Comprehensive List of Fictional Restaurants is Surely Useful for Something

This is a list of fictional restaurants and coffee shops that have appeared in entertainment and other fictional media.

Restaurants

* A Restaurant – Date Movie
* Above the Top – It’s a Living (1980 TV series); This posh restaurant was located at the top of a California high rise hotel called the Bonaventure Hotel.
* Abracapasta – King of the Hill
* Acuña Boys – Grindhouse
* Al’s Diner – As the World Turns
* Al’s Pancake World – Gilmore Girls
* Allesandro’s – Friends; Monica Geller (Courteney Cox) was employed here as the head chef.
* Archie’s Place – Archie Bunker’s Place; Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor) owned this establishment, which was originally a neighborhood tavern named Kelsey’s (All in the Family). Archie expanded it to make it a combination bar and restaurant.
* Armenian Gardens – Firesign Theatre
* Arnold’s – Happy Days
* Atomic Sub – Elaine wanted a captain’s hat on Seinfeld
* Backgammon Pizza – Triggerfish Twist
* Bacon ‘N Waffles – King of the Hill
* The Barrel – Wonderfalls
* Barth’s Burgers – You Can’t Do That On Television; This restaurant was featured in recurring sketches. Barth (Les Lye) was proprietor and cook of this unclean establishment.
* Beale’s Plaice – fish’n'chips shop EastEnders
* The Bean Cafe – Saturday Night Live; This cafe was depicted in a sketch from the February 20, 1988 episode. Tom Hanks, making his second appearance as guest host, plays the owner/manager of a cafe that only serves beans.
* Beard Burger – Parappa the Rapper 2
* Benny’s – Saturday Night Live; parody of Denny’s, this restaurant was featured in the sketch Benny’s vs. Omeletville (October 11, 2003).
* Benny’s – parody of Denny’s, South Park
* Bigali’s Tasty Cafe – Hey Arnold
* Big Bang Burger Bar – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
* Big Belly Burger – main fast-food joint in the DC Universe
* Big Bill’s – Law & Order episode “Slaughter”
* Big Kahuna Burger – Pulp Fiction and other Quentin Tarantino movies.
* The Big Pilgrim – Jimmy Neutron
* Big Shug’s Chicken n’ Waffles – Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
* The Big Squeeze – lemonade stand at the mall, 6teen
* Big T Burgers and Fries – The Simpsons
* Bilgewater’s – seafood restaurant chain, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
* Blanigans – That ’70s Show; Red (Kurtwood Smith) and Kitty (Debra Jo Rupp) Forman visit it in the episode “Drive In,” only to leave after being turned off by the concept of a salad bar, where one actually makes his/her own salad.
* Bloaty’s Pizza Hog – parody of Chuck E. Cheese, Invader Zim
* Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana Stand – the Bluth family’s beachside banana stand on Arrested Development
* Bob’s Big Buddha – The Simpsons
* Bob’s Big Poi – Hawaiian restaurant, The Simpsons
* The Boars Nest- Dukes of Hazard
* The Briny Deep -Pirate themed restaurant, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
* Bronto Burger – The Flintstones
* Bucky Burger – Roseanne (TV show)
* Bueno Nacho – parody of Taco Bell in Kim Possible
* The Bun and Run – Happy Kyne’s restaurant on Fernwood Tonight
* Burger Barn- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
* Burger Barn – Pilot episode of My Secret Identity
* Burger Barn – Saturday Night Live – This restaurant was featured in a sketch titled Burger Barn Drive-Thru, which aired during the May 18, 1991 episode hosted by George Wendt.
* Burger Barn – What’s Eating Gilbert Grape – The arrival of this restaurant is the biggest thing to happen to Endora.
* Burger Boy – Sam & Max, Mama’s Family
* Burger Buddy – Lizzie McGuire
* Burger Hovel – Mad Magazine
* Burger Land – The Fairly Oddparents
* Burger Lord – Good Omens
* Burger McFlipster’s – 6teen
* Burger Planet – Lizzie McGuire
* Burger Shack – Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
* Burger Shot -Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – It is a parody of Burger King and Wimpy.
* Burger Trench – Space Ghost/Aqua Teen Hunger Force
* Burger World – UHF,Beavis and Butt-head
* Burgers ‘n’ Borscht – Watchmen
* Burrito Explosion- Mr. Meaty
* Burton’s Prime Rib – King of the Hill
* Burzum’s-Hamburger restaurant named after a Norwegian Black Metal band on Metalocalypse
* Butt Fuckers – presumably a play on Fuddruckers – Idiocracy
* The Cabbage’n'Sprouts – Discworld
* Café Salmonella – The Ersatz Elevator
* The Cake N’Bacon – Fairly Odd Parents
* The Candy Bar – The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
* Calaloo Pot – The Cosby Show
* Captain Hook’s Fish and Chips – Fast Times at Ridgemont High
* Casey’s Ice Cream Parlor- Where the Wakefield Twins and their friends hang out in the Sweet Valley series, in the Sweet Valley Mall.
* Charlie’s Restaurant – Sesame Street; Grover (voiced by Frank Oz) worked here as a waiter in recurring sketches, much to the dismay of one returning customer.
* Cheese ‘N’ Fries Super Star – King of the Hill
* Cheesy Charlie’s – parody of Chuck E. Cheese’s, Family Guy
* Chewey Chicken (originally Chokey Chicken) – Rocko’s Modern Life
* Chez Guevara – The Simpsons
* Chez Paree – The Simpsons
* Chez Paul – The Blues Brothers
* Chez Pierre – Hey Arnold
* Chez Quis – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
* The Cherry Hill White Castle – Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
* Chicken Coop – Family Guy
* The Chill Grill – That’s So Raven
* China Panda – Elaine wanted flounder from there on Seinfeld
* Chinese Smorgasbord – The Simpsons
* Chokey Chicken – Fast Food joint in Rocko’s Modern Life
* Chopschtick -Mr. Meaty
