It might be a regional and/or US/UK thing, but "gastro" can have positive overtones for food, as in the term "gastropub", which I believe is pretty common in the UK. And which one occasionally sees in the US for bars that wish to cloak their food offerings in higher prices, I mean, in a veil of gourmandism.
Another delivery option: “At hospital”. South of Berkeley in Castro (Gastro?) Valley is a restaurant named Pho Play, which also conjures up bodily images in association with food. Never know what to make of that name.
There's a use of 'ghetto' as an adjective, meaning to improvise a repair of something with materials at hand. Look up videos of "ghetto repair" (e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-tWDt6Ljkw) to see what I mean: everyday objects repurposed to new ends. The reason is of course poverty but there is a undercurrent of inventiveness in figuring out a solution even if it is dangerous and/or ugly, the kind that might elicit the response, "That's so ghetto." (It's not a term I would ever use. 'Redneck' is used in the same way for a different group of poor people.)
'Gastropub' is definitely used in the US. There was a brewpub/restaurant called Gastropub in Long Beach some years ago, and the term is common on Yelp.
I think both of them are bad, at least IMO, because I would be slow to buy processed food items from the sort of executives who think those names are funny.
“The only way the list could be more British would be if it included ‘with the vicar.’” Heck yeah!
It might be a regional and/or US/UK thing, but "gastro" can have positive overtones for food, as in the term "gastropub", which I believe is pretty common in the UK. And which one occasionally sees in the US for bars that wish to cloak their food offerings in higher prices, I mean, in a veil of gourmandism.
And now I've remembered Gastropod, the podcast about food. Or is it about snails?
Another delivery option: “At hospital”. South of Berkeley in Castro (Gastro?) Valley is a restaurant named Pho Play, which also conjures up bodily images in association with food. Never know what to make of that name.
There are so many “Pho" puns in restaurant names. I recently spotted a Pho Sho.
There's a use of 'ghetto' as an adjective, meaning to improvise a repair of something with materials at hand. Look up videos of "ghetto repair" (e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-tWDt6Ljkw) to see what I mean: everyday objects repurposed to new ends. The reason is of course poverty but there is a undercurrent of inventiveness in figuring out a solution even if it is dangerous and/or ugly, the kind that might elicit the response, "That's so ghetto." (It's not a term I would ever use. 'Redneck' is used in the same way for a different group of poor people.)
'Gastropub' is definitely used in the US. There was a brewpub/restaurant called Gastropub in Long Beach some years ago, and the term is common on Yelp.
If I squint, I can see this adjectival "ghetto" making sense with GHETTO GASTRO. More "inventive" than "innovative," maybe.
I think both of them are bad, at least IMO, because I would be slow to buy processed food items from the sort of executives who think those names are funny.
You're a tough customer.
I keep calling the 1900s the 19th century too.
Hah! I admit my language was confusing. The 1961 citation was meant to be an example of the trend that began a century earlier.
I guess "Flavor Town" wasn't considered a good alternative to "Gourmet Ghetto."