Was everybody else asleep at this brainstorming session? It’s just like if those guys in “The Producers” opened a restaurant. Let’s see, we need a theme. I know, how about a Hitler motif? We can have portraits of him, and swastikas and Nazi stuff!
So, Hitler’s Cross opened last week, in India. The owners said they chose the name to stand out. ”This is one name that will stay in people’s minds,” owner Punit Shablok told us. Hey, how’s that workin’ for you so far, Punit? Here’s the story:
A security guard stands guard outside a new restaurant, named after Adolf Hitler and promoted with posters showing the German leader, on the outskirts of Mumbai August 21, 2006. REUTERS/Stringer
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The second restaurant that Dictators LLC will open is tentatively called “Saddam’s Iraqi Grill.” The menu feature? Explosive Curry Chicken, which they suggested be served with their signature drink “Carbomb.”
- Posted by MellyThere are lots of crazy publicity hounds, many live in New York City and LA too.
“Any publicity is good publicity” accordind to LA agents. This storyline could have been thought up by Ari on the show Entourage.
- Posted by DavidKarnac The Magician said: “May all the SEWERS in RANGOON backup into your Turkey Stuffing.”
- Posted by andyCassMelly, I guess that it would rather be called Bush’s Iraqi Grill
- Posted by JoeWow.. thats.. funny and asad all at the same time.. Melly .. What about Catros Island Delights? This is to funny for words really.
- Posted by EdwardDont try the Jewish rye bread.
- Posted by JaegerI think Hitler’s name should be reminded, so things like Holocost won’t happen again. And if you hungry, you can eat no matter what the restaurant name is.
- Posted by StevenOne name that will stay in people’s minds as the most offensive and ridiculous idea for a place for people to gather and eat….pshhhh.
- Posted by BekahI was thinking Lone Star already did the whole “we have a dictator to get some attention” thing… So proud to be Texan, those guys.
- Posted by BodhisattvaFunny Joe! I wonder if they serve Vegetarian since most Hindu’s are and so was Hitler?
- Posted by JeffWhen do you open one it the states so I can visit Mr.Shablok? The Only Indian eatery with world press today, Way to go.
I can’t imagine why they’d need a security guard.
- Posted by John C AbellMan, you people are odd! If you really don’t like the place, don’t eat there! Don’t talk about it, don’t comment about it, and don’t create news stories about it. If it is really that offensive, nobody will eat there. It is that simple, people! So if you don’t like the place, don’t eat there. If nobody pays, they go out of business. Is that such a hard concept to grasp? It goes the same for just about every issue there is. Don’t like your country? Move. Don’t like a certain artist? Don’t buy the record. As a businessman, I applaud their effort, and will laugh heartily when they go out of business.
- Posted by Jason R BobJason..
Duh, we’re odd. The stories are odd. The comments are odd. It’s the odd blog. *Insert strange look*
Castro’s Island Delights, excellent. You can go in and sit down, but you can’t order anything.
- Posted by Melly[…] Here we go. We blogged the story when a restaurant named Hitler’s Cross opened in India, complete with a Nazi motif, and we blogged it again a few days later, when the owners bowed to pressure and said they would change the name. […]
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