* Chotchkie’s – from the motion picture Office Space; Jennifer Aniston’s Joanna and Todd Duffey’s Bryan are both food servers at this establishment. Its biggest competitor was the chain Flingers.
* Chubby’s – A below-ground teen hang-out frequented by the characters in Boy Meets World during their high-school years (seasons one through five). Once the characters get to college, they hang out at the student union instead.
* The Chum Bucket – Krusty Krab archrival, SpongeBob SquarePants
* Chunk o’ Cheese’s – a spoof of Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurants – Robot Chicken
* Chunky Burger – Parappa the Rapper/Um Jammer Lammy and Close to Home (TV series) episode Shoot to Kill
* Circus Burger – The Cosby Show
* City Wok – Chinese restaurant from South Park
* Cleveland’s Deli – Family Guy
* Cluckin’ Bell – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – It is a parody of McDonald’s and KFC.
* Cluckin’ Chicken – Saturday Night Live; It was the subject of a classic commercial parody, which first aired on November 21, 1992.
* Company – Guiding Light
* Cookie Dooper – The Amanda Show
* Cooper’s – The King of Queens
* CosaNostra Pizza – Snow Crash
* Cosmo’s – opulent dining establishment on Manticore, in several Honorverse novels
* Crashdown Café – Roswell (TV series)
* Crazy Taco – Invader Zim
* Crust E. Crotch’s- South Park Chuck E. Cheese’s parody.
* The Crystal Bucephalus – time travel restaurant owned by the DoctorDoctor Who Virgin Missing Adventures novel The Crystal Bucephalus by Craig Hinton in the
* The Curry Gardens – Klatchian takeaway, Discworld
* Custard’s Last Stand – “Try our Little BigCone”, The Dumb Bunnies
* D.U.I. Friday’s (Spoof of T.G.I. Friday’s) – Futurama
* Dairi Burger – Sweet Valley High books. It was destroyed by an earthquake at the end of SVH series.
* Delicious Weenie – Invader Zim
* Der Krazy Kraut – The Simpsons
* Der Waffle Haus – reaper hangout in Dead Like Me
* Dex’s Diner – Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones; Found on the city-planet of Coruscant, it is owned by Dexter Jettster. He is also the cook.
* Dinkin Donuts – parody of Dunkin’ Donuts, Futurama
* Dino’s Bar and Grill – Mentioned in the song The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy.
* Dippity Do Dog -Parody of Hot Dog on a Stick -The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
* The Dirty Sanchez – Dodge Ball
* Doc Hopper’s French Fried Frog Legs – The Muppet Movie and It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
* Dog Years – students hangout in American Pie
* Don’t Drop Inn – grouch diner, Sesame Street presents Follow That Bird
* Dorsia – American Psycho
* Double Meat Palace – Fast food restaurant, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* Double R Diner – Twin Peaks
* Down Home Burgers – EarthBound
* Duke Burger – Duke Nukem 64
* Ebola – trendy L.A. restaurant, Futurama
* Edna’s Edibles – The Facts of Life
* The Egg and We – Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Pnin
* Elzar’s Fine Cuisine – Futurama
* Expresso Pump – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* Facestuffer’s – The Simpsons
* Falafel Hut – Hey Arnold
* Fancy! – Spongebob Squarepants
* Fargo’s – EastEnders
* Fatso’s-The Wonder years It’s a drive in.
* Fatso Burger – That ’70s Show
* Fatso’s Hash House – The Simpsons
* Family Bros. Pizza – Futurama
* Ferb’s Mongolian Smorgasbord – Rocko’s Modern Life
* First and Ten-Sweet Valley High: Senior Year books, The Sweet Valley and El Carro teens go there.
* Fishy Joe’s – fast-food seafood, Futurama
* The Flapjack Stack – The Simpsons — Smart and Smarter
* Flingers – theme restaurant chain, Office Space
* Flo’s V-8 Café — Cars
* Le Foie Hereux – upmarket restaurant, Discworld
* The French Bulldog – student hangout greasy spoon in the movie Scarecrow, the cigar-chomping French owner of which (Mr. Dufourq) is played by the director, Emmanuel Itier whose real-life nickname is “Bulldog”.
* The French Confection – The Simpsons
* Fresh Air – Babylon 5
* The Frying Dutchman – seafood restaurant, The Simpsons
* FūD (pronounced “FOOD”) – Family Guy
* General Burgers – fast food chain in A Scanner Darkly. In the orginial novel, McDonald’s was featured, but it was changed to General Burgers for the film.
* Ghetto Chef Beef Bowl – futuristic comfort food, in William Gibson’sBridge Trilogy
* The Gilded Truffle – upscale restaurant, The Simpsons
* Gimlet’s Hole Food Delicatessen – Dwarf restaurant, Discworld
* Gino’s Souvlaki Shack – Hey Arnold
* The Golden Trough – Freefall (webcomic) Formerly The International House of Decaying Invertebrates
* Goobersmooches – King of the Hill
* Good Burger – All That; Good Burger
* The Grassy Knoll – diner frequented by the kids on Clone High
* Grease Monkey’s – Neighbours
* Greased Pig – The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
* The Grease Pit – Hey Arnold
* Greaser’s Café – The Simpsons
* Greasy But Sincere Diner – Sam & Max
* Greasy Joe’s Bottomless Barbecue Pit – The Simpsons
* Greasy’s – Rampage series
* Grizzlebee’s – Sealab 2021
* Guidio’s Pizza Palace – another one of the Twins’ and their hangouts, in The Sweet Valley series.
* Gulliver’s Buffet – also used to chamber the Jefferton Town Council Meetings, Tom Goes to the Mayor
* Gulp ‘N’ Blow – The Simpsons
* Gunga Diner – Indian fast food, Watchmen
* Hack’s Chicken Shack – River City Ransom
* Hamachiya – Fictional Tea shop run by Ryuunosuke’s father in the Anime and Manga series Urusei Yatsura
* Hank’s Juggernaut – Firesign Theatre
* The Happy Gizzard, Jethro’s short-lived restaurant on two 1967 episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies.
