves under false identities could face criminal prosecution under new rules that come into force next year. Businesses which write fake blog entries or create whole wesbites purporting to be from customers will fall foul of a European directive.
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Fake bloggers soon to be 'named and shamed'
Hotels, restaurants and online shops that post glowing reviews about themselves under false identities could face criminal prosecution under new rules that come into force next year. Businesses which write fake blog entries or create whole wesbites purporting to be from customers will fall foul of a European directive banning them from “falsely re
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Looking for a job? Speak to the big yellow clown!
Living in the UK & thinking of getting a job in a restaurant? Forget applying to Jamie or Gordon, Ronald McDonald is apparently the man to talk to. The burger chain was named as the best hospitality business to work for in the UK by industry website CatererSearch - so don't worry about flipping burgers, apparently its a flipping good place to work!
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Church Hotdog stand forced to change name, it violated "Dogma" trademark
"The settlement ends 17 months of legal wrangling with a Miami Beach restaurant that made a federal case out of the Pittsburgh site's name. Dogma Grill has a trademark on the word "dogma" and its attorneys contended the similarity in names might confuse consumers."
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For The Love of Nachos...
Faustino Vasquez came to the United States from Mexico in 1977 to find work. He may also be a god to nacho lovers. This guy opened up a successful restaurant named El Rancho by recognizing the overwhelming hunger of drunken college students as they stumble home at 2am.
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'McCurry' to Pay Damages Over Name
A Malaysian court has ordered an Indian eatery called McCurry Restaurant to pay damages to US fast food giant McDonald's for imitating the chain restaurant's name and signature colours. The judge said McCurry could cause confusion amongst Malaysians with its red and gold logo, which features a chicken giving a thumbs up sign.
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Top 400 Restaurants in the US...ranked several ways
For those not in the food business, pretty cool ranking tool from Restaurants & Institutions Magazine. You can sort by number of units, dollar sales, name, etc... What is amazing is the number of relatively small companies that are able to make it into the top 400!www.cheflifeonline.com
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Eating Out In A Indian Restaurant In London
Recently, I’ve become more and more aware of the array of Indian restaurants cropping up in my local area. The question is, are they as legendary, as great, as they claim to be, or are they simply serving the same dishes, but under a different name and management? A bit of creativity should be there.
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Indian Restaurant lets you pay as much as you want
instead of a hefty bill, prepare to be greeted by smiling staff who urge you to pay as much as you want and remind you that it's all for charity.Named after the Hindu goddess of nourishment, Annalakshmi's philosophy is "eat to your heart's content, give as you feel." The vegetarian restaurant
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Hitler's Cross Restaurant offending Jews in India (with picture)
It's like if "The Producers" opened an eatery. It's a new restaurant in India's financial hub, named after Adolf Hitler and is promoted with posters showing the German leader and Nazi swastikas. You can imagine how this is going down with the Jewish community!!!
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Vegan & Vegetarian restaurant guide
A guide to personally reviewed vegan and vegetarian restaurants in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
First New York, Now Los Angeles to Study Trans Fat Ban
The government war on trans fat, started when New York City banned it from restaurant food, has reached Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles trans fat ban
The government war on trans fat, started when New York City banned it from restaurant food, has reached Los Angeles.
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Tara Reid Is Starting Up Her Own Fast-Food Joint
Tara Reid to open her own fast-food restaurant, called Ketchup, in Los Angeles on March 31.
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Atari Founder Chooses Location For Interactive Restaurant
uWink, a restaurant chain started by Atari and Chuck E' Cheese founder Nolan Bushenell that focuses on interactive touch screens for ordering and entertainment, signed a letter of intent to open a new location at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California.
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How To Start A Successful Restaurant Business! - Lulu.com
"How to Start a Successful Restaurant Business" is a great book that provides lots of answers to questions I had about starting a little sandwich and soup shop that I have been thinking of doing for quite some time. This book was easy to read and covered a lot of areas that I had not even considered. Definitely a useful help to me!
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Trans Fats Ban Begins In NYC
Sunday was the start date of New York City%u2018s first-in-the-nation ban on the fats and the requirement that restaurants post calorie counts. But visits to many restaurants suggested they were in no rush to comply with the second rule.
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2Spaghi Celebrates First Year In Style
Italian start up 2Spaghi - social network of Italian restaurant recommendations - develops dashboard widgets and browser plug ins
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NEW NIGHTLIFE GRAND OPENING
The Strip’s latest restaurant and nightspot, ASIA, celebrates its grand opening with two nights of fun festivities starting tonight.
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The changing phase of online food ordering system
It is said that the best way to fight competition is to lead it. No surprises, online food ordering systems have already started dictating contemporary restaurant markets worldwide. Restaurants - big or small - are joining the bandwagon to excel competition and so can you.
