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captain_slinkyOkay everyone... Help Me! I want to open an 80's-themed restaurant. Lots of bright pastel colors, vintage arcade games, 80's music, and TV's showing reruns of everything from Diff'rent Strokes to Growing Pains 24-hours a day.
But what the hell type of food do you serve there that's 80's themed? In a 50's diner, you serve the only food that was available in the 1950's - Hamburgers. But what foods define the 80's?
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bghsmith has been kind enough to suggest Crystal Clear Pepsi, Taco Pizza, and BBQ Chicken Pizza. All I have been able to come up with on my own is the Hostess "Choc-O-Licious" snack cake, washed down with a 16-ounce can of New Coke (C-c-c-c-catch the wave!)... there was to be *SOMETHING ELSE* that was specifically 80's, right?
Wasn't The 80's when the whole "Kraft CHEESE and Macaroni" war started?
Anyway... any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated!
But what the hell type of food do you serve there that's 80's themed? In a 50's diner, you serve the only food that was available in the 1950's - Hamburgers. But what foods define the 80's?
bghsmith has been kind enough to suggest Crystal Clear Pepsi, Taco Pizza, and BBQ Chicken Pizza. All I have been able to come up with on my own is the Hostess "Choc-O-Licious" snack cake, washed down with a 16-ounce can of New Coke (C-c-c-c-catch the wave!)... there was to be *SOMETHING ELSE* that was specifically 80's, right?Wasn't The 80's when the whole "Kraft CHEESE and Macaroni" war started?
Anyway... any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated!
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Date: 2003-09-29 03:58 pm (UTC)But what about giving dishes 80's themed names instead? You could have the Caspar Wein-burger, for instance. Alright, that was pathetically obvious, but still...
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Date: 2003-09-29 04:03 pm (UTC)What item do *you* want to see on the menu?
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Date: 2003-09-29 06:29 pm (UTC)Twizlers were NASTY!
My restaurant shall look very much like the I Love Rocky Road set, crossed with the "Cafe 80's" set from Back To The Future II. Lots of neon!
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Date: 2003-09-29 11:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-29 04:20 pm (UTC)Also, Domino's pizza featuring the Noid! I loved the Noid! Who couldn't??? I mean, that has to be one of the *best* marketing ploys EVER. Remember, delivered to you in 30 minutes or less or it's free! LOL!
There was also the California Rasins campaign... What else... Twizlers, which I personally think are nasty but they had that cool commercial with the lips and stuff, a'la Rocky Horror. Shake 'n Bake is another, as are Baco Bits, Ranch Dressing & Pizza (and here I though I invented that one...), the Big Mac and Chicken McNuggets...
All of those are definitely copy-right protected, but you could easily do send-ups of them. Know what would be cool? If you tried to recreate the ice cream shop interior from Weird Al's "I Love Rocky Road" video! That is the perfect example of 80's restaurant decor!
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Date: 2003-10-01 10:22 am (UTC)Cheese filled Hot dogs! How could I forget! Every time we buy hotdogs for cookout Steve I. says how much he LOVED the chili filled ones!
I actually think someone re-introduced something similar recently.
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Date: 2003-10-01 10:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-10-01 11:00 am (UTC)Yea, Frank-N-Weenies. They called the cheese ones that too right? Before they disappeared, they introduced ones with chili AND cheese didn't they?
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Date: 2003-10-01 11:45 am (UTC)no subject
Poor grumpy-pants. Thoughts of food are supposed to make you happy! Think of deep fried Twinkies and cheer-up. (It always makes me smile anyway.)
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Banana Flips- banana flavored cake about 4" around, filled w/ banana flavored cream and folded in half. Damn I loved those things!
And let us not forget apple spice cupcakes with cream cheese icing. They've started selling those again to, but for about 10 years, there was nary a one to be found.
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Date: 2003-10-01 05:59 pm (UTC)Scalding-hot deep-fried Apple Pie from McDonalds is my current favorite to remember. They just aren't as good any more now that they *bake* them, and they don't even off Cherry as a flavor any more!
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Date: 2003-10-01 06:00 pm (UTC)Scalding-hot deep-fried Apple Pie from McDonalds is my current favorite to remember. They just aren't as good any more now that they *bake* them, and they don't even off Cherry as a flavor any more!
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Banana Flips- banana flavored cake about 4" around, filled w/ banana flavored cream and folded in half. Damn I loved those things!
And let us not forget apple spice cupcakes with cream cheese icing. They've started selling those again to, but for about 10 years, there was nary a one to be found.
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Date: 2003-09-29 04:19 pm (UTC)ok, maybe not.
but what about the monster cereals? frankenberry, booberry, and count chocula? and the smurf cereal? mmmm, sugar.
or Jolt cola? was that 80's? and take-out chinese - the big 80's yuppie thing.
also, i found you this link - http://www.inthe80s.com/food/index.shtml
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Date: 2003-09-29 06:33 pm (UTC)Of course, Chris will be my Head Chef... right?
And thank youf ro the link... A few people have sent it to me :) Jolt Cola, yes. Frankenberry et al, no... the Monster Cerals were all early 70's, believe it or not!
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Date: 2003-09-30 01:36 pm (UTC)also, promise that at your restaurant, you'll have tv's everywhere, playing those 'don't drown your food' and 'watch out for the munchies' commercials .. and, of course, 'one to grow on'?
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Date: 2003-09-30 06:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-29 04:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-29 06:36 pm (UTC)You know, from most of the replies I've gotten so far, it seems that Styrophoam is the one thing people miss most about 80's food. Interesting...
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Date: 2003-09-29 04:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-29 06:38 pm (UTC)Food Ads I remember from the 80's....
Date: 2003-09-29 05:38 pm (UTC)BooBerry and FrankenBerry cereal
Oscar Meyer had a revival....
Other than that you could have 80's themed food, stuff named after all of the strawberry shortcake characters, or the my little ponies.... Okay, i was younger than you in the 80's, sue me...
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Date: 2003-09-29 06:44 pm (UTC)Re: Food Ads I remember from the 80's....
Date: 2003-09-29 11:13 pm (UTC)Although "Miami Rice" is pretty cool... ;)
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Date: 2003-10-01 10:33 am (UTC)What they did was make the soup and sandwich combo's that you could micro. The only combo I remember is tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich. But they had others.
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Date: 2003-10-01 10:59 am (UTC)But PIZZA ROLLS! Those were 80's all the way!
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Date: 2003-10-01 11:04 am (UTC)They not only burned you tongue, they scraped the crap out of the roof of your mouth. I even burnt my lip REAL bad with a piece of stray pepperoni once. (Did I eat them all anyway? You bet I did.)