* Harga’s House of Ribs – greasy spoon, Discworld
* The Happy Sumo – sushi restaurant, The Simpsons
* Harryhausen’s – five-star Japanese style restaurant, Monsters, Inc. (A tribute to Ray Harryhausen)
* Haskell’s Ice Cream Parlor – The Brady Bunch; Both Marcia (Maureen McCormick) and Peter (Christopher Knight) Brady worked here in the fifth season episode, “Marcia Gets Creamed” (October 26, 1973).
* Have it Uruguay – The Simpsons
* Honker Burger – Doug
* Hop Sing’s – Chinese restaurant in Seinfeld; Elaine Benes is refused delivery, and gets her Communist boyfriend blacklisted, as well.
* Hot Dog Haven – Backyard Skateboarding
* House of Bad Brains – Firesign Theatre
* House Of Java- Sweet Valley High, Senior Year books
* Huan Balcany – Seinfeld; Jerry and Donna Chang had their first date there.
* The Hub – That ’70s Show
* Hummus Hut – This fast-food restaurant was featured in the comedy short, West Bank Story. The film was nominated for an Oscar in 2007 for Best Live-Action Short Film. The restaurant’s major competitor was The Kosher King.
* Hungry Heifer – Cheers TV show
* The Hungry Hun – German restaurant, The Simpsons
* Hurligan’s Bistro & Cantina Haus – Mad Magazine
* I Hate Jimmy and Timmy Restaurant – The Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators
* International House of Couscous – The Critic
* International House of Toast – The Dumb Bunnies book
* Irma’s Diner- Garfield comic strip
* IRS Burger- The Simpsons
* Izzy’s Deli – The Simpsons
* Jackrabbit Slim’s – Pulp Fiction
* Jack’s Bistro – Three’s Company/Three’s a Crowd
* Jubilee Pizza – Torchwood
* The Karachi Hibachi – The Simpsons
* Kentucky Fried Panda – The Simpsons (parody of Kentucky Fried Chicken)
* Kentucky Fried McBurger King – “Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series”
* King Chicken – Mad Magazine
* King Kone – King of the Hill
* Klimpy’s – Arrested Development
* The Kosher King – This fast-food restaurant was featured in the comedy short, West Bank Story. The film was nominated for an Oscar in 2007 for Best Live-Action Short Film. The restaurant’s major competitor was Hummus Hut.
* Krusty Burger – major fast-food chain in The Simpsons
* The Krusty Krab – fast food, ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’
* The Krusty Krab II- The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
* La Cantore – Saturday Night Live; This restaurant was featured in a sketch from the October 12, 1991 episode hosted by Kirstie Alley. The big question: Do you lika da pepper!?!
* La Snotteria – The Simpsons
* The Lanford Inn – Fancy restaurant, Roseanne (TV series)
* The Lanford Lunch Box – Roseanne (TV series); This loose-meat sandwich shop was owned by Roseanne Conner and her sister Jackie Harris.
* Lard Depot – Catdog
* Lard Lad Donuts – The Simpsons
* The Laughing Falafel – Klatchian takeaway, Discworld
* Leroy’s (later Rachel’s Place) – Family Matters
* Lew’s Your Lunch – The Lookout (Feature film); This restaurant is owned and operated by Chris Pratt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his friend Lewis (Jeff Daniels).
* L’Idiot – L.A. Story
* Little Wally’s Pup and Burger – Cheers TV show
* The London Broil – The Simpsons
* Long Pig – restaurant chain selling cloned human meat (Transmetropolitan comics)
* Lord of the Lobster – Aqua Teen Hunger Force
* Lucky Cow – Lucky Cow
* Luigi’s – Italian restaurant, The Simpsons
* Luigi’s Lasagna- Garfield and Friends
* Luke’s – Gilmore Girls
* Lulu’s Truck Stop – Hee Haw; Lulu Roman was the waitress, and Gailard Sartain was the cook, of this greasy establishment featured in recurring sketches.
* Luly’s – King of the Hill (play on Luby’s)
* Mach Pizza – EarthBound
* Macross Nalds – The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
* Magic Pan – King of the Hill
* Mama Manicotti – Italian restaurant, Garfield and Friends
* Maria’s Pasta and Pizza – King of the Hill
* Matzo on a Stick – Webster
* The Max – Saved by the Bell
* McBurger Kong – Common restaurant in the PC game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
* McDowell’s – fast food restaurant in Coming to America
* McDoodles – fast food restaurant (which has “Howdy Meals” (a parody of “Happy Meals”)) in Get Fuzzy
* McMeaty’s – parody of McDonald’s, Invader Zim
* McSooshi – Saturday Night Live; This restaurant was featured in a commercial parody from the December 12, 1986 episode, hosted by Steve Guttenberg.
* McSpanky’s – The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
* Mel’s Char Palace – Saturday Night Live; Featured in a commercial parody from the December 20, 1975 show, hosted by Candice Bergen, Mel’s was a steakhouse where the customers were responsible for killing and grilling their own meat. Dan Aykroyd was the restaurant’s spokesperson.
* Mel’s Diner – Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and subsequent TV series Alice
* Merv’s Burger Joint – River City Ransom
* Meskin-Robins 22 Flavors – Mad Magazine
* Mesmer’s – My Life As a Teenage Robot
* Mike E. Mozzerella’s – Parody of Chuck E. Cheese, The Fairly Odd Parents
* Milliways – The Restaurant at the End of the Universe in The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
* Minuteman Cafe – Newhart; greasy spoon diner owned and operated by three brothers named Larry, Darryl and Darryl.
* Mr. Cluck’s Chicken Shack – Hurley’s former place of employment, destroyed by a meteorite, on Lost
* Mr. Ha-Ha’s Hot Dog Hacienda – fast food restaurant specializing in children’s birthday parties hosted by a clown named Mr. Ha-Ha, The Golden Girls
* Mr. Meaty – in the TV series of the same name
