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

[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!