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I Don’t Like To Eat At Places That Remind Me of Barns or Poop
Call me picky, but
restaurants that remind me
of barns, poop are gross
Do I look like a
pig, horse, goat, cow or sheep? Hey!
Wait! Don’t answer that!
As I promised the other day, here is my thought-provoking post on my aversion to restaurants that remind me of barns or poop.
Let’s begin, shall we? Poop seems as good a place to start as any.
1. The Little Nugget Steakhouse, located somewhere between Springfield, MO and Indiana.
Nugget?? Seriously?? Who thought this was a good idea? Nugget=poop, obviously. No can do.
2. The Feed Lot, with many locations across the US and Canada (why?)
I’m not a farm animal and would prefer not to eat in a place that sounds like I’ll be eating from a trough. Oink.
3. Sirloin Stockade, located throughout the US and Mexico (O. Le.)
There is a picture of a cow on the sign. Um. No thank you. This somehow does not apply to pictures of pigs on signs for BBQ restaurants, unless of course, the BBQ restaurant has a barn-y or poopy name.
4. Golden Corral, located wherever old people congregate
I will admit to having eaten at one and thoroughly enjoying the mac-n-cheese. This was YEARS ago, though, prior to developing a severe aversion to all things “buffet.” I do not eat at places that require sneeze guards AND attempt to make me feel like cattle.
Moo.
On a sidenote, when I was doing a little research for this post, I stumbled across a restaurant called The Pink Taco. Go ahead and add “vagina” to the list of things I prefer not to be reminded of when eating out.
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The last time I ate at a place that reminded me of a barn I didn’t eat meat for 8 months. It grossed me out.
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I have a love-hate relationship with the buffet, but the one Golden Corral I’ve ever seen in my life was excellent. Oh, and I love The Nugget in Reno, but the name does totally make me think of nuggets in the same way… So unfortunate.
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my little toddler
HEARTS the ‘Corral OH THE ICK
mama eats at home.
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We gave in and ate at Hometown Buffet the other day. One more thing I realized about buffets–the food stinks. Unfortunately, the 5 and 7 year olds were in heaven. We’ll have to outlast lots of cries of, “can we go to Hometown Buffet? But whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy????”
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See, we only have the Golden Corral down here. I think it’s a sign you should move back to the coast.
We have the Oyster House.
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the pink taco. ha!
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I don’t do buffets. Expensive and gross….
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Oh my! I think I could eat at most of those places, but the Pink Taco one does kinda throw me for a loop!
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the pink taco !!!
i recall a bar on the UES of NYC called snapper creek and really i just didn’t want to go there.
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No buffets. If I am paying to go out and eat, by gracious someone is serving me while I sit on my butt and my children draw on the table.
Oh and the Pink Taco!? Did no one think about that?
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oh, and there is the place about 1 hour outside indy….starts with an “s”, can’t remember the name (probably because of the glaring sign above that states EAT HERE AND GET GAS.
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I agree, they are definitely gross! (And you look nothing like a farm animal.)
I am pleased to report that I have managed to avoid eating at any of the aforementioned places. I am also pleased that someone else thought of poop when passing The Little Nugget Steakhouse.
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When we drive from Chicago to Terre Haute to see my in-laws, we pass some real gems, including a hot dog place that until last year was called “Jeannie’s Weenies.” It is now called, I believe, “Andy’s Dawgs.” There is also a restaurant called Dick’s, an easy mark I know.
In South Bend, IN, where we went to college, a sports bar opened a few years after we graduated. The food is good enough and the atmosphere is nice too, but the name is the worst I’ve ever heard:
Between the Buns.
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That last sentence could REALLY go another way…I’m just saying.
O. Le!
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I’ve only ate at a place that reminded me of a barn once. I’m happy to say I haven’t since. But I can see where you’re coming from. I don’t think I’d want to eat at those places either!
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golden corral is definitely a no-no in our house and i’ll put the rest on that list too. ew.
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I guess I am the odd man out, I kinda like buffets. I like the variety. Ok only throw soft stuff at me now.
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You would HATE Big Ed’s BBQ. But, it has the best BBQ. I am so mad we don’t live near there anymore… check out the pictures out front. You may as well be at a barn. http://www.bigedsbbq.com/
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I used to love buffets, but then I went to college and had enough standing in line with a tray to last a lifetime. I would go to the Pink Taco just to say so. That’s great!
