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February 15, 2024
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I want to stop drinking coffee but the owner of Starbucks has a family to feed”

"I wanted to stop drinking but then I remembered the owner of the pub has a family to feed" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. There are several variations of the…

February 14, 2024
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I wanted to stop drinking but then I remembered the owner of the pub has a family to feed”

"I wanted to stop drinking but then I remembered the owner of the pub has a family to feed" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. There are several variations of the…

July 21, 2019
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I was drinking at a bar, so i took the bus home…” (joke)

"I was drinking at the bar, so I took a bus home. That may not be a big deal to you, but I’ve never driven a bus before" is a joke that has been printed on many images. The joke is that…

August 21, 2026
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I was going to go to the grocery store but I forgot my ID so I just went to vote instead. - New York City”

In 2026, new New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not support requiring an ID to vote, but did support requiring an ID to shop at his proposed city-run grocery stores. This jocular comment was…

January 14, 2016
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I was in a restaurant last night and the waiter asked me to cover his shift” (joke)

The term "wait a minute" doesn't literally mean that, but there's a joke: "I was in a restaurant last night and the waiter asked me to cover his shift for 60 seconds. I…

February 26, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I was in the restaurant and the waiter asked me what I wanted to drink? I said a glass of water please. He said still?”

A restaurant joke has a diner order water, and the waiter asks, "Still?" The waiter wants to know if it's "still" or "sparkling" water, but the diner hears this…

April 28, 2024
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I was sitting at a bar last night and this Asian-looking fellow sits down next to me and takes a sip of beer…”

A politically incorrect bar joke from 2011 has an Asian-looking man enter a bar, sit next to the speaker and take a sip of beer. The speaker asks if the man knows any of the martial arts. The man…

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

“I went into a restaurant with no shirt or shoes and my phone still worked so take that, sign”

Many restaurants have "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" signs. "Good thing your phone company doesn't have one of those 'no shirt no shoes no service' signs" was…

July 13, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I went to a buffet restaurant in Northwest Canada the other day. It was all Yukon eat”

"Yukon" sounds like "you can," and there are "All Yukon Eat" jokes. "Alaskan Crab Legs (...) ALL YUKON EAT!!" was in an advertisement in the Daily Press…

March 11, 2021
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I went to a deli and said, ‘I’d like to buy a bagel with cream cheese’” (joke)

"I'd like to buy a bagel with cream cheese" is not always the same as "I'd like to buy a bagel and cream cheese." The following joke (which went viral) was posted on…

February 27, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I went to a family restaurant and they refused to serve me a family”

A joke about a "family restaurant" was posted on Reddit -- Oneliners on February 27, 2020: "I went to a family restaurant and they refused to serve me a family." Other family…

January 7, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I went to a fetish restaurant last night. I got toed in the hole!”

The British dish of "toad in the hole" has had some "toed in the hole" sex jokes. This was posted on Twitter on January 21, 2013: "Took the wife out for dinner but all she…

September 21, 2024
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I went to a German restaurant and ordered an omelette. I just got a plate with two dots on it!”

"Omelette" shouldn't be confused with "umlaut," but there are jokes. "German restaurant joke.... I went to a German restaurant and ordered an omelette....I just got a…

February 1, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I went to a market that only sold jelly and custard. It was a trifle bazaar”

"Trifle bizarre" (meaning "a bit strange") shouldn't be confused with "trifle bazaar" (meaning "a market that sells trifles"), but there are jokes.…

April 1, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I went to a restaurant and the food was all done with special effects. It was CGI Fridays”

A joke about the restaurant chain TGI Fridays is: "I went to a restaurant and the food was all done with special effects. It was CGI Fridays." "'I went to a restaurant and the…

May 4, 2025
Food/DrinkPets (Dogs, Cats, Horses)Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I went to a restaurant last night which had horse on the menu. The starter wasn’t very good, but the mane was excellent!”

A joke about eating horse was posted on Sickipedia on May 4, 2025: "I went to a restaurant last night which had horse on the menu. The starter wasn't very good, but the mane was…

December 15, 2023
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I went to a restaurant run by cows. They didn’t allow tipping”

Restaurant tipping is not the same as cow tipping, but there are jokes. "Why don’t cows work in restaurants? They kept getting tipped" was posted on Reddit -- Dadjokes on February 22,…

February 28, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I went to a vegan restaurant last night. Was told the menu was quite tasty” (joke)

Saying "the menu was tasty" doesn't necessarily mean the actual menu, but a joke was posted on Sickipedia on February 20, 2018: "I went into a vegan restaurant as I was told the…

February 22, 2018
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I went to an open-air cafe yesterday and it rained. Took me two hours to finish my soup”

An old joke has it that someone went to a restaurant with a leaky roof -- and it took several hours to finish the soup. Another version is that the person went to an open-air restaurant, and that…

December 8, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“I went to buy some bouillon cubes at the store today, but they were all out of stock”

"Out of stock" means that a business has no more of an item. It shouldn't be confused with the "stock" that is broth (bouillon), but there are jokes. "I went to buy…

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