Fat Ho Burgers Causes Obvious Uproar in Texas

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Friday, March 25, 2011, by Paula Forbes




Fat Ho Burgers is a new restaurant in Waco, Texas, and, as you can imagine, the name has stirred up some controversy. There's even a Facebook group dedicated to getting owner Lakita Evans to change the name! It's called "Keep Waco Texas Positive," and when they reached out to Evans to see if she needed the group's help, she apparently responded by saying "no thanks im good."

Evans is heroically defending the name all over the press. She wonders how her restaurant's name is all that different from Hooters, and, in the video below, tells a local news reporter that the name might be doing some good in this sick, sad world of ours: "Look at what's going on over there in Japan. I mean, it's quite clear to us that this world's not going to get any better...somebody's got to keep their sense of humor around here."


And it sounds like maybe their sandwiches — which have names like "Supa Dupa Fly Ho With Cheese" and the "Sloppy Ho Brisket" — are good? The news report below mentions they've been well-received and does, in fact, show a line heading out the door.

http://eater.com/archives/2011/03/25/fat-ho-burgers-causes-obvious-uproar-in-texas.php

[Sanity Claws]

1. At first, I just thought it was a Chinese name

Fat and Ho are common Chinese names. I guess I'm more exposed to Chinese names than to street slang. LOL.

[Sonicwall]

10. Local Chinese restaurant in a gang infested area:

Ho Mei.

No joke.

[CatWoman]

11. so did I!!!

:rofl:

[left is right]

12. I thought Chinese, too

I was expecting to read about an Asian themed hamburger place; not being a fan of soy sauce I immediately rejected the place

[damntexdem]

13. That was my reaction, too.

But it does sound like their burgers really do have a lot of fat. As to the other part of the name, I just wouldn't know. ;-)

[slackmaster]

15. Same here. There's a famous old restaurant in San Diego called Fat City.

It's run by the Fat family.

The last owner, Tom Fat, was a great philanthropist here.

[littlewolf]

16. yep got me too .... thought it was Chinese and wondered

what all the fuss was about ...
lol

[GReedDiamond]

21. My favorite Chinese restaurant name...

...a place up in Tujunga, north of Los Angeles: The Poo-ping Palace.

I haven't been by there for several years, don't know if they're still in business.

[struggle4progress]

29. She should change the name to "Ho Me's Fat Ho Burgers" and add some Chinese looking scribbles

to her sign

http://rlv.zcache.com.nyud.net:8090/chinese_symbol_for_food_sticker-p217709926850886060qjcl_400.jpg
Ho Me's
Fat Ho
Burgers
http://0.tqn.com.nyud.net:8090/d/chineseculture/1/0/I/m/5/zi00630.gif

:D



http://www.zazzle.com/chinese_symbol_for_food_sticker-217709926850886060
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/character/bl_zi00630.htm

oops: looks like this idea is already upthread

[Fuddnik]

35. Owners name is Joe Fat Ho.

[eppur_se_muova]

36. Prefers to be known as "Juan" ... nt

[WinkyDink]

40. Wo Fat approves!

"Hawaii 5-0" allusion. :-)

[Lucinda]

2. Great marketing!

:)

[rurallib]

3. Well at least it's not short for horse.

[snooper2]

4. Badonkadonk Burgers has a better ring to it

she should reconsider :P

[guitar man]

5. old marketing trick

stir up a controversy... "bad" publicity is still publicity...

[zorahopkins]

6. Will They Serve Crackers?

Does anyone know if they will serve crackers with their chili?

I like oyster crackers best.

[Qutzupalotl]

26. Yes, there's a line of them out the door. n/t

[WinkyDink]

41. Bwahahaha!

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

7. Now that's advertising!

[Myrina]

8. ... with Rush Limbaugh as their spokesmodel ...

n/t

[HopeHoops]

9. AS for Hooters in Texas...

The ONLY Hooters I've ever been in that didn't live up to its name was in "We Grow 'Em Big" Texas - every waitress was an A cup!!!

That just cracked me the hell up.

[Redford]

14. There is a Hooters

by me that has some very unfortunate looking women working there.

[HopeHoops]

22. Everyone should have an equal chance for a job (read on)

Okay, as far as Hooters is concerned, I do draw the line at men in tight orange shorts - that's a female's position.

That said, tit size and a "Playboy look" should NOT be requirements and I in no way meant to imply that they were. I was merely commenting on the irony of the "We Grow 'Em Big" Texas meme superimposed on a room full of A-cups.

In a similar ironic twist, the Showbiz Pizza Time company (owner of Chuck E. Cheese's) is in Irvine, TX. I went to the Chuck E. Cheese's there and found it to be the most pathetic excuse for a Chuck E. Cheese's anywhere in the country. Go figure.

[tammywammy]

33. Irving not Irvine. n/t

[HopeHoops]

39. I KEEP doing that. Thanks for pointing it out. You would think I'd get it right....

I spent WAY too much time there (contract work) - and the municipality is fucking dry!!! You can tell when you cross the border because the road is lined with beer/liquor stores. Thank GOD for styrofoam coolers.

[BOG PERSON]

37. every woman that works at hooters looks unfortunate n/t

[WinkyDink]

42. After work, they say the same about their male customers. Bet on it.

[hifiguy]

17. Ho Chi Minh is in the burger biz?

And in TEXAS? I thought he died 40 years ago! :shrug:

[Aerows]

18. I'll take a Fat Ho with cheese, please! n/t

[dkofos]

19. Are franchise opportunities available yet??

[cloudbase]

20. Come here for dessert

[hifiguy]

24. That is just wrong on so many levels

:rofl:

[mysuzuki2]

25. There's a place in Two Rivers Wi that advertises

Ho-Made soups. I think it's wonderful that restaurants offer jobs to women who want to get out of "the life".

[old mark]

23. K&R- She KNOWS how to get publicity, huh?...nt

[flamingdem]

27. "I'm good" she says as the burgers fly out the door nt

[BOG PERSON]

28. that is just flat-out demeaning to women

but it sounds delicious !!! :evilgrin:

[seabeyond]

30. ya, it is. ya, it does. wink. nt

[CBGLuthier]

31. I heard one menu item isn't selling too well

The Fat Ho with Social Disease Sauce. Guess they can't all be clever.

[walldude]

32. Are we sure that's not a mistake? There is a Fat Mo's

in Nashville... a few of them actually.

[Initech]

34. Reminds me of the Jon Stewart bit about the Pink Taco chain here in LA.

[provis99]

38. there's a problem with those Pink Tacos, though.

They always smell fishy...