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!

Comments

[bghsmith.livejournal.com]

[After following link]

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.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

The Chilli-filled ones (or at least one brand of them) were called "Frank-N-Weenies". I got my mother to buy them for me *once*, then it was back to Top Ramen for lunch :(

[bghsmith.livejournal.com]

I understand the chili got so hot it would burn the skin off the inside of your mouth.

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?

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Yes... yes they did. I was always pissed because the commercial showed the chili and cheese BURSTING out of the hotdog, but actually it was just a tiny bit in there :(

[bghsmith.livejournal.com]

Dude! It's a HOTDOG! How much gunk do you think they could actually put IN there?

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.)

[bghsmith.livejournal.com]

Just thought of another (Is it just me or were there a LOT of snacky things in the 80's)

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.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I remember the Bananna Flips (they had yellow icing, right?), but do not remember the Apple Spice Cakes.

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!

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I remember the Bananna Flips (they had yellow icing, right?), but do not remember the Apple Spice Cakes.

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!

[bghsmith.livejournal.com]

Just thought of another (Is it just me or were there a LOT of snacky things in the 80's)

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.