The Dixie Kitchen & Bait Shop
I was just going through my photos from the Chicago trip, and I came upon this one.
I don't know why it strikes me so much more absurd than, say, one of our barbecue chains. But here it was in the middle of a northern college town (Evanston, Ill.) filled with chic sushi restaurants, upscale coffee houses and expensive day spas.
If you click on the link for Dixie Kitchen & Bait Shop (or don't bother, I'll just tell you), you'll find that it's a Chicago chain, surprise, that opened in 1994. The owners aren't from the South.
Also they don't sell bait.
I don't want to be mean about the place, and I didn't go in so I'm not saying anything about the food, which could be wonderful. But I am having a hard time coming up with something that looks equally out of place in Baltimore.
Comments
Methinks they are trying too hard ...
Posted by: Dahlink | October 12, 2008 10:24 AM
If I were a southerner, I'd be offended.
Posted by: Lissa | October 12, 2008 5:37 PM
Drawing upon another lifetime - one spent in marketing/advertising/pr - I can't imagine what the target market might be.
Posted by: Eve | October 12, 2008 7:22 PM
It used to always make me giggle when I visited the convience stores that had signs proudly proclaiming that they had "live bait". ooooh, I'd like that to go with my nachos and pepsi!
Posted by: Joyce W. | October 13, 2008 5:28 AM
This reminds me of the place I used to get my hair cut in Cecil County. It was a bait shop that had a barber's chair in the middle of the store. You could get a fishing license, a tub of worms and some trimed up white walls all in the same place.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | October 13, 2008 8:29 AM
Joyce, we're all live bait for the aliens.
Posted by: Owl Meat GhostDog | October 13, 2008 8:36 AM
Owl, or as my GF believes the Progeny of 'em.
Posted by: Joyce W. | October 13, 2008 4:36 PM
OMG, what are the aliens fishing for?
Posted by: Lissa | October 13, 2008 5:26 PM
soul candy
Posted by: omg | October 13, 2008 7:14 PM