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I been thinking, if I could ever open a restaurant, what would it be. One idea I have had is doing a railroad theme one. First of all, it location, location, location. I would want one close to a main line track, preferably one that had multiple tracks, or even a junction, and have lot of rail traffic, so trains would go by at least every 15-20 minutes, if not more. I would have large windows so the costumers could watch the trains go by.
On the menu, I would have would call the grill "Cooking On The Scoop", burgers and sandwiches would be named after steam engines. The biggest burger would be of course the 4-8-8-4 Bigboy (or Wasatch, if copyright issue was a problem), a junior burger could be perhaps a 4-4-0 American, a another one could be (a medium sized or the smallest large) would be a 4-8-4 Northern. Other sandwiches could be named or others.
Other things could be named after diesel locomotives, or streamliners, and include a "blue plate special". The desert menu would be called the "pie car" (circus train). Drinks -- the "tender".
For the decor -- well trains for one thing. Have the heralds of the railroads, and have perhaps "railroad family trees". There could be model trains running around, along with other railroad memorabilia.
So pitch in, name a sandwich, or a dinner plate or anything else. Too bad I would never have a chance to do it.
BTW -- I would give railroad men a discount, and a big one if they park the train out front (this really happens here in Kansas City -- sort of. We have a burger place called Paul's Drive Inn. The KCS runs right behind it and every now and then they stop the train, grab a couple of burgers either when leaving or coming into town).
On the menu, I would have would call the grill "Cooking On The Scoop", burgers and sandwiches would be named after steam engines. The biggest burger would be of course the 4-8-8-4 Bigboy (or Wasatch, if copyright issue was a problem), a junior burger could be perhaps a 4-4-0 American, a another one could be (a medium sized or the smallest large) would be a 4-8-4 Northern. Other sandwiches could be named or others.
Other things could be named after diesel locomotives, or streamliners, and include a "blue plate special". The desert menu would be called the "pie car" (circus train). Drinks -- the "tender".
For the decor -- well trains for one thing. Have the heralds of the railroads, and have perhaps "railroad family trees". There could be model trains running around, along with other railroad memorabilia.
So pitch in, name a sandwich, or a dinner plate or anything else. Too bad I would never have a chance to do it.
BTW -- I would give railroad men a discount, and a big one if they park the train out front (this really happens here in Kansas City -- sort of. We have a burger place called Paul's Drive Inn. The KCS runs right behind it and every now and then they stop the train, grab a couple of burgers either when leaving or coming into town).
