Ghost Kitchen
Online and mobile prepared food ordering and delivery platforms such as DoorDash, GrubHub, Postmates and Uber Eats have resulted in several new terms for restaurants: cloud kitchen, cloud…
Ghost Restaurant
Online and mobile prepared food ordering and delivery platforms such as DoorDash, GrubHub, Postmates and Uber Eats have resulted in several new terms for restaurants: cloud kitchen, cloud…
Golden Arches (McDonald’s nickname)
McDonald's fast found restaurants are known for the "golden arches" -- the yellow arches that decorated its early restaurants and the two yellow arches in the McDonald's letter…
Good Karma Jar (tip jar)
"Good Karma Jar" is another name for a tip jar, where that name or "Tipping Is Good Karma" has been printed on stickers. A March 1995 New York (NY) Times article on coffee bar…
Gourmet Gas Station (gourmet food + gas station)
A "gourmet gas station" (gourmet food + gas station) is a place where motorists can get gasoline and have fine dining as well. The term is somewhat awkward -- a "gourmet gas…
Grand Sample Station & Breadway & Snacks in the City (Trader Joe’s)
Trader Joe's first New York City store opened in 2006 on East 14th Street. Parts of the store have cutesy New York City names, such as "Grand Sample Station" and "Breadway"…
Greasy Spoon (“dirty spoon” restaurant)
A "greasy spoon" (formerly called a "dirty spoon") is an eating establishment that is unsanitary or one that serves inexpensive and often fried foods to working-class customers.…
Grocerant (grocery + restaurant)
A "grocerant" is a combination of a grocery and a restaurant. A grocer like Whole Foods offers a restaurant-like area where customers can consume food in the store. "Grocerant"…
Grosstedes (Gristedes nickname)
The Gristedes supermarket (www.gristedes.com) is sometimes called Gross-tedes, not for flattering reasons. http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=56597&st=30QUOTE(Dani Mc @ Dec 1 2004,…
Gutter Café (Gutter Dining)
Brooklyn's Smith Street was awarded the borough's first "gutter café" (also called a "pop-up café") in March 2011. Restaurant seating is quite literally in the…
Hamburger Restaurant
There is some debate about when the first "hamburger restaurant" -- not merely a hamburger stand -- opened for business. Louis' Lunch of New Haven, Connecticut, claims to have…
Happy Hour
"Happy hour" originally meant an "hour of happiness" (often childhood happiness) and is cited in print from about 1702. The term "happy hour" was used in the navy…
Happy Minute (similar to “happy hour”)
Many bars and restaurants have a "happy hour." Some people have suggested a "happy munute." "Happy minute should replace hour" was published by the BBC on March 7,…
Harlem’s Restaurant Row (Frederick Douglass Boulevard)
Harlem's "Restaurant Row" is Frederick Douglass Boulevard, between 110th and 125th streets. The Daily News (New York, NY) said on November 10, 2000, "In Harlem, 116th Street has…
Hot Doggery
A "hot doggery" is a place that sells hot dogs. "Hot doggery" has been cited in print since at least 1914. "Hot doggery" also means the characteristics of a hot dog or…
House of Countless Drops (bar)
Entry in progress -- B.P. 13 May 1944, New York (NY) Amsterdam News, "Dan Burley's Back Door Stuff," pg. 6B:Light jiving on a Diminished Seventh:(...)It was a deuce of haircuts on…
Jesus Chicken (Chick-fil-A nickname)
Chick-fil-A is a fast food chain restaurant that specializes in chicken sandwiches, chicken nuggets and chicken strips. The founders of the company have Christian beliefs and the restaurants are…
Kan’t Find the Chicken (KFC nickname)
KFC is a fast food restaurant chain specializing in chicken. The letters "KFC" originally stood for "Kentucky Fried Chicken," but there have been many slang backronyms (back…
Kan’t Fry Chicken (KFC nickname)
KFC is a fast food restaurant chain specializing in chicken. The letters "KFC" originally stood for "Kentucky Fried Chicken," but there have been many slang backronyms (back…
Kan’t Fucking Cook (KFC nickname)
KFC is a fast food restaurant chain specializing in chicken. The letters "KFC" originally stood for "Kentucky Fried Chicken," but there have been many slang backronyms (back…