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Default joint Strange names for restaurants

Van wrote:

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> We've got a "Chico's Barbeque" near our house. It is a BBQ joint. Fair.
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> Just kind of a strange combination, IMO.
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> Van


The hot dog stand in Oyster Bay, L.I., NY was always called
"Chinks"...which I'm sure would be offensive if named that today?
I think now they have a different name on the stand but everyone I know
still refer to it as "Chinks"