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Houlihan's: I never online drinking game
Advergame of a restaurant which you can pick your character and choose your drink and start playing "I never" game
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Subway restaurants to start selling... pizza?
Pizza is coming to Subway. By June the largest restaurant franchise in the country will add deep-dish style personal pizza to the menu at 13,000 U.S. stores. The introduction will place even more heat on Pizza Hut and Domino's Pizza.
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Plate of Writhing Octopus Tentacles for Dinner in Restaurant
The guy who shot this (and ate them) said; "They calm down after a little while, but then when you go after them again, they start up again," he says, "It’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen brought to a dinner table." - via BoingBoing
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Old Man Beatdown
Old man in a restaurant tries to start a fight with some random kid eating lunch with his mom!
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Widget World
Yourminis a service by goowy media, inc started by 4 friends in 2004. They invested in restaurants and decided to do something in Internet application
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Restaurant Serves Toddler Some Liquor
A San Francisco restaurant serves a toddler some liquor. The parents didn't realize this until the young one started slurring his words, and stumbling about....
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Restaurant Business Plan
How to Start a Restaurant BusinessStarting a restaurant business can be a daunting task. While you may have the best ideas in the business, the best cooks and location, that still doesn't mean that you will be a success. To ensure that you are a success, you need to think of your restaurant in terms of a business...
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Download Restaurant Empire - A Gastronome's Dream Come True
Starting with nothing except some cash, a passion for food and a great idea, you start by building a restaurant from the bottom up - hiring waiters, decorating, even cooking the meals. Restaurant Empire takes the art of cooking and running a restaurant to new heights. Command over 30 chefs and conquer the culinary world!
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Restaurant Empire Game
A gastronome's dream come true! Starting with nothing except some cash, a passion for food and a great idea, you start by building a restaurant from the bottom up - hiring waiters, decorating, even cooking the meals.
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Front to Back Restaurant
Restaurant owner Daniele Gouny has never done anything the conventional way like everybody else. She decided, therefore that she would create a restaurant which is back to front. The clients have to begin by doing the washing up and the meal of course, starts with desert!
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Romantic Paris – What to do and where to do it
Paris is, quite simply, romance. Every street corner oozes charm; every park bench seats a dreamy-eyed couple – and every restaurant, café and hotel is eager to squeeze as much money as possible from gullible lovers.So… here are Top 10 Tips for a romantic Paris weekend, sans le tourist traps.1. A lovely place to start any Paris...
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Britney Spears Candids at Restaurant Wockano
NICE: Great candids of Britney Spears leaving restaurant Wockano – Britney is finally starting to get back in shape!
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Bill O'reilly in trouble for starting race row
O'Reilly, who describes himself as a populist and traditionalist, has been accused of "velvet racism" for comments on his radio show about the famous Harlem restaurant Sylvia's. The remarks referred to a dinner the commentator had enjoyed there with the Rev Al Sharpton, the black preacher and political leader.
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Cigarette Box Cell Phone Jammer - discreet, sneaky and ever so James Bond
The CS008 Cigarette Box Cell Phone Jammer. Open the box, push the black button and gaze around innocently as your neighbours start fuming at their dead mobile phones. Clear a restaurant in moments, ensure silence in the movie theatre. Go straight to jail if you use it in the wrong country. 60 feet range. 100 miles of coolness. $950.00
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Gomobo uses Twitter for new 'food buddy' feature
Typically when we talk about Web 2.0 and food, we're either talking about the snack selection at a launch party or the virtual food fights that certain Facebook apps have made possible. Not this time. Gomobo, a New York-based start-up that allows you to order and pre-pay for food at participating restaurants on your cell phone or computer, plans to
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NEW PHOTOS! Lindsay Lohan Tastefully Shows Off Some Tig Ol' Bitties!
Here are some new photos of LINDSAY LOHAN leaving the I Pistaio Restaurant on Friday (11/2). Did someone inflate her chest recently? Look at the photos … do those things look excessively large? I’m not complaining - trust me! She’s sporting a whole new style these days with the clothes and her Stevie Nicks hairdo. Personally, I’d like to start ...
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7 Reasons Why Working In a Restaurant is Awesome
I have been working in a restaurant since I was 14, starting off as a dishwasher. I remember my interview for the job. The owner asks me to follow him into the kitchen, while he was smoking a cigarette, he was just finishing up making a milk shake, as he pours it into the metal ................................