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I used to have standards like this about where we ate…..five children later I’ll go just about anywhere is someone else will do the cooking and the dishes.
I think you need to make a trip to the Pink Taco and report back on what’s on the menu. ‘Cause I’m dying to know.
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None of the afore
mentioned restaurants would draw
me to dine at all!
Hugs and blessings,
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Oh yeah, ACK to that. Golden corral just reminds me of cows being called to the feeding station. :O
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yup, yup, yup. Pink Taco…good god!
gross.
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heheheh… I used to work at a Golden Corral when I was in college. Central PA has or had other farming sounding restaurants such as Bonanza and Ponderossa.
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Ewwww! Thankfully, we don’t have any of those here. Ha! The Pink Taco one cracked me up.
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Thank you for the giggle!
Glad to be back in the HF groove.
Those are scary sounding, to be sure.
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a restaurant called the pink taco? bwahahahahaha…that’s hilarious!!
LOL I saw something about The Pink Taco on TV or something one day…I think they are fighting to keep their name. LOL
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agreed! Although I’ve eaten at a Pink Taco before (and not in THAT way!) I can’t say that anything other than the name was remarkable…
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hee hee!!! These are good. And I don’t eat at these places either.
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I think sirloin stockade is really a steer and not a pig. You must be hell to try to find a place to eat at. Although there are plenty of other places that don’t involve poop, barns and food.
~Jef
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We have a great restaurant that has farm animals and delicious fried chicken dinners, the building is modeled after a large barn. They have an incredible business. Doesn’t sound appealing to you, huh?
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I like Golden Corral. LOL
We have seafood buffets down here which might be just as gross - if you aren’t 6′3 and already weigh 350 pounds you better back up when they bring out the crab legs because you’re gettin pushed aside.
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I have a friend who is an athletic trainer. She is always traveling with different teams from her college, and they ALWAYS stop at buffet places to eat. She jokes that they have to stop at places with feeding troughs in order to fill everyone up…and it definitely grosses me out!
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I had never previously thought Pink Taco = vagina until now. In fact, I think I’ll have trouble with tacos in general.
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I’m not a big fan of buffet places either–the Golden Nugget definitely doesn’t sound appetizing.
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ew.
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Sound like fair requirements to me!
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I live in Vegas, and I think buffets here meet a higher requirement. I think they are better but, still overrated. Pink Taco, never.
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I’m totally with you on this one. I once saw a restaurant in Arizona (?? I think??) called the OK Corral. No can do that one either.
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Oh I can so relate to some of these! The sneeze guards totally creep me out too.
“the pink taco?” -Oh my!
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Who really sneezes on the sneeze guard anyway? Under it, yes. On it, oh how gross would that be!? “The Pink Taco” never heard of it and don’t really want to eat there.
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You ever heard of Fuddruckers ? I don’t even know if they exist anymore but there used to be one less then a mile a way from the home I grew up in. In fact my stepmother (at the time) even worked there for a while.
It wasn’t so much the name as it was the huge sides of beef that they had hanging in the front window. Sure I eat meat, but damn!
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Those are some high class establishments, let me tell you. The only buffets I like are brunch buffets with with nice omelette and waffle stations.
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But Golden Coral is so GOOD! Who cares if its for old people? Who cares if people sneeze on the food? Its good, dang it!
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There is a place not far from my house called Texas Roadhouse. The name isn’t so bad and neither is the food, but you can throw peanut shells on the floor. Something about that is gross to me.
I just want a place to eat with a good drink menu
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And here I thought I was the only one with weird aversions to restaurants.
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I’m laughing so hard I might pee my pants lol I’m pregnant I have an excuse-oh and yes I am doing my kegels lol
You are so weird! (Just kidding! To each his or her own!) Though I don’t think I would like places that remind me of poop, either.
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OMG you are so right. That Nugget one is mystifying…who thought that sounded appetizing??
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The Pink Taco!!!
NO way.
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This is the funniest thing I’ve read in quite a while! My general rule is that I won’t eat anywhere that has a sneeze-guard. Ick.
Kim
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The Pink Taco? HA HA HA!! I read these to DH, great post.
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I love a great poop post;)
Add Ryan’s to that list. We like to call it “the trough”.
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