Top 12 Most Memorable Fictional Restaurants
Top 12 Most Memorable Fictional Restaurants
12. Casa Bonita (South Park)- Mexican restaurant architecture at it's tackiest. Cartman has a feeding frenzy at the end of episode #711, and has to pay for it by going to juvie, when asked if it was worth it, he says "...totally." That's a winning endorsement.
11. Whistle Stop Cafe (Fried Green Tomatoes)- This down-home, southern comfort cafe serves up fried-green tomatoes and a killer bar-b-que, literally.
10. Chum Bucket (SpongeBob SquarePants)- Plankton can't attract any paying customers to his pathetic fast-food joint, the only thing left to do: steal the competition's secret recipe. He's never succeeded, but that doesn't stop him.
9. Mooby's (Dogma)- Who can forget the subtle Biblical references to the golden calf?
8. Big Kahuna Burger (Pulp Fiction)- "This IS a tasty burger." I don't know know how tasty the burger actually was, but it definitely looked it. The close-up shot of the burger that Samuel L Jackson sampled in Pulp Fiction was so gloriously shot that it made audiences drool, or at least me.
7. McDowell's (Coming to America)- "They use the sesame buns. My buns have no seeds." John Amos explains to Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall the differences between his burgers and McDonald's. This was probably the inspiration for Beavis and Butthead's Burger World log of upside down golden arches.
6. Jack Rabbit Slim's (Pulp Fiction)- Home of the Five Dollar Shake this fifties-themed diner is forever burned in my brain for it's world famous twist contest and dead celebrity wait-staff. It makes me wish it really existed.
5. Spaceballs the Diner (Spaceballs)- Whatever you do don't have the special, unless of course you want an alien busting out of your gut.
4. Krusty Krab (SpongeBob Squarepants)- "Everybody loves a Krabby Patty!" The most popular burger joint in Bikini Bottom, this underwater restaurant serves up Krabby Patties made with love by an over-enthusiastic yellow sponge. This is one place we wouldn't mind eating at, aside from the cobwebs and oozing walls it's one of the cleaner places on the list.
3. Burger World (Beavis and Butthead)- Another fast-food restaurant taking a jab at McDonald's only this time it's a health inspector's worst nigthmare with Beavis and Butthead as the cooks you're likely to get a fried rat. Single-handedly ended my consumption of burgers for many years.
2. Barf's Burgery (You Can't Do That on Television)- "What do you think is in the burgers?" Okay, it really doesn't get worse than this. At Barf's Burgery you could be eating anything from roadkill, to dirty socks, to unwanted children. This joint was so gross that Barth, the grungy proprietor keeps a puke bucket near-by for the kids to use when the ingredients of the burger are revealed. And yet, it never stopped anyone from coming back.
1. Krusty Burger (The Simpsons)- "If you can find a greasier sandwich then you're in Mexico!" By far the most memorable fictional restaurant has been serving up greasy Krusty Burgers and Buzz Colas for nearly twenty years.