A restaurant, the name of which is formed by making a possessive out of a noun not traditionally used as a given name, but which is descriptive or evocative of the restaurant’s food or entertainment or the ethnic group which produces said food, will be a bad restaurant. Examples: Chili’s, TGI Friday’s, Taquito’s. Corollary: A restaurant named similarly but with a plural instead of a possessive will be more expensive and marginally better, but rarely worth it. Examples: Plums, Scallions, Tapas. Second corollary: Any business named in the former naming category is sure to be an unpleasant franchise and should be avoided. Example: Tire’s Warehouse.
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Here’s a Canadian chain to add to the list of crap that conforms to these rules:
http://www.milestonesrestaurants.com/
(warning: Bad music on website)
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And the occasional actual possessive version, like Vij’s, which is great. =)
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actual possessives are usually great!
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i really like plums! đŸ˜¦ in fact, i took there for brunch yesterday morning. they also have a grilled romaine-heart/apple/walnut/gorgonzola salad that is just really, really killer.
on another note, i missed actually meeting you vis-a-vis again this weekend! i’ll be around again next weekend, though. we should get coffffeeeee!
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It’s overpriced for me, but the food is okay.
Hmm.. do you exist? or was that a dummy in the car?
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vis-a-vis
That’s an unimpeachable use of vis-a-vis.
Some time ago I decided that it’s too hard for me to decide when (ever?) it’s proper to use vis-a-vis to mean “with respect to,” so I stopped, and for many years I’ve made myself say “with respect to” exclusively in that context.
Your post reminds me that I also gave up the perfectly sensible way to use vis-a-vis that you used! So, well, thanks.
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You don’t like Plums? Sacrilege! I’ve never had a more delicious Dutch baby.
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I had exactly that one of the few times I went there. It was indeed very good, but was about 500 g of sugar and fat. I thought I was going to die.
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Death has never been more tasty!
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