The Big Apple
About Archives Categories Index Search
About Archives Categories Index Search

June 10, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Yo momma so poor she shops at Half Foods”

Whole Foods Market can be expensive, so some people joke that they shop at Half Foods. "I grew up so poor we had to do all our grocery shopping at Half Foods. #jokesiwroteforsteveharvey"…

June 10, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Yo momma’s so fat she should shop at Half Foods!”

Whole Foods Market can be expensive, so some people joke that they shop at Half Foods. "I grew up so poor we had to do all our grocery shopping at Half Foods. #jokesiwroteforsteveharvey"…

January 14, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You can buy a half chicken at Whole Foods”

Can you buy a half chicken at Whole Foods? The joke was popularized by American stand-up comedian and actor Brody Stevens (1970-2019). "Whole Foods? Once bought a half-chicken there. Get it?…

January 13, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You can buy half a chicken at Whole Foods”

Can you buy a half chicken at Whole Foods? The joke was popularized by American stand-up comedian and actor Brody Stevens (1970-2019). "Whole Foods? Once bought a half-chicken there. Get it?…

May 1, 2015
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You can judge a lot about a restaurant by how they maintain their restrooms”

Entry in progress -- B.P. TwitterDJ Damian P‏@DJDamianPYou can tell a lot about a venue based on how well they maintain their restrooms.1:22 PM - 17 Apr 2012 yelp (Phoenix, AZ) El Ranchero…

September 30, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You can tell a lot about a person by what the order at a restaurant when someone else is paying”

Entry in progress -- B.P. Reddit -- Shower ThoughtsYou can tell a lot about a person by what the order at a restaurant when someone else is paying.submitted September 30, 2017 by no_morelurking

March 26, 2019
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You can’t expect to look like a million bucks if you eat from the dollar menu”

"You can't expect to look like a million bucks if you eat from the dollar menu" is a food saying that has been printed on many images. The "dollar menu" (also called the…

November 6, 2024
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You can’t truly refer to yourself as an adult until you catch yourself getting really angry when the grocery store changes their layout”

"You can't truly refer to yourself as an adult until you catch yourself getting really angry when the grocery store changes their layout" is a saying that has been printed on many…

June 3, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You can’t kick me out of the International House Of Pancakes! I have diplomatic immunity!”

The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) doesn't give anyone diplomatic immunity, but there are jokes. "The best thing about working at the International House of Pancakes? Diplomatic…

January 14, 2026
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You can’t spell ‘menu’ without me n u so wassup baby, take me out to dinner”

“Do you know what’s on the menu? Me-n-u” is a "menu" joke and pickup line that has been cited in print since at least 1878. "ya know u cant spell menu without me-n-u" was…

January 14, 2026
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You can’t spell ‘menu’ without (me n u) so wats up baby, you hungry?”

“Do you know what’s on the menu? Me-n-u” is a "menu" joke and pickup line that has been cited in print since at least 1878. "ya know u cant spell menu without me-n-u" was…

June 14, 2013
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here” (bar saying at closing time)

"You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here" is what a bar manager might say to his last remaining customers at closing time. "In the old days, the cry in the…

September 10, 2016
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You hate your job? There’s a support group that meets at the bar”

American actor and comedian Drew Carey is credited with the line: "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and…

March 18, 2024
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You have to hand it to Subway for convincing us it’s acceptable to eat an entire loaf of bread for lunch”

Many people who order a sub at Subway feel like they're eating a whole loaf of bread in one sitting. "'Ha! And you thought you couldn't eat an entire loaf of bread.' - me…

July 2, 2026
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You know a restaurant is expensive when a menu item says ‘market price’”

Restaurants often put some items, such as seafood, as "market price" (abbreviated "MKT"). That menu item is usually very expensive. "You know a restaurant expensive when a…

December 16, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You know a restaurant is fancy when instead of bringing the bill, they bring the William”

A joke has it that a fancy restaurant doesn't give you a "bill," it gives you a "william." "At the end of meals in formal restaurants remember to ask for the William.…

July 7, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You know that feeling you get when you unwrap your food and you realize it’s not what you ordered. I feel like that all the time”

"You know that feeling you get when you unwrap your food and you realize it’s not what you ordered. I feel like that all the time" was posted on X/Twitter by Danger on September 2,…

January 16, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You know the food is expensive when the restaurant menu has no dollar signs”

Many expensive restaurants don't put dollar signs on their menus. This is said to make expensive menu items psychologically easier to order. "If the menu doesn't have dollar signs in…

April 11, 2023
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You know what rhymes with Friday? Liquor store”

"You know what rhymes with Friday? Alcohol" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. There is no rhyme, of course, but it's the weekend and the speaker no longer…

August 3, 2023
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“You might be Texan if you base your restaurant decisions on its chips and salsa”

Many Texans love the free chips and salsa served at Tex-Mex restaurants. But is this a basis to choose a restaurant? "Don't judge a book by its cover, but always judge a TexMex restaurant…

First
Previous
73 74 75 76 77
Next
Last

About the Website and Editor

BARRY POPIK is a contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary, Dictionary of American Regional English, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Yale Book of Quotations and Dictionary of Modern Proverbs. Since 1990 he has also been a regular contributor to Gerald Cohen's Comments on Etymology.

Read more About the Website and Editor
About
Privacy Policy
RSS

© 2026 Barry Popik. All rights reserved.