80's Cafe

[captain_slinky]

Okay 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?

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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Food Ads I remember from the 80's....

[deensey.livejournal.com]

Jello Pudding Pops

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...

Re: Food Ads I remember from the 80's....

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

No, no... this is good! I was hoping to stay away from the corny names of stuff, though, like the "Casper WienBURGER" and the "Don JOHNSONVILLE BRATWURST with a side of Miami RICE", ya know? Or band names turned in to clever menu items such as "A Flock Of French Fries" and a steaming cup of "Bon Java".

Re: Food Ads I remember from the 80's....

[sarahbellem.livejournal.com]

I dunno... I think that if you're gonna do Bratwurst, you gotta do something like "Brat Pack Bratwurst".

Although "Miami Rice" is pretty cool... ;)