dogmatic statement

[substitute]

A restaurant, the name of which is formed by making a possessive out of a noun not traditionally used as a given name, but which is descriptive or evocative of the restaurant's food or entertainment or the ethnic group which produces said food, will be a bad restaurant. Examples: Chili's, TGI Friday's, Taquito's. Corollary: A restaurant named similarly but with a plural instead of a possessive will be more expensive and marginally better, but rarely worth it. Examples: Plums, Scallions, Tapas. Second corollary: Any business named in the former naming category is sure to be an unpleasant franchise and should be avoided. Example: Tire's Warehouse.

Comments

[nyxie.livejournal.com]

Here's a Canadian chain to add to the list of crap that conforms to these rules:

http://www.milestonesrestaurants.com/
(warning: Bad music on website)

[stimps.livejournal.com]

And the occasional actual possessive version, like Vij's, which is great. =)

[substitute.livejournal.com]

actual possessives are usually great!

[http://users.livejournal.com/__procession/]

i really like plums! :( in fact, i took burntcurtis there for brunch yesterday morning. they also have a grilled romaine-heart/apple/walnut/gorgonzola salad that is just really, really killer.

on another note, i missed actually meeting you vis-a-vis again this weekend! i'll be around again next weekend, though. we should get coffffeeeee!

[substitute.livejournal.com]

It's overpriced for me, but the food is okay.

Hmm.. do you exist? or was that a dummy in the car?

vis-a-vis

[mrhinelander.livejournal.com]

That's an unimpeachable use of vis-a-vis.

Some time ago I decided that it's too hard for me to decide when (ever?) it's proper to use vis-a-vis to mean "with respect to," so I stopped, and for many years I've made myself say "with respect to" exclusively in that context.

Your post reminds me that I also gave up the perfectly sensible way to use vis-a-vis that you used! So, well, thanks.

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

You don't like Plums? Sacrilege! I've never had a more delicious Dutch baby.

[substitute.livejournal.com]

I had exactly that one of the few times I went there. It was indeed very good, but was about 500 g of sugar and fat. I thought I was going to die.

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

Death has never been more tasty!