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I was reminded tonight of how Vancouver’s chain restaurants have a problem with punctuation when reading a craigslist ad for the new Joeys. Yes, I’m sorry, but it looks like a new Joeys will soon be going boob to boob with the new Cactus Club in the Bentall Centre (the winner: every stockbroker super-douche high on Red Bull and coke).
And still no apostrophe. Instead of Earl’s, it’s “Earls”; instead of Brown’s it’s “Browns”; instead of Joey’s it’s “Joeys”, et cetera. How many restaurants will these folks open before they get it right? Did a focus group of walking boners advise that the apostrophe wasn’t cool anymore? From there I started considering all of the CFD names in general, and quickly concluded that each leaves something to be desired.
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I know from reading your “personal blog” here for the past year or so, your personal disdain for the CFD chain. but this seems to just smack of gettin your hate on. why stop with the lack of apostrophes in the names of these restaurants. how about the myriad of non-chain restaurants across the city and across the world that have not provided proper accents over the letters in their French names. what about the lack of capitalization for the purpose of design aesthetics.
yes, all these restaurants have stupid names when scrutinized but we could take a look at stand alone restaurants and make the same statement.
ps. i do very much appreciate this site and your writings for the local food press
That video….it frightens me.
I refuse to vote until you include Tim Hortons.
Boob-to-boob, indeed. The Bentall Centre and its restaurants is certainly a rich showing of the worst of society on any given weekday after work. The Downtown Eastside has nothing on those dudes.
Pinkys sounds like a bad strip club..in fact used to be one in Edmonton.
White Spot.
Was “cum stain” just too vulgar?
White Spot is bad, but think how it relates to ‘Triple 0′ sauce.
Joeys is a stupid name regardless of the apostrophe. At least use a surname. It screams provincial and the type of low brow place the ‘driving in the middle lane’ people go who act like they know something about red wine, yet have zero knowledge on the liquid. I don’t know anything about wine either but I don’t come across like I do.
Faux black leather seating, hockey games on tv, airhead female waitresses, how is this place different from Cactus Club, Earls, Milestones, Malones, etc.? Typical small-town, provincial Vancouver.