Food & Lyrics: Funky Restaurants Inspired by Song

March 10, 2010 6:51 pm

Food & Lyrics: Funky Restaurants Inspired by Song

Music and food have shared a long and resplendent history: slaves played whimsical beats during Roman feasts, lutes were strummed in the dining halls of Henry VIII and jukeboxes in diners merrily shook with the effort of blasting that new fangled "rock and roll". Now, Toronto based deli Sky Blue Sky Sandwich Company has taken the correlation of music and food to a whole new level; all of their sandwiches are named after songs by the band Wilco. Trailing only slightly behind is Greensboro, NC pizza joint Sticks and Stones, who baptized their sandwiches in the name of Ryan Adams', with each pizza titled the same as an Adams song.

So why the musical food love? Food and music are two combining elements that cheer us up and keep us smiling when the world is on our backs. In the case of Sky Blue Sky, they're just huge fans and think the music has a message that can be spread far and wide through sandwiches. Same goes for Sticks and Stones, who thought it might be a good idea at the time. There are plenty of restaurants named after performers and songs, such as Chez Josephine for Josephine Baker and Toby Keith's "I Love This Bar and Grill". And then there's the "Baby Got Back Ribs" at the wildly popular Asia SF, inspired by emcee and Grammy Award winner Sir Mix-a-Lot. We can do side bends or sit ups, but after too many of these baby-back pork ribs with a honey-tamarind glaze, we definitely won't lose that butt.

Photo credit: tobykeithsbar.com

� Written by Kaitlin A. Lipe

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