Upon returning to the Queen City after completing several important projects in North Central Ohio, Ms. Patty DuCake, reporter extraordinaire, was shocked to find a pile of drunken noodles where the quaint bronze fountain once stood in upscale Hyde Park.
Apparently the east side has passed an ordinance banning any restaurant start-ups that do not serve sushi. Not only have all the Thai restaurants started serving sushi, but several Mexican restaurants including the Chipotle on Wasson Road have included raw tilapia rapped in Spanish rice as an appetizer. McDonald’s new “McSushi” is off to a slow start, but considering the popularity of Mickey D’s fries, consumers will soon develop a taste for fries rolled in raw hamburger rolled in deep-fried rice and covered with a ketchup-based soy sauce. Lovin’ it!
Fortunately for the imbibers at R.P. McMurphy’s pub, buzz-hunger will now be satisfied by two stumbles to the Blue Elephant Thai restaurant, saving drinkers the .15 mile walk to the Green Papaya Thai restaurant.
The Starbucks over-saturation marketing strategy has nothing on the current plethora of Thai within a two-mile radius of Hyde Park square. Haps Irish Pub, like it’s cousin McMurphy, is surrounded on both sides by Thai. A Thaight spot, perhaps? Or a nice place to Thai one on? The lack of diversity in local dining leaves many wishing for an old-fashioned burger, not topped in peanut sauce. Come to think of it, that sounds pretty good!