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Kim Cattrall Exits Sex And The City party
Kim Cattrall stormed out of Sex and the City reunion party, it has been reported.The actress was scowling as she left the bash at New Yorks Butter restaurant to celebrate the start of filming Sex and the City: The Movie on Monday
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Vishal Retail to start 10,000 quick service restaurants
In a bid to capture Indian Food fans all over the world,Delhi-based Vishal Retail is planning to open about 10,000 quick service restaurants, which will sell Indian snacks, all over the world. Vishal Retail Restaruants model would be similar to McDonalds.
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From FARK. Republican debates at a historically black college PBS
The Repbulican debate is starting. Of course, because it is at a historically black college, no "serious candidates" showed up. Strangely, so far, it feels like going to an Italian restaurant in an all white suburb. On PBS now
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Liberty City Seven Trial:Holy War in Miami was the Purpose
The "Liberty City Seven" trial opened today in Miami with allegations from the prosecution that the men threatened bombings, poisoning salt shakers in restaurants and anything to create general chaos. The men were attempting to start a holy war with their actions.
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Foupons.com works with Texas company, NYSRA
Foupons.com, a leading restaurant search engine, has started working with Austin, Texas-based Affiniscape in an innovative sales campaign. Affiniscape, a company that hosts web management and member relationship management technologies for associations, will feature foupons.com in the New York State Restaurant Association Marketplace. This will
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A Stripper Scandal Avoided
Let's start with the scene: an upstairs party room Tuesday night at Sonoma, one of Capitol Hill's hippest restaurants, where friends gathered to celebrate the publication of local writer Kelly DiNardo's new book about legendary striptease artist Lili St. Cyr.
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Loss of eatery in blaze leaves void on Buzzards Bay - The Boston Globe
BUZZARDS BAY - They started arriving at dawn, taking pictures, reminiscing, and standing in stunned silence. By midmorning, traffic had backed up for a mile in each direction as drivers tried to glimpse the charred heap that had been the Mezza Luna restaurant.
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Music Industry Shaking Down Coffee Shops
"A restaurant owner who doesn't even offer live music was approached for payment for having the TV on while the Monday Night Football theme played. And if the owners pay up to one licensing company, all of the others start harassing them, calling four times a day, demanding payment too. It sounds like they don't even check whether any copyright vio
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Pubi-Terry
From IFILM.com: RENO 911%21Starts Sun%2C 10%3A30p %2F 9%3A30cWiegel and Kimball bust Terry after he adds his special ingredient at a Mexican restaurant.
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Starting A Restaurant In China
Frank Steffen, Managing Partner of a.m. Therapy tells us about his 3 restaurants and touches upon the challenges and opportunities of being a foreign restauranteur in China.
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Open Hearts - The Grub Club - Saving a Childs Life
Can helping restaurants succeed help save a child's life. This article explores the idea and reasons behind starting a web site that helps restaurants post their menus online. Excellent writing and photography.
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Racy hotels and restaurants on the rise
A San Diego hotel where rooms start at $450 a night is setting itself apart with a racy atmosphere featuring group showers and firemen's poles.
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Hooters Girl Picks guy up over Her Head and Squats him
I would certainly be amazed if a rather small Hooters girl picked up an average sized guy over her head and started doing squats with him in the middle of the restaurant, wouldn’t you?
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XML Aficionado
Altova's CEO has started a new blog on new technologies, trends, gadgets, and software development tools; plus the latest on XML technologies, great restaurants, and the Red Sox...
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Edmonton restaurant reviews website
Ever need to find that perfect restaurant or want to write about a great eating experience? Edmonton Eats is a great restaurant review site where anyone can write reviews, submit restaurant and search for restaurants in the Edmonton area. The site is very easy to use and it is just waiting for more people to start adding content.
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Restaurant Menus | ForbesTraveler.com
Next time you go out to eat and the waiter brings you a menu, take a deep breath. Open it up. Turn it over. Start on the left side first, then go immediately to the back of the menu. Read the right side of the menu last. Why? Read on….a little knowledge makes for a nice appetizer.
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Awesome addicting restaurant game!
This game rocks, the game starts at slow study phase then suddenly erupts into a continuous addicting game! The object of the game is to serve your customers, give them their orders... seems easy.. until you get to higher levels. Try it!
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
Healthy Choices on the Run
In order to help you make choices that won't sabotage your fitness goals, I went looking for healthier meals. I visited several fast food restaurants, and made a chart with the company name, meal choice and caloric breakdown. If you're trying to lose weight and you eat out, you need to read this article.
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Google Spamming it's own Search Results
Google has begun ranking it's Google.com/maps site as the number one search result for most travel related inquiries.... although Google is rarely the most relevant search result. Searches for hotels, restaurants, golf courses and more, even businesses by name yield a search result with Google Local as the number one result. Google Dangerous.