* Mrs. Sullivan’s Kitchen – Little House on the Prairie “The Wave Of The Future” Serves pan fried steak, roast chicken, and beef stew, Mrs. Oleson tried running one for a while.
* Mr. Smiley’s – fast food restaurant in American Beauty
* Mona Pizza – WarioWare: Twisted!
* Mondo Burger – Good Burger
* Monk’s Diner – The most reacurring and popular restaurant in Seinfeld
* Monolith Burger – fast food chain in Space Quest
* Mooby’s – Dogma, Clerks II and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back- fast food restaurant
* Mort’s Deli – The Simpsons
* Mos Eisley Cantina Bar – Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
* Mundane Meals – Klatchian takeaway, Discworld
* Municipal House of Pancakes – The Simpsons
* Nasty Burger – Danny Phantom
* Native American Ice Cream (Formerly Big Chief Crazy Cone) – The Simpsons
* Neko Hanten – Ranma ½
* Neko no Me (Cat’s Eye) – Tsubasa Chronicle, in Outo
* Nemo’s Pizza – Everybody Loves Raymond
* New Leviathan – Firesign Theatre
* Nick’s All-You-Can-Eat Salad Buffet Bar &Insurance – Mad Magazine
* Nolita – Kitchen Confidential
* Olympia Cafe – Saturday Night Live; From a memorable sketch from the show’s third season (January 28, 1978), this restaurant was best known for serving cheeseburgers. As for beverages, they preferred Pepsi over Coca-Cola stating, “No Coke! Pepsi!” John Belushi and Bill Murray were the featured players.
* Omeletville – Saturday Night Live; This was featured in a sketch called Benny’s vs. Omeletville (October 11, 2003), which featured guest host Justin Timberlake dressed as the restaurant’s mascot.
* P. Piggly Hogswine’s Super-Smorg – The Simpsons
* Paisanos – pizza place in Seinfeld; Steinbrenner likes the calzonesGeorge Costanza is chosen to buy them for his lunch there a lot, and
* Palais de Donut – The Simpsons
* Panucci’s Pizza – Futurama
* Papa Grant’s Fish & Grill -Just Jordan
* Papa Plastique – pizza chain selling pizza that is literally inedible, Garfield and Friends
* Paté LaBelle – The Simpsons
* Patty O’Monday’s – based on T.G.I. Friday’s Spongebob Squarepants
* The Peach Pit – Beverly Hills 90210
* Perky Pat’s – fast food, EXistenZ
* Pete’s Pizza – Pizza place frequented by Teens in the Fear Street books
* Pete’s Zah – Tom Goes to the Mayor
* Phat Donut – Parappa the Rapper
* Phil’s – Murphy Brown; Pat Corley portrayed Phil, the proprietor of this restaurant/bar that the FYI anchor team would frequent.
* Phillies – That ’70s Show; Red (Kurtwood Smith) and Kitty (Debra Jo Rupp) Forman dine here in the episode, “Drive In.”
* Pie in the Sky – 2 Stupid Dogs
* Pie in the Sky – in the TV series of the same name
* The Pimento Grove – The Simpsons
* Pipe’s Buffet – Tom Goes to the Mayor
* Pizza Clown – Jimmy Neutron
* Pizza Face Pizza – Rocko’s Modern Life
* Pizza Joe’s – King of the Hill
* Pizza on a Stick – The Simpsons
* Pizza Patrol – Garfield and Friends
* Pizza Pig-Out – Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends, Bloo called to order a pizza there
* Pizza Planet – Toy Story
* Pizza Shack – Triggerfish Twist
* Pizza Stack – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – It is a parody of Domino’s Pizza and Pizza Hut.
* Planet Krypton – Superhero-themed restaurant in DC Comics, owned by Booster Gold and Rip Hunter; a pastiche of Planet Hollywood
* Planet Springfield – The Simpsons
* Pops Diner – Johnny Bravo
* Porky Bacon – The X’s
* Port au Prince Restaurant – The Cosby Show
* The Prancing Pony – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
* Professor P.J. Cornucopia’s Fantastic Foodmagorium and Great American Steakery – The Simpsons
* Punky’s Place – Punky Brewster
* Pup on a Pole – Sam & Max
* Rachel’s Place (formerly Leroy’s) – Family Matters
* Raimondo’s – analogue of Rao’s – Law & Order episode “Everybody Loves Raimondo’s”
* Raisins – parody of Hooters, South Park
* Rattlesnakes – King of the Hill
* Red Primate – “For the Land-Food Lover in You”, Futurama
* Red Rocket – Burger chain with real missiles on their signs as part of an evil Cobra plot in GI Joe
* Regal Beagle – bar and restaurant, Three’s Company.
* Restaurant at the End of the Universe – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
* Restaurant Summers – EarthBound
* Le Restaurant des Ninjas – Freefall (webcomic)
* Rick’s Café Américain – Casablanca
* Riley’s – Backyard Skateboarding
* Roadside Diner in the Middle of Nowhere – Mad Magazine
* Rob’s Place – What’s Happening!!
* Rodbell’s – Roseanne (TV series); Roseanne Conner (Roseanne) worked as a waitress at this diner/luncheonette located in the local Lanford shopping mall. Bonnie (Bonnie Bramlett Sheridan) was her co-worker, while Leon Carp (Martin Mull) was her boss.
* The Rolling Donut – The Simpsons
* Ron’s Pizza Hovel – Discworld
* The Rusty Barnacle – The Simpsons
* Sam ‘n Ella’s – Dagwood (comic strip)
* Sam’s Chicken Shack – Family Guy
* Sauceman’s – home of Liver-Flavored Soda – Tom Goes to the Mayor
* SCHIT the Restaurant – Internet Cult Classic
* Schnitzel Hut – Rocko’s Modern Life
* Sconewall Bakery – The Simpsons
* Scratch N’Sniff – Rocko’s Modern Life
* Señor Sombrero – Mexican fast food – The Facts of Life
* Señor Taco’s Restaurante – The Dumb Bunnies
* Seoul Food -Just Jordan
* Sha-Boom Ka-Boom! Café – The Simpsons
* Shady Rest Hotel, Petticoat Junction – The hotel serves home cooked meals, and many people from around Hooterville, like the train engineers and Oliver and Lisa Douglas, treat it as a restaurant.
* Shakespeare’s Fried Chicken – The Simpsons
* Shenaniganz – Super Troopers, Waiting…
* The Shore Shack – The Rocket family burger stand Rocket Power
* Shorty’s – The Simpsons
