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Most of these are great. Taco Bell makes sense to me however - I didn't expect to buy bells there. If it had been named after a Melanie Taco or similar, THAT wo
by TheRealSteel 6y ago
Most of these are great. Taco Bell makes sense to me however - I didn't expect to buy bells there. If it had been named after a Melanie Taco or similar, THAT would've been notable.
My contribution: Lake Mountain in Victoria!
"There is no lake at Lake Mountain, the area was named after George Lake, who was the Surveyor-General of the area including the mountain."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mountain_(Victoria) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mountain_(Victoria)
- crazygringo 6y agoI had always assumed the bell managed to reference both a dinner bell (food) and a mission bell (California, with its Hispanic population, hence Tex-Mex). I'm blown away it's just the founder's name.
- overcast 6y agoI don't believe it would have been called Taco Smith. It happened to be that the dudes last name made sense in the context of a dinner bell being rung for tacos.
- krallja 6y agoTaco John’s is a reasonably successful chain with a similar name.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoThat really isn't similar in terms of usage. "Taco John" is a person's nickname. (And then, Taco John's is just the place that belongs to Taco John.) But you wouldn't call someone by their last name.
- morcheeba 6y agoRichard and Maurice McDonald, Wilber Hardee, and Little Caesars are all counter examples.
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- sukilot 6y agoNone of those use the food an adjective /adjacent nickname. They are all possessives.
- dmurray 6y agoLittle Caesar's is named after a Mr. Little? That would be a perfect addition to this page
- ivv 6y agoLittle Caesar was a co-founder’s nickname.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoThey're examples of someone being nicknamed off of their last name instead of their first name? How so? Caesar isn't even a last name.
- asveikau 6y ago> They're examples of someone being nicknamed off of their last name instead of their first name? McDonald's, Hardee's. > Caesar isn't even a last name. Worked out fine for Julius.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoYou're going to have to elaborate. What nickname do you see in "McDonald's" or "Hardee's"? What do you mean by "worked out fine for Julius"? You are aware that Julius Caesar's surname was "Julius", right?
- mbrameld 6y agoTaco Bill is pretty popular in Australia.
- jfk13 6y agoThat just sounds like what they bring you after you've eaten the tacos.
- primis 6y agoTaco smith would be an interesting restaurant, maybe using an anvil as a logo instead of a bell
- bargle0 6y agoThe Taco Smith is going in to my next D&D game.
- tristor 6y agoTex-Mex is from Texas... that's what the Tex part is, and it's distinct from Cali-Mex, because while both cuisines originated from Mexican influence into the area using local ingredients and traditional techniques, the ingredients were different and the influences originated from different regions of Mexico which heavily influenced the cuisine. Tex-Mex originated with the Tejanos who resided in Texas while it was still part of Mexico and mostly originated from Central and Northern Mexico while Cali-Mex is predominantly a result of immigration that occurred later on mostly from Western/Coastal Mexico. Tex-Mex and Cali-Mex aren't the same thing, and California has no claim to Tex-Mex...
- ladberg 6y agoI've never heard the term Cali-Mex, but I'd say that Taco Bell is way closer to Tex-Mex than any other taco places in SoCal, which are generally much more authentic.
- zaaakk 6y agoThey don’t serve food like any of the taquerias here in Texas, maybe superficially similar... they do serve burritos which are more Cali mex.
- tristor 6y agoTaco Bell isn’t Tex-Mex, it’s corporatized and white-washed fast food. You won’t find Tex-Mex in California... that’s kind of the point. I appreciate many different cuisines, so I am not saying Tex-Mex is better than Cali-Mex, just that they’re different. Bringing Taco Bell into the equation and saying it’s representative is deeply insulting to Tex-Mex, however.
- relbeek2 6y agoMy favorite "Tex-Mex" is from SLC, Utah. "Ute-Mex"?
- FactolSarin 6y agoThe Mexican food in what is now Texas already I used a a lot of beef and cheese before it became part of America