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Mumbai's Richest BEGGERS
They own apartments and shops, their children attend schools and they worry about investments and interest rates.NAME: Massu or Malana, 60. Massu’s Assets: Rs 30 lakh in properties alone. Day’s earnings: Rs 1,000 to 1,500.Begs at: Lokhandwala. Mostly outside high-end restaurants visited by TV and film stars....
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Waitress set for stardom after Clooney sing-song
Victoria Hart, whose day job involves working for tips at the little-known Naked Turtle restaurant in London, was flown to Cannes earlier this month after a friend-of-a-friend put her name forward to sing at a charity event.
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If you're traveling soon you'll want to know about this!
This site gives you the lowdown on Philips' new Simplicity Concierge service. You can find out about the best restaurants, shops, spas and events in 20 cities across the country from the experts at Conde Nast Websites. Think all the .coms for Vogue, Vanity Fair, Epicurious, Concierge, Lucky, Glamour, The New Yorker... you name it. Check it out!
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FAST FOOD- The good and the bad
Fast food has become a way of life for most of us. If you ever find some that doesn’t know the name of at least one Fast Food Company (they speak English of course), I’ll punch myself in the face and post it as a video. I have been to so many different of these so called “fast food restaurants”. Heck I have even worked at a few!
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Restaurant pressured to take wopburger off its menu
The sausage patty with melted cheese served with sauce has been around for 88 years. It'll still be served, but under the new name of Italian burger. A complaint from the National Italian American Foundation forced the change.
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Cool Lunch Tool!
Have you ever been sitting at the office with a group of people ready to go to lunch? The obvious question is, “Where are we going and who is driving?” Struggle no more folks, the answer is here. Enter names and restaurants, then let the Lunch-O-Matic handle the rest. Has life ever been this simple?
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A 180kg Gorilla Escaped From its Enclosure and Ran Amok in a Rotterdam Zoo
The Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo was evacuated and the 11-year old gorilla, named Bokito, was eventually barricaded inside a restaurant, Rotterdam police spokeswoman Yvette de Rave said. She said at least two people were injured in the incident.
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Mother's Day Dinner at Jennie's Bordello Bistro & Pizzeria
Despite its name, this is a fine Italian restaurant in Jerome, Arizona. Once a rowdy mining town with an abundance of bars and real brothels, Jerome has found a new life as a thriving artist colony and tourist destination.
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Where The Streets Have No Name (A real place, not the U2 song)
Here's a really interesting story about a city in South America, with a pop. of 2 million, that has no street names. Here's how you would mail a letter to someone living there: "From where the Chinese restaurant used to be, two blocks down, half a block toward the lake, next door to the house where the yellow car is parked, Managua, Nicaragua"
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PC UK counsil to restaurateur: No Fat Buddha for You
Durham counsil: "The department felt the name was inappropriate in a city founded on faith. We don't want to offend anyone because of the different faiths that come to the city...."Mr Fung said, Utopian Leisure, had received no complaints about the use of the name Fat Buddha at his first restaurant, which opened in Belfast earlier this year.
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The inside story on how restaurants slice up the tips you leave them
I received an e-mail from a server who's been waiting tables for more than 20 years. Citing job-security issues, she wouldn't divulge her name or where she works, noting it's a "higher end" restaurant. "I wish people knew about tipping," she wrote. "Not so much how to tip, but where that tip ends up." And here's what she wants you to know -
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Arsenic Widespread in Top Brands of Chicken
Brand-name chicken products sold in American supermarkets and fast food restaurants are widely contaminated with arsenic, according to independent test results released by IATP. The good news is that smart choices by consumers can eliminate their intake
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Arsenic Widespread in Top Brands of Chicken
Brand-name chicken products sold in American supermarkets and fast food restaurants are widely contaminated with arsenic, according to independent test results released by IATP. The good news is that smart choices by consumers can eliminate their intake
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Arsenic Widespread in Top Brands of Chicken
Brand-name chicken products sold in American supermarkets and fast food restaurants are widely contaminated with arsenic, according to independent test results released by IATP. The good news is that smart choices by consumers can eliminate their intake
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The 2006 Stella Awards Are Here!
These are actual lawsuits and are named after the now famous Stella Liebeck case. She was awarded millions from McDonald's Restaurant for spilling hot coffee on herself. It is unbelievable how easily our justice system can be abused.
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Speed Up Your XP Wireless Access Point
Each time you connect to a Wi-Fi hot spot, whether it's in a restaurant or at home, it logs the name of the access point that you connected to in the Windows Preferred Network settings. This can slow things down, a lot!
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Methods of Natural Labor Induction
One of the methods of self-inducing labor that's beensweeping the internet in recent years is the myth thateggplant will send you into labor. This myth started when anews story began circulating the country about a restaurantin GA, named Scalini's.
