Restaurants or bars named after other cities

[pdxtex]

I love seeing obscure references to other cities when I travel. Had a drink in place called Detroit Bar in London once. Thats weird. Does your city have any places like that? Portlands pretty tame. We have the usual NY and Chicago pizza references. We do have a bar called the Florida Room tho. In the actual Florida, they call those lanais.

[iheartthed]

Detroit has the Bronx Bar. And NYC had a place called the Motor City Bar but it closed a few years back.

[mhays]

I see a lot of Seattle-related names for coffee shops. London has had a few versions for example. In fact when Starbucks came to town a couple decades (?) ago, they did it by buying a 60-location coffee company named after Seattle. When I visit family in Tunbridge Wells (old commuter belt town) there's another one.

[sopas ej]

Does Tokyo Wako or Birrieria Guadalajara count? Manila Sunset?

[pdxtex]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

Detroit has the Bronx Bar. And NYC had a place called the Motor City Bar but it closed a few years back.

Those are good ones. Oh I forgot, for some reason we also have an inordinate amount of philly cheesesteak places with the Philadelphia reference, nearly 30.

[homebucket]

Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, Saigon, Manila are the most popular referenced cities here. Mostly restaurants or small businesses. Bars would be harder to think of.

[Pedestrian]

Tonga Room?

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Memphis Minnie's BBQ?


https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/memp...riPqnRgX_dl-Tg

Bund Shanghai?


https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/bund...ipPqziwqrzktiQ

Hunan House?


https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/huna...A0Tu1ThtzfOdIQ

Sichuan Home?


https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sich...HgNvePFYvA2HLQ

New Delhi Restaurant?


https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/new-...MG9C11S-9_X8Xw

Whitechapel?


https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/whit...7oBt5Ue3bJf7Ig

[pdxtex]

Tonga Room! The worlds most famous tiki bar?? I stayed at the Fairmont once but the bar was closed.

[homebucket]

Originally Posted by Pedestrian

Hunan House?

Sichuan Home?

Hunan and Sichuan are actually provinces, not cities. The food that comes from these provinces are usually categorized as either Sichuan or Hunan cuisine so that's probably where the confusion comes in. There are, however, some restaurants from these provinces that bear their names such as Chengdu, Chongqing, and Yunnan.

[pdxtex]

Id like to eat at a Texas Roadhouse sometime. Founded by a guy from Kentucky in Indiana! Its probably like a redneck Applebee's.

[dimondpark]

The Tonga Room is cultural appropriation on crack, but as a Tongan, I don't mind at all.

[pdxtex]

Good to know. I can see how tiki culture might be offensive but aging hipsters can't get enough of it.

[dave8721]

Famous bar in Miami:

[Pedestrian]

Originally Posted by homebucket

Hunan and Sichuan are actually provinces, not cities. The food that comes from these provinces are usually categorized as either Sichuan or Hunan cuisine so that's probably where the confusion comes in. There are, however, some restaurants from these provinces that bear their names such as Chengdu, Chongqing, and Yunnan.

Not being an idiot, I'm aware and Whitechapel's a district. But it seems to me the idea is the same--places outside one's own city.

[SIGSEGV]

I used to frequent Pizza Chicago in Palo Alto when I was in undergrad, No idea if it's still there. In Cambridge, I'd go to Asmara for Ethiopian food (again, no idea if it's still there...). Around here, places I've been to include Seoul Taco (St. Louis import...), Bombay Wraps, Old Jerusalem, Tapas Valencia, and before it closed, Little Bucharest. Places I haven't tried but may want to include Mogadishu, Taipei Cafe and Egg Harbor Cafe. I guess there's also Paris Baguette inside HMart...

[Comrade]

Salt Lake used to have a social club called Club Manhattan:



But it closed down and was replaced with an arcade bar:

[Comrade]

duh there also was the New Yorker in Salt Lake, which closed in 2018 after being open for 40 years:

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by dave8721

Famous bar in Miami:

Great day parties by the pool there.

[austlar1]

Buenos Aires Cafe in Austin is a fairly authentic Argentine/Italian eatery. Two locations now, one in trendy East Austin and the other out towards the Hill Country. We've also got a few Saigon named spots- Saigon Le Vendeur on the East Side and Saigon Cafe out at Lake Travis. Also Bep Saigon in some northern strip mall. And Pho Ha Noi in another strip mall. Austin is loaded with good Vietnamese options. Then there's Milano Pizza, Milano Cafe, Milano Ristorante, Milano Trattoria, etc. I think probably if I keep Googling city names, I'm gonna keep coming up with more restaurants.

[Buckeye Native 001]

There was the infamous Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, KY across the river from Cincinnati.

My parents were both teenagers living in Greater Cincinnati when that and The Who concert tragedy happened, so I think they (my mom, particularly) imparted a potentially irrational fear of crowded places and sometimes overwhelming claustrophobia.