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

“One thing about me is, I know how to move my cart out of the way at the grocery store”

Returning a shopping cart feels like doing a civic duty, displaying a person’s good character. Leaving a shopping cart in the parking lot to block other cars from parking shows bad character.…

December 3, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresWork/Businesses

“Ordering myself a little treat because today would’ve been my birthday if I was born today”

"Today would have been my birthday if I was born today" (or "Today would've been my birthday if I was born today") is a saying -- with variations -- that has been printed…

September 28, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Ordering ravioli at a restaurant is great for when you want to spend $19 to eat three…”

When people order ravioli at a restaurant, it's usually too expensive (about $19) and the amount of ravioli is usually too few (about 3-6 pieces). "Should learn that ordering ravioli at a…

September 15, 2022
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Our coffee is an experience that chalk is unable to convey” (chalkboard sign)

"Our coffee is an experience that chalk is unable to convey" is a jocular saying that has been written on many chalkboards, especially at coffeehouses. Such a sign was posted on flickr by…

February 17, 2025
Banking/Finance/InsuranceRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket, not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market”

"Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket, not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The…

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

“Our restaurant’s snails are world-famous.”/“I know, one of them’s just been serving me.”

A restaurant joke about slow service is: Restaurant Owner: Our restaurant’s snails are world-famous.Diner: I know, one of them’s just been serving me. The joke has been cited in print since at…

July 29, 2014
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Our tongue sandwiches speak for themselves” (deli/restaurant sign)

"Our tongue sandwiches speak for themselves" is an old joke about a sign in a deli or restaurant, but such signs actually did exist. "'Our tongue sandwiches speak for…

July 26, 2023
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Outback Steakhouse is a poor man’s LongHorn Steakhouse”

The restaurants LongHorn Steakhouse (founded in 1981), Outback Steakhouse (founded in 1988), Logan's Roadhouse (founded in 1991), Texas Roadhouse (founded in 1993) and Colton's Steak…

July 26, 2023
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Outback Steakhouse is poor man’s Texas Roadhouse”

The restaurants LongHorn Steakhouse (founded in 1981), Outback Steakhouse (founded in 1988), Logan's Roadhouse (founded in 1991), Texas Roadhouse (founded in 1993) and Colton's Steak…

March 20, 2026
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Overheard today in restaurant: ‘Can you stop listening to our conversation?’”

Conversations in restaurants, on public transportation and in other places may not be private. "Overheard today in restaurant: 'Can you stop listening to our conversation?'" was…

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

“Oxygen and Magnesium 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 chemistry joke is: "Oxygen and Magnesium walk into a bar. The bartender says,…

August 6, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Oxygen, Hydrogen, Sulfur, Sodium, and Phosphorus 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 chemistry version is: "Oxygen, Hydrogen, Sulfur, Sodium, and Phosphorus walk into a…

September 19, 2015
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Paging Donner party of six” (restaurant joke)

The Donner Party is a tragic story of western United States migration in 1846-47. Mistakes and storm conditions caused the deaths of many, leading to cannibalism so that some could survive. When a…

October 30, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Panera Bread makes fast food for people who think they are too good to eat fast food”

Panera Bread is a fast casual restaurant. That is, it's fast food, but meant for casual, often in-store dining. It's also more expensive than some fast food restaurants. This was posted…

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

“Panera is literally glorified hospital food”

Panera Bread, an American multinational chain of bakery-café fast casual restaurants, has sometimes been criticized as tasting like hospital food. Panera has also been criticized as being too…

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

“Panera is the perfect choice when you’re not sick but you’re craving hospital food. And you’re like, my bank balance is too high”

Panera Bread, an American multinational chain of bakery-café fast casual restaurants, has sometimes been criticized as tasting like hospital food. Panera has also been criticized as being too…

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

“Panera sells overpriced hospital food and everyone just seems to be okay with that”

Panera Bread, an American multinational chain of bakery-café fast casual restaurants, has sometimes been criticized as tasting like hospital food. Panera has also been criticized as being too…

August 25, 2020
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“Parking is for eating customers only” (restaurant sign)

Restaurants sometimes state that tables or parking or restrooms are "for eating customers only." The joke is that this implies cannibalism of "eating customers" (rather than…

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

“Pavlov 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 version involving Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849=1936) is: "Pavlov walks…

January 16, 2017
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food Stores

“People don’t like having to bend over to get their drinks. We really need to raise the bar”

Entry in progress -- B.P. Pun.meApril 15, 201640 Best Dad Jokes which are embarrassingly awful!(...)40. People don’t like having to bend over to get their drinks. We really need to raise the…

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