Fall opening season is always a great time to love restaurants, but something must be going on cosmically, because some of the worst-named restaurants in ages are primed to open soon: Take, for example, GRK, which sounds like the noise you’d make if someone stabbed you in the kidney (it’s actually a fast-casual Greek spot); or the soon-to-bow Smush (which thankfully has nothing to do with Snooki). These are just the beginning — and most of the names are so bad they almost sound fake. So keep reading to see if you can figure out which of the following are names of actual up-and-coming New York restaurants, and which are just nonsense that we made up. Then feel free to add your own favorite awful restaurant names in the comments.
1. Pig & Khao
2. Bird Dog
3. Brewnited Nations
4. Jeepney
5. Rainbow Brats
6. Near East Oven
7. Can’t Buy Me Lovage
8. Strand-ed
9. Harvist
10. Heavy Woods
11. Krescendo
12. Social Drinkz
Real: 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11
Fake: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12