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You May Kiss the Chef's Napkin Ring (New York Times)
With more big-name chefs in town and more hype surrounding their restaurants, dining has become less about the diner's pleasure and more about the chef's ego.
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Funny painting of Merkel, Ratzinger and Gorbachev
Saw these paintings in a restaurant in Cologne by a local artist (whose name I do not know!). Everyone thought they were funny at the time. Sorry, not the best quality as only had my mobile phone camera.
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Madeleine McCann sighting treated seriously when girl responds to the name
A little girl in a restaurant turned around and responded to someone calling her "Madeleine," and the couple she was with grabbed her and ran before they could be challenged.
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Club Bill Gates, the Real Social
You know you've made it when random restaurants in Sarajevo are named after you, though I always envisioned Gates' place with a Surface at every table and a bit less residual grease on the windows.
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The Hard Rock Cafe: Comparing Four Locations
The Hard Rock Cafe; is a chain of restaurants dedicated to Rock-n-roll, as the name would tend to imply. They are all just filled to the brim with rock paraphernalia from floor to ceiling.
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Yahoo offering "My Local" for Local Search
Now when you use Yahoo! Local, you can save items that spark your interest and find them again whenever you like. Collect restaurants, day spas...you name it.
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Will miss Grand Opening party for Broadway's 'Zipper Factory': a Restaurant
I like simple fare well done so charcuterie and choucroute (sauerkraut if you prefer) appeal to me. The name of the place 'Zipper Factory' and its matching logo add to the charm of the place, or so I hope!
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The Power of the Handshake
I think people forget that the Restaurant or Bar Experience is exactly that, “an experience.” A sincere handshake is just that, remembering their name is just that. It tells that person that they are important; they are significant, that they are just not another customer.
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Free Lunch Trust Models
Both business and pleasure travelers are used to seeing bills at hotel restaurants that let you simply write down your room number and your name to charge the bill to your room. Most of us are used to seeing it, and we probably even wonder how often it is exploited.
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Suck Bang Blow
New porno movie release? Nope, it's the name of a new bar-restaurant in a small South Carolina town - and some of the residents think it needs to be changed. I, however, lol'd.
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On Copyright and Restaurants 'Cote d'Or', Tuesday Review is now 'Charolais'
Hard to believe but copyright laws do not apply only to music and movie downloads.The new New York restaurant that was originally conceived as Charolais and renamed Cote d'Or is now back to the Charolais brand after some legal eagles took issue with the name.
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Rats: The other white meat (with graphic photos)!
Besides rat, a customer at the Highest Ranking Wild Flavor Restaurant can order turtledove, fox, cat, python, and an assortment of strange-looking local animals whose names do not translate into English. All of them are kept live in pens at the back of the restaurant and are killed only when a customer orders one of them. Rats cost more than beef!
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Flashback- Whan Ecstacy was legal! Peaking In A Chinese Restaurant!
In the early ’80s, my friend Allan Rinde, owned a chinese restaurant in a Jewish neighborhood in Hollywood, which I named Genghis Cohen. a publicist friend of mine came in one night, and left me an incredible trip…I mean tip! She gave me a capsule of Ecstacy which was legal then. Lana Turner,Sarah Jessica Parker were there...so was Luthor Vandross!
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The Flaming Lips Get Street Named After Them
The Flaming Lips have had an alley named in their honour in their hometown of Oklahoma City in a vote from the City Council on Tuesday (December 5). The alley is located in Bricktown, the city's blossoming entertainment and restaurant district.
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Parrilla: A little taste of Argentina in Washington Heights
Way uptown in Washington Heights on Broadway, is Parrilla, a paradise for steak lovers on a budget. As you walk in, you may be turned off (or on) by the red orange lights emanating from the back of the restaurant, but look to your right and you'll quickly turn your attention to the large grill from which the restaurant takes its name.
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Opportunity to Invest in a Bar/Restaurant
Casual Upscale is the name of the game for this "Sports Lounge" restaurant. A couple of very talented & experienced managers in Oakland, CA are looking to fund the start up of a new kind of sports bar. Eventually more may open, but we want to get one going and perfect it first. Be a part of this exciting innovation!
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"Girls Gone Wild" founder plans restaurant chain
Having made a fortune off bare-breasted women, "Girls Gone Wild" founder is setting his sights on selling another type of breast. A restaurant chain under the "Girls Gone Wild" brand name is being planned by Joe Francis, whose Mantra Films Inc.'s has built a $100 million business videotaping and selling DVDs of young women exposing their breasts.
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Mel Gibson has a new hang out!
The Jewish community in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) is outraged by a new restaurant named after Adolf Hitler.