* Showbiz Deli – King of the Hill
* Showbiz Sushi – King of the Hill
* Sid’s Pizza Parlor – Charles in Charge; Charles’ (Scott Baio) mother Lillian (Ellen Travolta) eventually bought this establishment, which had been the favorite hang-out of both Charles and his best friend Buddy Lembeck (Willie Aames).
* The Singing Sirloin – The Simpsons
* Skip Church Bistro – Arrested Development
* Sky Burger – Where Elaine, Jerry and George went at the end of “The Chinese Restaurant” episode of Seinfeld
* The Slaughterhouse – The Simpsons
* Slausen’s Ice Cream Parlor – Hey Arnold
* Slurp-a-Lunch – Aqua Teen Hunger Force
* Smiley’s – King of the Hill
* Snail Stop – ChronoTrigger
* Souper Dooper -The Amanda Show
* Soy What? – Mr. Meaty
* The Spaghetti Laboratory – The Simpsons
* The Spitfire Grill – The Spitfire Grill
* Springfield Dinner Theater – The Simpsons
* Springfield Revolving Restaurant – The Simpsons
* The Spruce Caboose – The Simpsons
* Stan Mikita’s Donuts – Donut chain in Chicago from the movie Wayne’s World (play on Tim Hortons)
* Steaksmith – Employee Of The Month
* Stevie Nicks’ Fajita Roundup – Saturday Night Live; This sketch, from October 17, 1998, featured the Fleetwood Mac vocalist portrayed by Lucy Lawless.
* Stick It – 6teen
* Stuff on a Stick – Rocko’s Modern Life
* Sugarfoot’s – King of the Hill
* Super Terrific Happy Sushi – 6teen
* Sushi Dooper – The Amanda Show
* Sushi Rocks – Zoey 101
* Swirley’s – [New Doug]
* Taco and Run – America 2Night; business venture of bandleader Happy Kyne
* Taco Butt – Date Movie
* Taco Depot – Catdog
* Taco Grande – Off the Deep End by “Weird Al” Yankovic
* Taco Hell – fast-food chain, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
* Taco Mat – The Simpsons
* Taco Shack – Jimmy Neutron
* Taco Town – Saturday Night Live; This restaurant made its first appearance in a commercial parody that aired on October 8, 2005.
* Taco Whiz – former workplace of Wonder Woman
* Tacopalypse – Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
* Tacos Tacos Tacos Tacos – Reno 911!
* Takai’s Grill and Ethnic Food Establishment – Justice Squad
* A Taste of Arabia – The Simpsons
* Taste of Sicily Ristorante – Italian restaurant, Family Guy
* The Teeny Cafe – Saturday Night Live; This restaurant was featured in a sketch from the May 16, 1987 episode hosted by Garry Shandling.
* Tempus Fugit – Alien restaurant owned by the Doctor in the Doctor Who Virgin Missing Adventures novel The Crystal Bucephalus by Craig Hinton
* The Texas Cheesecake Depository – The Simpsons
* Texas Roasters – This is where Adrianne “AJ” Jones works in The Texas Cadet Murders.
* T.G.I. Fried-days – Mad Magazine
* TGI McScratchy’s Goodtime Fooddrinkery – The Simpsons
* Thai Palace – The Simpsons
* That’s Amore – King of the Hill
* Tip Top Cafe – Groundhog Day – cafe actually existed at film location (Woodstock, Il) but a Tip Top Cafe in Punxsutawney PA would be fictitious.
* The Touchdown Club – Coach (TV series)
* Trattoria Apice – Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode “Death Roe”
* Trovo – Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode “Death Roe”
* Two Guys from Kabul – The Simpsons
* Ucchan’s – Ranma ½
* Ugli – The Simpsons – Restaurant Troy McClure took Selma to on their second date
* Uncle Enzo’s CostaNostra Pizza Inc. – Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
* Uncle Moe’s Family Feedbag – short-lived family restaurant, The Simpsons
* Uncle P.J. O’Pooderdoodle’s – Fairly Odd Parents
* Up, Up, and Buffet! – The Simpsons
* The Vineyard – That ’70s Show; This restaurant was featured in the classic episode, Dine and Dash. Fez’s (Wilmer Valderrama) soon-to-be girlfriend Caroline (Allison Munn) worked there as a hostess. The restaurant is memeorable among fans because, after dining there one evening, the entire gang left without paying for their meals.
* WacArnolds – “Chappelle’s Show” Episode #202 – Calvin Gets a Job at WacArnolds
* Wall E. Weasel’s – parody of Chuck E. Cheese’s, The Simpsons
* Wally’s Wacky Shack – a Chuck E. Cheese-like establishment Dead Like Me
* Walter’s – Alternate timeline burger chain in Johnny and the Bomb (TV version)
* WarioWare Diner – only sells root beer, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$
* WcDonald’s in Cowboy Bebop, InuYasha, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and various other anime
* Weenie Burger – Tiny Toon Adventures
* Weenie Hut and Weenie Hut Jrs -SpongeBob SquarePants
* Weiner Joy – Mad Magazine
* Well Stacked Pizza Co. – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
* What They Eat in Iceland – The Simpsons
* Whistle Stop Cafe – Fried Green Tomatoes also in Sweet Valley high.
* Winky Dinky Dog – hot dog fast food, Hollywood Shuffle also in My Name Is Earl
* Wizard Burger – The Proud Family
* Wobbler’s – Alternate timeline burger chain in Johnny and the Bomb
* Wooley’s Diner – Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)
* World of Burgers (aka W.O.B) – Growing Pains; In the season two episode, “Employee of the Month” (November 18, 1986), Mike Seaver (Kirk Cameron) is named Employee of the Month at this fast-food restaurant.
* WWLaserz – Tom Goes to the Mayor
* Yen-O-Ching -Rocko’s Modern Life Parody of the famous Yenching Palace Restaurant in Washington D.C.
* The Yesterday Cafe – Charles in Charge; Charles’ (Scott Baio) mother Lillian (Ellen Travolta) owned this nostalgic diner.
* Yo Mama Eats – barbecue restaurant in Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland
* You Thai Now – The Simpsons
* Zesty’s Pizza and Subs – The Simpsons
* ZiggyPiggy – Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Coffee shops

