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April 15, 2006
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The only pizza worth eating” (Abitino’s)

Abitino's New York Style Pizza has locations such as Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street and Bleecker Street. It calls itself "The only pizza worth eating," but that can be strongly…

November 14, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The only thing worse than finding a hair in your food is finding out the chef is bald”

People don’t like to find a hair in their food -- especially if they're bald. Many chefs are bald. "RT @yourfavwhiteguy: The only thing worse than finding a hair in your food is finding…

March 30, 2015
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The past, the present, and the future walk into a bar…” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A popular English grammar bar joke is: "The past, the present, and the future walk…

May 30, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The patron saint of coffee drinkers is St. Arbucks”

Starbucks is a popular chain of coffeehouses. It's sometimes joked that the patron saint of coffee is "St. Arbucks." A "St. Arbucks" has been shown on images and was posted…

May 30, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The patron saint of coffee is St. Arbucks”

Starbucks is a popular chain of coffeehouses. It's sometimes joked that the patron saint of coffee is "St. Arbucks." A "St. Arbucks" has been shown on images and was posted…

May 30, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The patron saint of coffee shops is St. Arbucks”

Starbucks is a popular chain of coffeehouses. It's sometimes joked that the patron saint of coffee is "St. Arbucks." A "St. Arbucks" has been shown on images and was posted…

May 30, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The patron saint of overpriced coffee is St. Arbucks”

Starbucks is a popular chain of coffeehouses. It's sometimes joked that the patron saint of coffee is "St. Arbucks." A "St. Arbucks" has been shown on images and was posted…

November 20, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresWork/Businesses

“The person I see in the self checkout camera is not who I am in my heart”

No one seems to look good in a store's self checkout camera. This has the reputation for making people look even worse than passport photos or driver's license photos. "I never look…

February 18, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The person who invented AutoCorrect walks into a barn. He orders a bear” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." An AutoCorrect version was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on October 6, 2019: "The person…

March 1, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The pub is ten minutes from my house. However, my house is two hours from the pub”

It's often faster to walk from one's house to a pub than it is to walk from a pub back to the house -- that is, the person walking home from the pub is drunk. A joke was posted on…

December 19, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The restaurant advertised ‘Chicken Dinner $1.” I paid $1 and they gave me a bowl of corn”

"The restaurant advertised 'Chicken Dinner $1." I paid $1 and they gave me a bowl of corn" is a joke of unknown authorship. The joke is that the "chicken dinner" is…

June 17, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The restaurant sign says, ‘Try our new menu.’ I’m guessing it tastes like paper”

When a restaurant says to try the new tasting menu, it's implied to try the food on the menu, not the actual menu. The actual menu tastes like paper. "Or come into @PattyBolands early to…

June 16, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The restaurant’s special of the day was dalas. The waiter said it was mixed salad”

"Mixed salad" does not mean that the word "salad" is mixed, but there are jokes. This was posted on Sickipedia on July 6, 2017: In the restaurant the special of the day was…

August 28, 2016
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The Sahara desert walks into a bar…” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A Sahara desert version is: "The Sahara desert walks into a bar. The barman says,…

October 9, 2019
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The sea was angry that day, my friends, like an old man trying to return soup at a deli”

"The sea was angry that day, my friends, like an old man trying to return soup at a deli" is a jocular line of mock literature from the New York City-based television sitcom Seinfeld, on…

April 26, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The sign said, ‘Employees must wash hands.’ I waited, but I finally washed them myself”

"Employees Must Wash Hands" is a sign posted in many restaurant bathrooms. A joke was printed in New York magazine on June 12, 1989: "IN THE LADIES' ROOM OF A Greenwich Village…

January 19, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The sign says ‘Wait for Hostess to be Seated’ but the bitch will NOT SIT DOWN!”

"Please wait for hostess to be seated" is a sign that used to be in many restaurants. A joke was posted on Twitter by Belly Roll Morton on February 21, 2010: "The sign says…

February 27, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The square root of -1 walks into a bar…” (bar joke)

"A guy walks into a bar..." is a typical form of what has been called the "bar joke." A math version was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on February 28, 2018: "The square root of…

June 16, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresWork/Businesses

“The waiter said, ‘Your table will be ready shortly’” (at the IKEA restaurant)

When a waiter says, “Your table will be ready shortly,” this does not mean that the restaurant is actually constructing a table, but there are jokes. “The waiter said, ‘Your table will be…

October 2, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“The worst pub I’ve ever been to was called The Fiddle. It really was a vile inn”

"Violin" sounds like "vile inn." A pun was printed in the Cadiz (OH) Sentinel on March 29, 1865: "Why is a badly conducted hotel like a fiddle? Because it's a vile…

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