UPDATE: So you want the answers to this quiz? You'd like to know which five of the restaurants were totally phony? Well, we're going to tell you ... on the Fat City Facebook page!
The new hot boite in Prairie Village, Story, is the featured restaurant in this week's Pitch Cafe review. I have to admit that when I first heard the name of the venue, which is the creation of chef Carl Thorne-Thomsen and his wife, Susan, I thought it sounded just a shade precious. Why not Poem? Novella? Haiku? And then again, Story is short, sweet and easy-to-remember. What more could a restaurateur want?
Interestingly, I've heard a half-dozen incorrect variations on the name Tavern in the Village: that other new restaurant in the Prairie Village Shopping Center. Since it opened, people have told me that it's called the Village Green, the Village Tavern, Tavern on the Green, and my current favorite, Tavern on the Range.
Over the years, Kansas City has had its share of unusual and eccentric restaurant names and a couple of real clinkers. In the latter category, I'd nominate the ill-fated Segafredo Zanetti Espresso, the Machine Shed, and the Raisin Rack.
Let's see how many unusual restaurant names Fat City readers can remember. There are 20 restaurant names below, and five of them are completely fabricated. Can you pick the five names that were not connected with an actual Kansas City restaurant? The other 15 names belonged to real restaurants.
1. The Souper
2. Yesterday's Girl
3. Incense & Peppermints
4. Pizza Queen
5. Twist
6. Tonic
7. Golden Temple Conscious Cookery
8. Amber Waves Cafe
9. Fortune Dragon Wok Garden
10. Jacks or Better
11. The Bean Bag
12. Winds
13. Ye Olde Tudor Room
14. Miz Edna's Elegant Eatery
15. The Strawberry Patch
16. Lite Bite
17. Snackateria
18. Cafe des Artistes
19. The German Butcher
20. Frolics
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