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New Restaurant Bears Hitler's Name
When 'Hitler's Cross' restaurant opened four days ago in a Bombay suburb, local politicians and movie industry types were on hand to celebrate beneath the posters of the Nazi leader and swastikas. An Associated Press (AP) news story.
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'Hitler' restaurant to change name
India - The owner of a restaurant named after Adolf Hitler said Thursday he will change its name because it angered so many people.
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Bombay restaurant owner agrees to change name of his Hitler's Cross eatery
The owner of a restaurant named after Adolf Hitler said Thursday he will change its name because it angered so many people.
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Short Piece of Descriptive Writing
Well.. the name says it all really. This is a piece of descriptive writing i wrote for an English class a few months back. Its about an imaginery Spanish restaurant. Hope you like it :)
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Weird Restaurant Name
Restaurants nowadays have to have unique names to attract the attention of passers-by. But at times, the names really baffle people.
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Who goes first in first come, first served?
What do you think? Who should get precedence in first come, first served seating? Someone who's been waiting longer, or someone who put their name in for a table elsewhere in the restaurant?
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California Road Trip: Tiki Island at the Bali Hai
One of the main reasons I traveled to California was to attend "Tiki Island at the Bali Hai," a group exhibition featuring several of today's top Polynesian Pop artists. As the name implies, the show was held at the Bali Hai restaurant on San Diego's Shelter Island ... The Bali Hai, a fifty four year old Polynesian-themed restaurant of ...
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HELP I'M 25 YRS.OLD AND I LOOK 17
TYRA, I NEED HELP! I'M 25 & I LOOK 17. I WOULDN'T CALL IT A FLAW, MORE LIKE AN INSULT. MY NAME IS CHINIQUE SIMPSON, I LIVE IN PALM BAY,FL. I HAVE A 1YR. OLD DAUGHTER AND I WORK AT A RESTAURANT.EVERYWHERE I GO PEOPLE THINK I'M 17.I'M TIRED OF PEOPLE REFERRING TO ME AS "LITTLE GIRL". I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! SHOULD I FLAUNT MY LOOK OR IS IT A FLAW?
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Eva Longoria To Open a New Restaurant - BESO
BESO, BESO, BESO!Word is...Eva Longoria is to open the one of the newest Mexican American restaurants, and the name of it is Beso, which means kiss
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Monday, November 12, 2007
Tiesto Plans Restaurant Launch!
Dance music phenomenon TIESTO is set to open a restaurant in his native Netherlands. The Suburban Train hitmaker, real name Tijs Verwest, will launch Asian fusion diner and club Cineac next month (Jun07), in what was an old cinema on Amsterdam's Rembrandt Square. And some of the signature dishes will named after Tiesto hits...
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Restaurant lifestyle...?
Restaurants are popping up everywhere. Fast food, casual dining, steakhouses, sushi bars, you name it. I'd say this is mostly because more and more people are going out to eat, more and more often (supply and demand at its simplest). Naturally, I have a few thoughts on this.
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AFC ENTERPRISES [AFCE] worth in 30 days?
AFC Enterprises, Inc. engages in the development, operation, and franchising of quick-service restaurants under the brand name Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits. As of December 31, 2006, it operated and franchised 1,878 Popeyes restaurants in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and internationally. The company was founded in 19
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Timberlake Southern Hospitality Opening
Justin Timberlake, is about to open a new spot in New York’s Upper East Side. The restaurant, named Southern Hospitality, will serve Memphis-style vittles, and is a joint venture between the Timberlake and longtime friends Trace Ayala and Eytan Sugarman. The restaurant which is decorated with Southern antiques will have its grand opening on...
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Under fire, Indian eatery drops Hitler from name
After protests by local and international organizations, the Hitler themed restaurant decides to change its Hitler/Nazi theme.
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Hitler’s Cross is History Now, Restaurant Changes It’s Name
This is the time of apology now. The owners of “Hitler’s Cross’ have apologized for using the name of the person who had committed series of heinous crimes against humanity.
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Why is a Hotdog called a hotdog?
Hotdog, hotdog and hotdog,, it's every where, wet market, cafe, fast food restaurants, but people not know what behind hot dog name.
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Dean Karnazes December 13, 2006 ILLINOIS
Dean talks about the real challenges (mental and physical) of running across the country and his comments on the state of the health of the US in regard to namely fast food restaurants.
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Founder of Atari Starts 'Social Gaming' Restaurant
Lovelorn video gamers who are better with consoles than conversation, have a new venue—a restaurant where each table has touchscreens for ordering food and for playing a variety of social games...mingling is the name of the game at uWink, which hosts "room games" where every table in the restaurant can compete simultaneously.
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the $1,000 dessert
Brûlée, a dessert-only restaurant at Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City is serving a $1,000 dessert named The Brownie Extraordinaire.
