As Eaten On TV

In which Marisa Calleja and Gabi Manga eat at every chain restaurant in the Western Hemisphere.

Johnny Rocket's

I’ve walked by Johnny Rocket’s (Johnny Rockets?) on Providence’s Thayer Street every day for years without giving it a thought, much less an inquisitive one. I have never expressed any desire to eat here, even after my grandfather told me he was going to take me to a charming 50’s-themed restaurant he read about in the Providence Journal. 

I guess Johnny Rocket’s creates some discussion topics, like their insistence of exploiting the dumbest form of nostalgia or the fact that they make you use tokens to open the bathroom doors. However, these pictures speak more for the duality of the JR experience than I ever could:

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