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

[sarahbellem.livejournal.com]

Dude, they have a website for everything these days: Food In The 80's (http://www.inthe80s.com/food/index.shtml).

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...

[dotgirl.livejournal.com]

big macs & chicken mc nuggets served in those styrofoam containers! and apple pies that were deep fried to a skin-melting temperature, rather than this wussy baked crap!

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

[hallerlake.livejournal.com]

McDLTs and Wendy's "Where's the Beef" burgers ;-)

[spazzychic.livejournal.com]

I was not yet in the 3rd grade when the 80's ended. I won't be much help.

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...

[bghsmith.livejournal.com]

Oooooo! I got another one! Remember when Campbells soup tried to get into the pre-packaged frozen dinner market?

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.