* ABCB Cafe – Kimagure Orange Road
* BarrioBucks – play on Starbucks in La Cucaracha (comic)
* Blargruck’s – parody of Starbucks on another planet Nicktoons Network
* Bucksters – play on Starbucks in Tony Hawk’s Project 8
* the Café 80′s – Cafe in 2015 Hill Valley with a 1980′s theme – Back to the Future
* Cafe Chameleon -Rocko’s Modern Life
* Cafe Nervosa – Frasier
* Central Perk – Friends
* Coffee-A-Go-Go – X-Men comics
* Coffee and Tea Variation – The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
* Coffee Bean Barn – Spider-Man comics
* Coffee of Doom – Questionable Content
* Crimson Lights Coffee House in Genoa City, Wisconsin on The Young And The Restless; 2 other Crimson Lights are also in Milwaukee and Madison, but are never seen on screen.
* The Digital Bean – Internet cafe and teen hangout – Lizzie McGuire
* Farbucks – coffee shops on every corner in the city of Far Far Away in Shrek 2
* Fat Sally’s – Discworld (sells Klatchian coffee)
* Flat Planet Cafe – Earth: Final Conflict
* Grind Me – 6teen
* Guadalajara Brown Drip Gourmet Coffee – Futurama
* Hallowed Grounds Café – Mall coffee shop, Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)
* Harbucks – global coffee shop chain, South Park, jab at Starbucks
* Java – As the World Turns
* Java Lava – Rugrats and All Grown Up!
* Jittery Joe’s Coffee Shop – The Simpsons
* Lucky Cafe – Queen of Hearts (movie 1989)
* Mrs. Miggins Coffee House – Blackadder the Third
* Reggie’s – the Bizarro version of Monk’s on Seinfeld
* Roebucks – an upscale coffee bar in The Suburban Jungle, play on Starbucks
* Starbook – play on Starbucks, Love Hina
* Starchild – play on Starbucks, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
* Starfishbucks Coffee – Aquarium coffee shop, play on Starbucks, Futurama
* Strawbucks – Stroker & Hoop
* Sugar and Coffee- All That
* SunDollers – play on Starbucks, DC Comics
* Tarbrush Cafe – play on Starbucks in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto III
* The Talon – Smallville
* The Third Reich Coffee House – Megane’s coffee house in Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer
* Tweek’s Coffee – local coffee shop, South Park, jab at Peet’s Coffee
* The Uprising – Anna Pascal’s bakery and cafe in Stranger Than Fiction