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If I were her, I'd name the restaurant chain "Shilpa Poppadom".
Publicity would be guaranteed.cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity_Big_Brother_racism_controversy
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Mr. Spriggs Bar B Q
A Bar B Q restaurant in Midwest City Oklahoma has a Gospel singer named CAM sing their anthem!
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World Famous DJ Tiesto to open restaurant
After huge success of shoeline for Reebok and Olympics performance Tiesto decided expand his activities and to open own restaurant in Amsterdam. Some firm dishes will carry names of well-known tracks of Tiesto. For example " Flight 643 " or "Traffic". At present the chief-cook of restaurant works on soup Adagio For Strings.
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North Phoenix has an AWESOME sushi restaurant called MOTO
About 1 year ago a new Sushi Restaurant opened around 16th street and Glendale Ave, on South East corner that I highly recommend. It takes about 1 year in my opinion for the food to finally settle in the mind of the new restaurant owner. The owners name is Vince and tell him Dale sent you!!! By the way, tell him that he needs to inventory Salmon
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Bombay Restaurant Named After Adolf Hitler
BOMBAY, India - When Hitler's Cross restaurant opened four days ago in a Bombay suburb, local politicians and movie industry types were on hand to celebrate beneath the posters of the Nazi leader and swastikas.
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Pink Taco proposal gets fans talking
Over $30 million is getting rejected for naming rights of a stadium. The name is um um um, the name of a restaurant and is terribly controversial.RTFA. FunnY! I fthis thing happens.... LOL, $30 million may be well spent!
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Hitler Restaurant Controversy
From Bombay, India comes "Hitler's Cross" a four day old resturant steering up a heap of controversy in its' opening. The owner of a restaurant named after Adolf Hitler said Thursday he will change its name because it angered so many people. Puneet Sablok said he would remove Hitler's name and the Nazi swastika from billboards and the..
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Alinea in Chicago: America’s Top-Rated Restaurant Wins New Awards
Alinea restaurant in Chicago was one of only16 restaurants nationwide to be awarded the coveted Mobil Five-Star rating this week. This came after after last week’s announcement that Alinea had made it onto The American Automobile Association's Five-Diamond dining list. In September, Alinea was named America's best restaurant by Gourmet magazine.
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New York Restaurants from Space
A friend runs UrbanSpoon and just launched a cool little gadget. From the site: "Each of New York's 23601 restaurants are shown as a point on the map. Roll over the map or the names to highlight a neighborhood. Click the map or the name to see a list of that neighborhood's restaurants. Bon appetit!"
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Best Mexican Restaurant - East of the Border?
If you happen to be visiting the Mediterranean region, specifically Cyprus, and suddenly feel like you are missing your regular dose of good ol' Mexican cooking, then be sure you drop by one of the best restaurants in Pafos. Lucky for you that restaurant happens to be Mexican, and the name is Dos Pesos Casa Mexicana Restaurant, located at 32, Tombs
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New York Times Reveals E.U. Restaurant Has Same Problems as Real E.U.
New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni reviewed a restaurant in New York City's East Village today called E.U. It turns out E.U., the restaurant, has a lot in common with the other E.U., the European Union--and not just its name.
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Bob Evans (restaurant owner named after him) dies at 89
The Bob Evans family-style restaurant chain has more than 575 stores in 18 states. The food business has expanded beyond sausages to products ranging from biscuits to salads.
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Melbourne & Bendigo July 2007
In Melbourne and the gold mining town of Bendigo Victoria Australia visiting Sacha and Georgia. Our favourite restaurant was The Horn where we listened to jazz. A traditional Ethiopian chef has been installed in the kitchen, spinning out fragrant African dishes. The evocative name refers to the jutting point of the continent where Ethiopia is locat
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Your Own Free Restaurant Web Site
You can now use TheGrubClub.com like your own FREE restaurant web site. Once you post your menu and it is verified you can add a directory name and that is your URL. You get a simple web address like www.thegrubclub.com/a/your-restaurant-name. It is easy to give out on the phone and easy to put in an advertisement.
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Hitler Restaurant to Change its Name
Here's a story of a restaurant in Mumbai that decided to chance it's name after several complaints. It seems obvious enough as to why there were complaints, but, supposedly the owner didn't think too much of it before the complaints came in. Woah.
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The Hitler Restaurant Apology
The owners of a new restaurant named "Hitler's Cross" in the Indian city of Mumbai have changed its name after protests from the Jewish communityThe owner apologizes. He should not only apologize. He is a freakin idot.
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Under fire, Indian restaurant drops Hitler from name
A restaurant in India's financial hub has agreed to change its name from "Hitler's Cross" following strong protests by the country's tiny Jewish community and pressure from Israel.
