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What's in a name? Fat Ho Burgers opens
upi ^ | March. 25, 2011

Posted on 03/26/2011 12:42:25 PM PDT by JoeProBono

WACO, Texas, March 25 (UPI) -- A young Texas woman decided there is no such thing as bad publicity when she considered names for her Waco eatery and decided on Fat Ho Burger.

The restaurant opened Tuesday, and Lakisha Evans' plan seems to be working so far, KENS-TV in San Antonio reported. She has a straightforward business plan.

"My burgers, they're cheap. They don't go over 6 bucks because I thought, you know, I grew up in poverty," Evans said.

Evans, 23, grew up in Waco with her mother and five siblings. She is the only one in the family to graduate from college.

The whole family is working at Fat Ho Burgers, but Evans said she had to invest everything she owned to start it.

"I had to sell my car, my tires, my TV, my laptop, my computer. I had to sell all this to get this up," she told KENS.

The name is bringing in the customers.

"I was just wondering is this the famous place we can get burgers at," one asked.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: burger; ho; napl
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To: dalereed
Apparently couldn’t make it selling her body so she’s going to try burgers.

Dude.... That was really uncalled for.

41 posted on 03/26/2011 1:04:42 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: JoeProBono
Obligatory Kate Stelnick picture (who actually finished the burger Badlands Booker is holding) in the under 3 hour allotment. It took Badlands 7 hours. Kate weighs 110 lbs.
42 posted on 03/26/2011 1:05:10 PM PDT by FlJoePa ("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
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To: JoeProBono

moochelle obama should try the ho burgers, good for publicity.


43 posted on 03/26/2011 1:05:34 PM PDT by biggredd1
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To: Allegra

When she gets going, perhaps she will branch out. I wonder if teaming with other burger joints could be figured out. Up here in Seattle there is “Dick’s” burgers.


44 posted on 03/26/2011 1:06:19 PM PDT by 21twelve ( You can go from boom to bust, from dreams to a bowl of dust ... another lost generation.)
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To: JimRed

there is a chinese restaurant I used to go to when I worked in lake City, Fl...

“FU KING RESTAURANT “... not kidding.

we used to joke and say , “hey want to go the F...g Chinese restuarant today?”


45 posted on 03/26/2011 1:07:12 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie
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To: Windflier

Can’t see any other reason for choosing the name.


46 posted on 03/26/2011 1:08:45 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: JimRed

I have a Shaw Brothers kung fu movie from the 70s called “Dirty Ho.”

It is actually pretty good, not what you might think, but I always wondered if them boys from Hong Kong had a clue about what the last part would grow to mean over here.

Gordon Liu baby, he rocks as the main character, and as Pai Mei and Johnny Mo in the Kill Bill films.


47 posted on 03/26/2011 1:09:12 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (Why yes, I do speak Spanglish - "Hasta la later on, amigo. Pardon, would you have any salsa verde?")
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To: JoeProBono

When Eddie Murphy hawked the book, “I Wanna Be a Ho!”, it was meant to be a joke.


48 posted on 03/26/2011 1:09:44 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: Tennessee Nana
I think Fat Ho was a character in a James Bond movie

The name was actually "Hi Fat" and he was in "The Man With The Golden Gun". He was the guy who initially hired Scaramanga.

We now return you to your burger thread.

49 posted on 03/26/2011 1:11:23 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Help stamp out crack-pull up your pants.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

All the best of a deep dish pizza pie but with several Nigiri sushi toppings — true gourmet delights. Black Jellyfish Makizushi wrapped in Oishii Nori Seaweed and a thick Sundried Tomatoes and Black Licorice Sauce. Wow! It make you forget your peanuts butter on roof of mouth! Spinney Orange Colored Worm with Orange Shrimps and swim in Orange Sauce. Phat say: "Go Big Orange! Garnish with anchovy you like!" 10-Tenacles Squid Pizza -- Special for full house $10. Snipe Eel Lover's -- Enough said. Boxfish Okonomiyaki with extra-extra shiso! Fugu Pepperoni Blowfish Hikari-kari Wasabi Yaki Suzuki & Pyrosome Carnivore* *Spicy! Remember: Fresh ingredients make better Deep Swish pizza!


50 posted on 03/26/2011 1:12:34 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JoeProBono

Worth a trip to Waco to try it out! Well........ maybe, if you are headed in that direction anyway.


51 posted on 03/26/2011 1:12:38 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: hoagy62
The name was actually "Hi Fat" and he was in "The Man With The Golden Gun". He was the guy who initially hired Scaramanga.

Wo Fat.

52 posted on 03/26/2011 1:13:20 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: 21twelve

Dick’s is THE place to go after the bars close, you’re drunk, and want a bite. Delicious fries,too.


53 posted on 03/26/2011 1:13:30 PM PDT by boop ("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
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To: All

She’s near Baylor.... she should do well.


54 posted on 03/26/2011 1:14:05 PM PDT by Terry Mross (This is war. Choose sides.)
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To: dfwgator

*s**t*

John Steinbeck said it best: “The memory is at best a faulty, warpy reservoir”.

Thank you.


55 posted on 03/26/2011 1:15:07 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Help stamp out crack-pull up your pants.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie


56 posted on 03/26/2011 1:15:53 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JoeProBono

Are those burgers “hand spanked”?


57 posted on 03/26/2011 1:16:47 PM PDT by mylife (OPINIONS ~ $1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
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To: JoeProBono
I used to know a Chinese guy by the name of Ho Fat. I wonder if there are any copyright issues?

5.56mm

58 posted on 03/26/2011 1:17:09 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: beebuster2000

The true entrepreneurial spirit——Evans said she had to invest everything she owned.”I had to sell my car, my tires, my TV, my laptop, my computer. I had to sell all this to get this up.”


59 posted on 03/26/2011 1:18:30 PM PDT by Liz (A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col Sanders.)
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To: JoeProBono
 
 
More info with videos, from TV station KCEN
 
http://www.centraltexasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=14310320
 
 
 

60 posted on 03/26/2011 1:19:26 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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