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Does the name on the sign have any impact on whether you eat there or not?

Why or why not?


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It has for me. There's a burger place down the way which is called "Grub."

Nope, I'm not into eating bugs regardless of the slang meaning for "grub."






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Well, I stay away from Sam and Ella’s. I had to go in and actually see the Squat N Gobble in Georgia. But usually no, unless it creates a strange picture in my mind.




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If I have never eaten there. Otherwise no. If it is too cute, I would pass on it.
 
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Name doesn't matter. If it's somewhere I've never been, I look how big the crowd is or at how many cars are in the parking lot. Hopefully if the locals like it, it must be pretty good.



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When I was in my teens/20s, we had a restaurant right at the turn off to the county landfill named Le Dump.

It was quite good, so no.


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It may.

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no,

only thing that generally turns me off from a restaurant is if it is a chain,

I think Bonefish is the only exception that the wife and I frequent, as far as sit down type places, every other place we have dinner is a local (granted the owner may have a couple locations in town) but not nationwide/statewide/regionwide



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Name doesn't matter. If it's somewhere I've never been, I look how big the crowd is or at how many cars are in the parking lot. Hopefully if the locals like it, it must be pretty good.

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Name doesn't matter... I try to go places recommended by people I know.
If I'm in an unfamiliar area, the cars are in the parking lot are a pretty good clue.



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went to a place in Maine once called The Roadkill Cafe

wasn't that good



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Not really. One of my favorite little restaurants when I used to coach baseball was tucked away in the predominantly black section of Leesburg Florida. It had no sign, and was known only by the locals and others through word of mouth. Hands down the best fried chicken and collard greens I've ever had. And usually being one of, if not the only, white people there, we never felt more welcomed by the owner and her staff.

Now my mouth is watering for some of their fried chicken. Frown


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Anything with the name Family or Garden is out




 
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Depends. For Japanese restaurants, absolutely. I won’t even consider a place that doesn’t have a name that might be a restaurant in Japan. I’m sick to death of these posers.

In other cases, maybe. Like many things, a bad name just speaks volumes and serves as a warning. Like it might be suggetive that the owners are more about a quick buck rather than decent food




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Actually I normally pass on places like this, just a bit to extreme even if it's recommended...
 
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Dicks Pump N Munch in L'Anse.
I stop there when in town.


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