postmodern-era theme restaurants deserve an entire book. like, as a frame of mind, the 90s were so culturally and architecturally fascinating - ThreadSky

katewagner.bsky.social • 31 days ago

postmodern-era theme restaurants deserve an entire book. like, as a frame of mind, the 90s were so culturally and architecturally fascinating

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The Sun-Times quoting a 45-year-old Wisconsin resident who thinks the Hard Rock Cafe’s closure is because “most young people don’t listen to rock music anymore” is sending me

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shawnmicallef.bsky.social•31 days ago

I’d buy it

yelmelnobrainer.bsky.social•31 days ago

The influence continues to this day!

Opened only 6 years ago...

markgodman.bsky.social•31 days ago

I never understood the appeal. Yeah, there’s cool stuff to look at but in order to see it you have to walk around other peoples tables like a weirdo. imo the collection is better suited to a proper museum. I didn’t think the food was all that good either. Same for Planet Hollywood

hamhock.bsky.social•31 days ago

The true giant of theme restaurants was Mars 2112. The one in Manhattan was like a shining city on a hill, only sunken beneath a plaza instead.

producertory.bsky.social•31 days ago

This is wild. I lived in New York City for seven years while this was open and either I literally never heard of it or walked past it or saw an ad for it, or I completely erased it from my own memory. This is like my own personal Mandela Effect.

hamhock.bsky.social•30 days ago

Well, it was below street level - someone could easily walk right by several times and never glance down

orchidorkidum.bsky.social•31 days ago

I would walk into this place and immediately turn around and walk out. How do you eat with all *that* going on?

santelli.bsky.social•31 days ago

The subject certainly makes for some of the best Podcast: The Ride episodes.

mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social•31 days ago

The fact that ComEd hired Tigerman to build a new substation that referenced the Hard Rock (which was new at the time) is pretty great

mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social•31 days ago

There's a good book about fast-food and chain restaurant design called Orange Roofs Golden Arches but it was published at the very end of the '80s

barringtonsteele.bsky.social•31 days ago

You should check out themepark youtuber Poseidon Entertainment's 4-hour exegesis on "Why Theme Parks Were Better in the 90's", about an hour is devoted to theme restaurants

katewagner.bsky.social•31 days ago

the end of history isn't real except when it comes to being weepy about 20th century pop culture

nickhasthoughts.com•31 days ago

hard rock, rainforest cafe, and rock'n'roll mcdonalds were like the holy triumvirate in river north, RIP

pushtheneedle.bsky.social•31 days ago

Might I suggest for the cover

peterwhitley.bsky.social•31 days ago

In Turkey one thing that struck me is the rebar sticking out of unfinished 2nd floors, as if the building were poised for expansion "at some future date." This guitar looks unfinished in the same way.

peterwhitley.bsky.social•31 days ago

The Hard Rock Cafe seems like the gendered counterpoint to Hooters for some reason.

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