Post #108527 by Gigantalope on Mon, Aug 16, 2004 12:05 AM

I think the mine theme restaurants were a chain down there. I remember going to a prom at one in the Santa Ana hills called the OC Mining Co.

There was a strange theme Micro brewery along I-5 about 10 years ago. It was called "The Okie Girl" and the theme was just that. About the time of the Cristo umbrella thing down there one spring, just as the poppies made thier explosion, this place burst on the sceen too.

It was moronic. I drove several hours out of my way to see it. The beer was all contaminated with a bacteria.

There is a great German place in Huntington Beach called the Ratskeller which is underground in a strange theme village. Every so often they have weenie dog races.

In San Francisco there's a very odd place called the noc noc or the boom boom or some such. It's in the Haight next door to "the Tornado" which is 'probly the best beer bar in the Western US, I digress. Anyway this place, the...what-ever it was called is like being in a cartoon submarine. It's like a Peter Max dream...kinda like the Keith Hering room in Musee Le Pompedu. (only with colors)

In Reno there is a Mexican Restaurant named Miguel's that is UFO themed. It's really worth checking out, but not the best feed one can get.

I once owned a Safari themed pub/restaurant in Santa Clara. (game and unusual food was the feature)

I should have opened a Jiffy Lube or something.