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The most memorable restaurant in Hangzhou, China
I think the English name of the restaurant is called Chate. Well, that is the name I recall whenever I think of the restaurant anyway. In Chinese its name is literally “one tea one seat”. It has a few branches across Hangzhou, with one ideally located at the West Lake. The outdoor seating is shaded by trees, and overlooks the lake.
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Gomnaru
Nestled away on Durant Avenue, just steps off of Telegraph, lies one of Berkeley’s best kept Korean secrets: Gomnaru Restaurant. Appropriately named after the UC Berkeley Golden Bears, Gomnaru is Korean for “bear’s lair” (not to be confused by the on-campus bar of the same name).
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Hell. Too Good for Some Evil Bastards
Ad By Pizza Restaurant In New Zealand Named ‘Hell Pizza' featuring George W Bush!
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Hilarious! DAILY SHOW INTERVIEW: Would you care for a pink VAGINA TACO?!
Vagina-themed Mexican restaurant? Very funny interviews with both the owner of the "Pink Taco" restaurant and a female activist opposed to the name due to certain "anatomical" implications. "I've seen a lot of vaginas in my day...and I have never seen one with lettuce, tomato, or guacamole...I did see one once with refried beans..." Must see. :)
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The concoction
Got a dorky kid named James to drink my creation of everything at the table at a restaurant (salt the entire shaker, pepper the entire shaker, ketchup , Tabasco, a pickle, caramel sauce, apple pieces, a snotted napkin, and so on.
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Top Restaurants Help Ratatouille
Some of the most famous restaurants in Paris opened their doors to the makers of "Ratatouille," the story of a rat named Remy who dreams of becoming a multi-Michelin-starred culinary king.
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Restaurant Brings Sexy Back with Sensous Food
An L.A Restaurant appropriately named "Aphrodisaic" offers mood-enhancing food and a sensual ambience for couples.
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Los Angeles restaurants at night
Each of Los Angeles's 18,826 restaurants are shown as a point on the map. Roll over the map or the names below to highlight a neighborhood. Click the map or the name to see a list of that neighborhood's restaurants. Bon appetit!
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Diss the Perrier, Top Restaurants Switching to Tap Water
Would you want to drink tap water at your favorite restaurant or night club? Restaurants are using a machine that filters and carbonates tap water in the name of conservation.
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Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan Opens a Restaurant
Depeche Mode lead singer Dave Gahan is opening a restaurant in New York complete with cheesy menu item names and a sound stage for live acts.
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Upscale Restaurants Shun Bottled Water
Bye-bye bottled water. Hello eau de tap. A new trend is in the pipeline, with some upscale restaurants ditching packaged H2O in the name of conservation.
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Man Cuts of His Own Penis in Packed London Restaurant
A man cut off his own penis with a knife in a packed London restaurant named Zizzi...
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Tetsuya's fifth in world
Tetsuya's has again been named one of the best restaurants in the world in Restaurant magazine's annual list of the world's 50 best eateries, published today.
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40 Sardines, not from Marseilles, an Overland Park restaurant
You can find sardines as a chocolate treat for Easter, sur Canape with mustard, or in the name of this restaurant from Kansas not Marseilles.
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SHOCKING! Senseless Violence in... Canada!
2 people gunned down in eatery shoot-out. Name of the establishment? Fortune Happiness Restaurant.
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Welcome to the Restaurant Where Big Frustrating Web-Sites are Served!!
LoL! it's a weird virtual restaurant with a weird menu composed of Websites! If you type the site name in a box & click OK, you'll get it to taste & even see how it looks like .. really unusual ..
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Hilarious Top 9 Business Names w/ Pictures
When you are starting a business, you want to define a catchy name that will get attention. For sure these 9 businesses knew what they were doing. Funny ass names found across the country with pictures from stores to restaurants to a church.
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Funny Restaurant Names
Here's a list of funny restaurant names from around the country. Do you know any better ones?
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Chrissie Hynde's Eatery Named
VegeTerranean's opening to include free concert; event tied to arts festival..Hynde will perform a free concert at her restaurant . Hynde, an Akron native and leader of the Pretenders, will perform accompanied by an acoustic guitarist, not the band. The name comes from a combination of vegetarian and Mediterranean, and it represents the two
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Strangest restaurant name ever
Caught this one on my way through Indonesia recently. It’s not a Photoshop … it’s just outright a puzzling name.
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TableXChange: A $250K Virtual Investment
TableXChange is exactly what the name implies - a website that helps people secure hard to get reservations at some of the most exclusive restaurants. Want to impress by taking a date to Il Mulino’s to sample the divine Italian food of Chefs Fernando and Gino Masci but didn’t think to book ahead? If you’re luck then you can buy someone’s existing
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