At Least the Food Was Good

This sign that I found in the bathroom at Gargoyles restaurant in Davis Square features just about every type of punctuation problem known to man.


We've got comma splices, unnecessary quotation marks, missing periods, random capitalization, and, of course, apostrophe catastrophes. My favorite part is where they put two apostrophes in Boston's'. What the hell?

But the food was awesome, and I got to have duck for the second time in one week. Life is good.

If You Own Up

I was hanging out with my friend Amy last night, and I brought up Apostrophe Catastrophes as we were looking at the menu, and sure enough, the menu contained a glaring grammatical error.


Firefly's web site makes the same mistake, among others. Incidentally, have you ever walked around Boston on a Sunday morning between 9 and 11 a.m.? There are very few early birds around; most people are still sleeping it off.

Grammatical errors aside, Firefly had excellent food. We had some delicious strawberry and spinach salad and spicy portobello mushroom pizza.

Indian Food Catastrophe

This sign in Central Square (Cambridge) caught my eye because it features three apostrophe catastrophes.


But then I realized that I was hungry, so I went in and got some pakoras. I forgive you, Dosa Factory.

This Is Making Me Hungry

I was excited to receive an apostrophe catastrophe from Thermopolis, Wyoming, where my family and I spent the 4th of July in 1996. The hot springs were amazing! Charles was there recently to meet the officiant for his wedding. He writes, "Here's a snap of the menu at Pumpernick's Family Restaurant in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Finding the apostrophe catastrophes is a game to keep you occupied while you wait for the waitress. (Luckily, the service was speedy.)"


The food sounds good, but I counted three apostrophe catastrophes in about five seconds.

Thanks, Charles!

Delicious Italian Food — and an Apostrophe Catastrophe for My Birthday

OK, so I lied in yesterday's entry when I said that I wouldn't eat cake if it was on a grammatically incorrect menu. I did eat cake — after eating lots of delicious Italian food — despite this:


In my defense, the cake wasn't one of the special's. Plus, the food was so good that even the apostrophe catastrophe on the menu made me smile.