Thanks to NationMaster.com for this bounty of quasi useless information.

http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-fictional-restaurants

Head Cheese

Head cheese or Brawn is a cold cut originating in Europe . Head cheese is not a cheese, but meat pieces from the head of a pig or calf, in aspic, with onion, black pepper, allspice, bay leaf, salt and/or vinegar. It may also include meat from the feet, tongue and heart. It is usually eaten cold or at room temperature as a luncheon meat.

Ingredients:

- 1 pig head

- 4 pig trotters

Brine:

- 12 gallons of cold water

- 2 pounds salt

- 1 pound corn syrup or sugar

- 7 ounces TCM (Tinted Curing Mix)

Mirepoix:

- 4 carrots

- 4 stalks celery

- 4 leeks

- 4 onions

- 1 bunch parsley stems

- 4 bay leaves

- 2 tablespoon back pepper

- 1 tablespoon juniper berries

- 1 tablespoon all-spice berries

For final assembly:

- 2 pickles, peeled, seeds removed, and cut brunoise

- 2 pimentos, ribs removed, and cut brunoise.

 

Process:

Day 1.

Get your mise-en-place ready. (Pig parts and brine)

For the brine: dissolve all the ingredients in 3 gallons of the water, then combine with remaining water and chill to a minimum of 70F. Use ice if needed.

