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Cabbages and CondomsNo, the owners of this Bangkok restaurant aren't guilty of a mistranslation. Cabbages and Condoms is, well, a condom-themed restaurant managed by the Population and Community Development Association of Thailand, which funds AIDS awareness, population control, and rural development programs. As you might expect, Cabbages and Condoms hands out free condoms to all who enter.
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Cock and CamelSure, you
could take the name of this pub and hotel in Oxford, England, literally, but that's no fun. Rest assured that you'll probably get some dirty looks from hip British pubgoers if you make a snarky comment about the Cock and Camel while inside.
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Git-Yo Chicken Fish and BurgersReally, the name says it all. Apparently, not enough people wanted to get their chicken, fish, and burgers from this Kansas City spot. It is now closed.
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One Phunky Burrito JointThis now-closed Montclair, New Jersey, restaurant stayed open late and had couches and a TV in the back room for weary stoners. And the burritos? Good, but hardly up to San Francisco standards. Perhaps that's why the Joint closed down.
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Hitler's Cross The owner of this Mumbai cafe was forced to change the name to the Cross Cafe due to (surprise, surprise) public outcry. Knowledge about the Holocaust is fairly limited in India, and Cross Cafe owner Punit Sablok apparently "didn't expect that [the name] would snowball into major controversy."
