December 11, 2010
David Hayden
A Little Humor
12/4, 12/4RL, ATM, Campo Verde, Captain Nemo's, christmas lights, customer service, decorations, eat, eat reindeer, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, green, green restaurants, Haven Gastropub, Jacob Wirth, Jacob Wirth & co., Jacob Wirth review, Jacob Wirth's, Jacob Wirth's review, Kansas City, kevin fitzgerald, Kona Grill, largo, management, Marco Pauvert, megan o'connor, murder, pay more, plaza, price, rabbit, rattlesnake fajitas, reindeer, reindeer steaks, review, robbery, scottsdale, Server, Service, The Caffe Boa, The Country Super Buffet, The Epicurean
Another week has come and gone. That means it is Saturday and time to count down this week’s strangest restaurant stories. This week is a little more special than most because I am writing up this list 35 years to the day after my Mother struggled through giving birth to me. I was already pretty unappreciative then. I mean I got to lay around naked and warm all day while someone fed me. Little did I know that 35 years later I would be writing about restaurant robberies and indecent exposure.
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November 20, 2010
David Hayden
A Little Humor
Ada, Alan Yau, Alia Brost, Amy Nyberg, Arbys, B&M, Bakersfield, beat, Berkeley County, Boiling Springs, charleston, china chef, china fun, china taste, China wok, Chinese, Chris Faulkner, craigslist, credit card, crime, Cromwell, David Morgan, Dimitri Kakouras, Disneyland, dorchester county, dragon gate, dumb criminals, East Coast Saloons, Eder De Oliveira Fonseca Neto, folly beach, fraud, girl, Grand Tetons, grandma, grandmother, grapevine, Harry Hayman, holly hill, hooters, Imran Khaleel, infringement, Jack in the Box, jade garden, james island, Jamie Guitard, Joe McDowell, John L. Sullivan, johns island, Joseph Schmidt, Karen Kaylor, Kevin Laughlin, L'Oreal, LaFayette, Lakesha Williams, Lam's Garden, lawsuit, Like a Virgin, Livier Torres, Los Vegas, McFadden's, McFadden’s, McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon, Michael Bolden, Middletown, Miriam's Kids, Moraine, nigeria, nipple, Northern Exposure, Oak Lawn, ocean dragon, Old City, palace, pan garden, pan's super buffet, racism, racist, ravenel, Restaurant, Richard Foster, Ringgold, robbery, scam, Shelby Barone, slip, Storyteller's, Strange Restaurant Stories, stupid criminals, sue, Summerville, Twin Peaks, Victor Victoria's, Vincent Ma, Walt Wyrsta, Weird Restaurant stories, west ashley, Wild Hogs Roadhouse, Yauatcha
It seems this column always ends up with a focus on crime. I can only expect that to become more common as the holidays approach and crime rates rise. This week’s stories are not only about crime, but the general stupidity of those who commit it. These people pictured themselves as modern day D.B. Coopers only to find themselves caught. A word to all criminals: If you are not smart enough to talk yourself out of robbing a restaurant, you are probably not smart enough to get away with it. When you are caught, you can count on me to enjoy mocking you in the hours I am not working hard at an actual job.
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November 13, 2010
David Hayden
A Little Humor
a rigid feminine pleasure device, Alex Sally, Alexander W. Sally, Ann Cabell Baskervill, Ann's Soul Food, Balwinder Singh, Bluffton, Buck, Cactus Grill, Carolee Bildsten, chimp, Daryl reynolds, David Taylor Miller, Deer, Devante swing, Discrimination, Donald Earle DeGrate, drugs, East Coast Saloons, edward blatch, EEOC, fake, fu wong, funny restaurant stories, Gilbertsville, Gurnee, health inspector, humorous restaurant stories, Jesse Buchsbaum, Jodeci, Joes Crab Shack, John L. Sullivan, Judge Richard D. Taylor, Kansas City, kingys pizza, Lebanon, Luke's Bar and Grill, Marco Morabito, Marco’s Pizza and Family Restaurant, McFadden's, McFadden's Restaurant and Saloon, Michael L. Bolden, Michelle Morris, Northstar Restaurants, Omega, racial, racist, Reginald Barley, restaurant stories, rick reynolds, robbery, Scallions Restaurant, scam, Sexual Harassment, smoking, Strange Restaurant Stories, subway, vibrator, Walt Wyrsta, Weird Restaurant stories
As I perused this week’s restaurant stories, one thing became very clear. It was an incredibly bad week for restaurant managers. Several of this week’s stories contain the “manager’s behaving badly” meme. There are also some great follow up stories that will sound familiar to long time readers of this column. All of which have been painstakingly compiled for your weekend reading enjoyment.