Cut the tongue out of the pig head. The easiest way of doing this is from the back of the head. Open the mouth and push the tongue as far back as possible, then making 1 incision on either side of the tongue with a boning knife, it should come out rather easily.

Next, you’re going to need to cut the head and trotters in half down the middle. This step isn’t strictly necessary, but is makes for a better stock, and hence aspic too. The reason being that you’ll expose more connective tissue & bone, and be able to remove the brain, which would otherwise cloud the stock. Also, it makes it much easier to pick off the meat later on.

The brain came out of that purple-ish cavity. (Yes- it is surprisingly small.)

FYI – your butcher will be able to send the head and trotters through a band-saw to cut the pig parts in half. I got semi-medieval with it and did the job with a saw and finished it off with a cleaver. If you do use a saw, its much easier to start the cut from the back of the head.

Brain recipe: poach the brain in a simmering standard court-bouillon for 4-7 minutes. Melt and brown a piece of butter in an oven-proof skillet. Put the poached brain presentation side down in the middle of the skillet and arrange mushrooms around the rest of the pan. Transfer skillet immediately to a 400F oven for 10 minutes. Upon pulling the pan from the oven, immediately deglaze it with lemon juice, chicken stock, capers, and a bit more butter. Serve immediately. The texture of the brain might be a little unfamiliar (imagine a gelatinous warm mousse), but the flavour is absolutely delicious.

Back to the head cheese. Submerge the split parts in the brine and refrigerate for 24-48 hours.

Once brined, discard the brine and let the pig parts sit in water for an hour to rinse.

I rinsed it again, to try and decrease any surface salinity from the brine. It did look cleaner.

Pull the tongue out, wrap it and refrigerate it.

Put the split head and trotters into a stockpot and cover with clean cold water. Bring up to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer, so that you are seeing bubbles come to the surface at a rate of 1-3 small bubbles per second.

The head and feet will simmer for a total of 5 hours. Make sure to skim off the fat and impurities every 20 minutes or so.

Three hours in, add the tongue. It should cook for 2 hours.

In the final hour of cooking you want to add all the mirepoix. The mirepoix is only there to flavor the stock (not the head and trotters), which will become the aspic.

Once the five hours have elapsed, remove from heat, and strain off the liquid. Strain the liquid a few more times through cheesecloth. Then place it into a stockpot and boil it aggressively. At this point you’ll have about 10 gallon of stock, which needs to be reduced to about 1 quart.

Let the pig parts cool slightly.

Contrary to popular belief, head cheese is very lean. Pick through the head and trotters to remove all the meat. Try to avoid fatty parts left on the meat.

The amount of meat you get is actually fairly little. Avoid waste and be meticulous.

The small steel container above contains the hog eyes. These are pretty damn tasty on their own, or you could use them in the head cheese.

Next you want to peel the tongue and julienne it. The rest of the meat gets diced and mixed with the brunoised pickles and pimentos.

By this point your stock should be well reduced. Once it get to about 2 quarts, add a bottle of white wine, a splash of lemon juice, and a pinch of fine ground white pepper.  Reduce this by half.

Now you’re going to want to clarify the reduction. Strain it through your finest mesh sieve several times. Then whip up 6 egg whites to a slightly frothy stage. Temper some of the reduced liquid into the egg whites, then add the tempered whites into the rest of the reduction. Simmer for ten minutes. The egg whites should suck up all the impurities left in the reduction. Strain the egg & reduction mix through a coffee filter or, if you have one – a grease filter. This heavily reduced stock, contains a large amount of natural gelatine, and once refrigerated will set as a beautiful aspic.

Place the diced meat into your molds. Arrange the julienned tongue to form a log shape through the middle of the mold. Pour over some of the reduced liquid. Top with the remaining diced meat mix and reduction liquid.

Cover and refrigerate overnight.

The head cheese will keep for at least a week. When you’re ready to serve it up, gently heat the outside of the mold, and turn out the head – cheese. Slice it and enjoy.

 

Plated Desserts

Here are the results of my first day on the plated desserts station.

- Half visible cookie plate with biscotti, macaroons, linzer cookies, papillon, and shortbread.

- Pastry cream stuffed, phyllo wrapped poached pear, with port reduction.

- Strawberry Naopleon with raspberry coulis.

- Creme caramel, with whipped cream quenelle, honey tuile, and berry trio.

Roasted Pineapple

Preheat the oven to 425F. Trim and core the pineapple. Slice it 0.75 inch thick.

Grind clove, cinnamon stick, allspice, sumac and a pinch of raw sugar in a coffee grinder or a mortar and pestle, then sprinkle the mixture on one side of the pineaplle. Arrange rosemary leaves radially on the fruit.

Roast it on a sheet pan for 5 mins, then top with vanilla ice cream, and serve immediately.

It’s a pretty tasty dessert, as it has savoury, acidic, and sweet components.

Japanese Ramen Making Robots

They also spin plates and get into knife fights…