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<title>The Purple Onion</title>
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<![CDATA[<p>My boyfriend and I frequently enjoy dining out at various restaurants.  Last weekend, we ate at the Purple Onion in Central City, Kentucky.  As we entered the front door, we were immediately greeted by a friendly hostess who gave us the option of dining on the main level of the building; which is a very exquisite dining area, or the more casual upstairs featuring live music and a bar.  We decided to eat on the main floor, to have a more quiet dinner, then have a drink or two upstairs and listen to a couple songs the band was playing.</p>
 
<p>The main floor was decorated beautifully.  It was a darker room, but with the soft lights and the candles lit, it made for a romantic evening.  Smoking was not allowed.  The servers were very nice and respectful.  Looking at the menu, there was a wide variety of foods to choose from.  The prices were great as well.  I expected a restaurant this nice to be a little pricy.  It did not take long for our food to arrive.  I ordered chicken strips, french fries, and a salad.  My boyfriend ordered a steak.  Everything was cooked just as we ordered, and tasted great.  Throughout the meal, the servers made sure we had everything we needed, and the atmosphere remained calm and romantic.</p>
 
<p>After our meal we headed upstairs, where an unknown band was playing music.  There was definitely a different atmosphere upstairs!  Basketball games were on the televisions.  The band was rocking out on one side of the room, and a full bar was on the other side.  We sat at one of the smaller tables, listening to the band and enjoying our favorite beverages.</p>
 
<p>I was very impressed with this restaurant.  It seemed suited for people of any age.  The customers who did not want to be around smoking or drinking did not have to.  This was a great place to eat for a special occasion, a dinner meeting, a Christmas or birthday party, or just to hang out with friends to drink a beer and watch their favorite team play sports, and still watch their budget.  I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone.</p><a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trifter.com%2FUSA-%26amp%3B-Canada%2FKentucky%2FThe-Purple-Onion.124014"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trifter.com%2FUSA-%26amp%3B-Canada%2FKentucky%2FThe-Purple-Onion.124014" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:11:09 PST</pubDate></item>
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<title>Glutton for Punishment: 7 Outrageously Bizarre "Political Ideology and War" Themed Restaurants That You Should Go Before They are Controversially Closed  
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<![CDATA[								<h3>1. Shaoshan Chong, Red Guards</h3>

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<p>The Shaoshan Chong restaurant is situated in Nanning, China. The restaurant served to remind the China people of the cultural revolution during the Mao Zedong era. The waitresses who serve the local delicacies to the patrons are dressed in the Red Guard uniform. Red Guards are actually the army units formed by Mao Zedong to wipe out the revisionist and Western influence in China.</p>



<h3>2. People's Republik</h3>
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The People's Republik bar is a Soviet Socialist themed bar situated in Central Square in Boston. The interior is decorated with funky socialist and communist propaganda posters. This bar is a favorite hangout for the college students nearby. It serves good food and drinks at affordable price.						
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<h3>3. Lenin's Mating Call</h3>


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This is actually a Soviet themed restaurant and bar located in South Nevsky, Russia. There is an iron curtain that hangs overhead near the entrance of the restaurant. The dining hall is divided into two halls- Soviet room and the other, anti-Soviet room. The Soviet room has Lenin portraits on the wall and offers a classic Soviet menu with the local Russian favorites.


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 The anti-Soviet room has parody posters and references to liberalization, sex and drugs. The anti-Soviet offers bourgeois dishes such as fondue and crab. The waitresses are dressed in sexy Communist Party Pioneer uniforms with naughty red high heels, red fishnets and the soviet symbol "hammer and sickle" garters.
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<h3>4. KGB Bar
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In the 1940s, this place was once the local headquarters of a radical left wing Ukrainian socialist party, situated in New York city. Living up to its name, the KGB (Soviet Intelligence) Bar was opened in 1993 with propaganda posters and portraits of the earlier party leaders decorating the interior.</p>


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Now, the KGB is better known as one of the best New York literary venue establishments, with reading sessions almost daily where a great get-together venue has established for struggling writers to share their work and ideas - but even more importantly, to get noticed.
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<h3>5. Stalin's Bunker</h3>

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This is one of Stalin's actual secret tunnels and has a bunker built in 1939 during the Great Patriotic War in Moscow, Russia. Just above the secret hide-out, was an athletic field or type of stadium as a facade. Now, the bunker is a part of the Central Armed Forces Museum with a Georgian Restaurant that is decorated with Stalin's memorabilia, suitable for private parties.
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							<h3>6. Khmer Rouge Experience Cafe</h3>
 
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This cafe is located near the once Khmer Rouge interrogation and torture chamber (better known as the Killing Fields) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge Cafe is meant to remind the public of the genocide in 1975-1979 during Pol Pot's era. The waitresses are dressed in the local guerrillas black uniforms. Most visitors may not be able to even stomach the food as the "Khmer Rouge detainees set menu" includes rice water, corn mixed with water and leaves, dove eggs and tea, which costs $6 per set.
 
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<h3>7. Hitler's Cross</h3>

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In 2006, a controversial Hitler themed restaurant was opened at Kaghar in Mumbai, India. The name actually refers to the symbol of the Nazi regime, "swastika" which was also the sacred symbol in the Aryan civilization. Although the restaurant's owner claimed that his restaurant has no intention of promoting Hitler and his Nazi party, Hitler's portrait was displayed at the entrance of the restaurant and the interior of the restaurants are decorated in the Nazi party colors - white, red and black.
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 However, after much public criticism, the restaurant was renamed the "Cross Cafe", the swastika symbol was replaced with multicolored bands, and Hitler's name as well as his portrait was taken down at last.</p>							<a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trifter.com%2FPractical-Travel%2FWorld-Cuisine%2FGlutton-for-Punishment-7-Outrageously-Bizarre-Political-Ideology-and-War-Themed-Restaurants-That-You-Should-Go-Before-They-are-Controversially-Closed.71189"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trifter.com%2FPractical-Travel%2FWorld-Cuisine%2FGlutton-for-Punishment-7-Outrageously-Bizarre-Political-Ideology-and-War-Themed-Restaurants-That-You-Should-Go-Before-They-are-Controversially-Closed.71189" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:23:00 PST</pubDate></item>
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