Adolf's Eatery

[starang21]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/...ory?id=2346673

BOMBAY, India Aug 23, 2006 (AP)— When Hitler's Cross restaurant opened four days ago in a Bombay suburb, local politicians and movie industry types were on hand to celebrate beneath the posters of the Nazi leader and swastikas.

The owner insisted then and still does that the name and theme of his new eatery is only meant to attract attention, even if it has outraged Bombay's Jewish community.

"It's really made people very upset that a person responsible for the massacre of 6 million Jews can be glorified," Elijah Jacob, one of the community's leaders, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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mods, erase this if i just violated TOS

[KillarneyRose]

Reminds me of a Chinese-takeout-slash-ice-cream place we used to order from when I was in college: Gengis Cones. I'm not kidding. I wonder if it's still there?

[starang21]

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

Reminds me of a Chinese-takeout-slash-ice-cream place we used to order from when I was in college: Gengis Cones. I'm not kidding. I wonder if it's still there?

LOL, i just tried to google it. no luck.

take out and ice cream sounds nasty, though

[PiKA2001]

I thought Bombay didn't exist anymore. Isn't it Mumbai now?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

I thought Bombay didn't exist anymore. Isn't it Mumbai now?

Per the Wikipedia article on Mumbai:

The appellation Mumbai is an eponym, etymologically derived from Mumba or Maha-Amba— the name of the Hindu goddess Mumbadevi, and Aai — mother in Marathi. In the 16th century, the Portuguese named the area Bom Bahai (Good Bay), later corrupted to Bomaím or Bombaim, by which it is still known in Portuguese. After the British gained possession, it was anglicised to Bombay, although it was known as Mumbai or Mambai to Marathi and Gujarati-speakers, and as Bambai in Hindi, Urdu, and Persian. The name was officially changed to Mumbai in 1995.