7 Most Inappropriate Restaurant Names

Arnold Zwicky zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Sun Apr 15 16:02:02 UTC 2012


On Apr 14, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

>
> http://www.thedailymeal.com/7-most-inappropriate-restaurant-names
> Leonardo DiCaprio and Blake Lively were spotted this week, according to
> Page 6, eating lunch side by side at Pink Taco, an upscale Mexican
> restaurant in Los Angeles. The thing that sucks about Pink Taco, aside
> from its somehow chauvinist name, is that they recently painted a donkey
> pink in a publicity stunt that got them a lot of negative attention from
> animal lovers. …

we've been over Pink Taco before:

  It started a few days ago when Ron Butters asked ADS-L about three possibly unfortunate names: Plumed Serpent for a gay bar; Pink Taco for a restaurant; and Tube Steak for a hot-dog stand.
http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/possibly-unfortunate-names/

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