News · moment 8 of 14
More Fake Heroism, More Yelp Horror Stories
from Protestant Blood Burger · #11
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
7 minNews
Tim continues tearing apart the veteran-tribute news clip, reading brutal Yelp reviews about moldy food and ant-covered menus in between clips, and wraps up his overall disgust with Bennigan's fake Irish branding.
- 24:32Tim imagines a deployed soldier in Iraq dreaming of opening a Bennigan's franchise when he gets home.
- 25:31CNN host compares waiving Bennigan's franchise fees for veterans to the historic sacrifice of the GI Bill.
- 26:15Tim notes that CNN is literally equating Bennigan's ownership to the original GI Bill.
- 26:49Reading Yelp reviews reveals the restaurant's nightmare conditions: faded signage, exhausted staff, and deteriorating service.
- 27:21A customer found an ant on their menu and the waitress responded that ants are everywhere in the restaurant.
- 28:00One Yelp review describes the dining room smelling like black mold when the reviewer walked in.
- 28:34The Bennigan's franchise owner gets emotional months later discussing a fallen sailor whose family photo he posted.
- 29:20A Yelp reviewer reports the sour cream horseradish sauce was actually liquified mayo that fell off the plate.
- 29:49Multiple reviews describe moldy tomatoes, overcooked mozzarella sticks, and consistently bad food quality.
- 30:21Tim argues that Bennigan's never made sense as a concept and can only competently pour alcohol into a glass.