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October 30, 2010
David Hayden
A Little Humor
Biglari Holdings, bill clinton, Boon Burger, breast-feeding, Capitol Smokehouse, Capri Anderson, Charlie Sheen, Chris Dudley, Christina Walsh, Christina Williams, Covington, Daniel, Doug Wilkerson, Emma Sliwinski, Fat Duck, Frontier Restaurant, Golden corral, Heston Blumenthal, Joyce Sliwinski, lady gaga, Marc Sherry, McDonalds, meat dress, Micayla Duran, Michael Allmon, Naperville, Old Homestead Steakhouse, OSHA, robbery, Server, Show-Me’s, Steak 'n Shake, Strange Restaurant Stories, Tip Credit, wages, Weird Restaurant stories
Welcome to a very spooky Halloween installment of weird restaurant stories. How was that for a cliché introduction? I am going to attempt to avoid clichés in this post. That means no reporting of haunted restaurants or robber wearing Halloween masks. To avoid the clichés even further this will be the first ever violence free version of weird restaurant stories. Which allows me to say, “no restaurant employees were harmed during the writing of these stories.”
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October 23, 2010
David Hayden
A Little Humor
1107 S. Washington Ave, Anna’s Taqueria, BBQ and Espresso, Blair's Mega Death Sauce, Blue Goose Kitchen, Cambridge, Caroline Pryor, Casa-Di-Pizza, Chinese, Chris Evans, Cleveland, Daphne, Darryl Murray, Davis v. O’Charley’s Inc, Dennis Donohue, Doeuth Lok, Dowagiac, galveston, George Maloof, Harry Blasco, Hatch, His Mexican Grill, I STOLE AT SOUTH BEACH RESTAURANT AND WAS CAUGHT, Inc, Joel Gomez, Joseph Jacobbi, Josie Nunn, Ken Mistler, La Marque, Linda Davis, Lubbock, Mandi Skudra, Marshall Roth, Mary Katherine Gann, McClain Restaurant Group, meat grinder, Melinda Garcia, Miami Subs, Michael Morton, Montessori Learning Center of Salinas, N9Ne, nanette reyna, Natalie’s Restaurant, news of the weird, O'Charley's, P and Y Incorporated, P&Y, Pacific Montessori Associates, Palms, Phonon Penh, RAIN, REO Eats, REO Town, Richard Barret, Richmond, robbery, Salvador Solis, slip and fall, South Beach Buffet, Sparky's Burgers, Steak 'n Shake, Steak and Shake, Strange Restaurant Stories, Suzanne Corona, Taco Erendira, Teako Nunn, Ted Liggett, The Dog Nuvo, The Grilled Asparagus, TN, TX, Vanna Phon, Wah Wah, Weird Restaurant stories
Welcome to the first ever bonus edition of Weird Restaurant Stories. This week I am going to try something a little different. The difficulty I have each week in compiling this list is eliminating those last few stories. This week several of the stories I wanted to eliminate all fit into the same theme. So this week’s dozen stories is actually a dozen and a half. Bonus.
The reason I limit it to 12 is that this is actually one of the more time consuming posts I write during the week. Coming up with even slightly funny lines about more than 12 stories would be a bit cumbersome. That is why this week in order to accommodate the bonus stories I have decided on a speed round of stories all sharing a similar theme. We have all heard the phrase, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” This week I decided to test that theory. I may have some better variations. Judge for yourself.
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October 9, 2010
David Hayden
A Little Humor
Albuquerque, Andy Husbands, Camden, cancer, dancing shrimp, El Jaripeo, ferruzza, fire, Geoff Lundholm, grasshoppers, hair, hawke's bay, hugs, justus, Kevin Wesley Smith, Kim Huoy Chor, Lam's Garden, Mad's Restaurant, Moustache Café, Muhlenberg, Napier's The Old Church, Nishiki Sushi, Nude, O'Grady's Family Restaurant, Oakland, olive garden, PA, pennsylvania, PETA, Providence, quesillo, restaurant gardens, restaurants with gardens, robbery, salt lake city, SC, st paul, Strange Restaurant Stories, theft, tiki tom's, Tim Harris, tim's place, Tremont 647, Vancouver, Vuthy Taing, Weird Restaurant stories
Welcome back to another week of strange restaurant stories from around the country. I have been writing this column for several weeks now. Those of you who read it every week have already started picking up on trends. This week we have our first follow up story. We also have what I think qualifies as the strangest story yet. As a bonus this week I am introducing two new awards. I have decided to name them after characters from past posts on this blog and am allowing you to choose if they become weekly features.
Enough with the intro, let’s get to some stories.
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September 25, 2010
David Hayden
A Little Humor
assault, chinese restaurant, chinese restaurant crime, murder, Restaurant, restaurant crime, robbery, Sherman, Strange Restaurant Stories, TX, Weird Restaurant stories
“In the restaurant industries’ war on crime, the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the reporters of local newspapers. These are their stories.” *dun dun*
Generally, I try to find some oddball stories during the course of the week to make you all chuckle on Saturdays. I tend to read stories on Friday afternoon and then return on Saturday to write them up. Today’s post is a little bit different. The first reason is the fourteen-hour shift I pulled yesterday at The Plaza Art Fair. The second is that around the country people seem to be a little more off their rocker than normal this week. Not in the comedic way, but in the shooting people who are enjoying their egg drop soup way. This week has a particularly “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” feel to it. I don’t make the news, I simply report on it. Luckily, there are still enough boneheads out there to bring us some comic relief at the end.
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