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Theme restaurants are
weird. You got your WWF joint and your ESPN
Zone, which are just flat out tourist traps based on successful
businesses. You got your Jekyll
and Hyde and Slaughtered
Lamb, which are one step down the corporate ladder, but still
theme restaurants. And then you have restaurants like the Telephone
Bar and Grill, which are inorganic versions of restaurants that you
would supposedly find in a certain country (namely, England). Now,
if this is the case, does an authentic Murray Hill Afghani restaurant,
decorated in that country's style, count as a theme restaurant, or
just an Afghani restaurant? Confusing, but the question begs to be
asked. Maybe the typical English red telephone booths sitting outside
the place make it a theme restaurant. If the Afghani place had some
camels stationed outside... Truly, the huge Telephone Bar seems like
any other American place once you get inside. Enormous to the point
of seeming odd, the place offers a bunch of beers on tap, tons of
seating, and a nice set of counters at which to stand to drink your
brew (it's better than it sounds). We didn't eat the food, but we
can only imagine, having had other theme restaurant grub--and this
is supposed to an English place. Yuck. The place seems like
it could be fun with a large group of people, and we believe that
there is a back room that looked pretty inviting. Next time we'll
have to come earlier and explore. [MF]
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