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50 Genius Bars And Restaurants That Will Surprise You With Their Creativity
There's nothing worse than a generic bar or restaurant with no personality. If you're paying money to go out and eat or drink somewhere, you want the place to have character - otherwise you would've just stayed at home! Here at Bored Panda, we believe in celebrating the establishments that go the extra mile to get a laugh or a smile out of their customers, and probably pour a damn good beer while they're at it. That's why we've compiled this list of some of the funniest, kookiest, and just brutally honest things people have encountered at their local spots. Vote for your favourites below, and let us know if you've ever laid your own eyes on them!
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#1
New Mexican Restaurant In My Hometown
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#2
Local Bar Has Metal Coasters Made From Cars Wrecked In Drunk Driving Accidents For St. Patrick's Day
coffee zombie 9 years ago
I knew someone who died because of drunk driving. I think awareness should be done everyday of the year.
#3
Bartender Just Poured This Cat A Shot Of Milk At The Bar In New Orleans
#4
Went To A Cafe Today, Saw A Glitch In The Matrix
#5
An Urinal In A Bar In Barcelona
Mari Bradford 9 years ago
They change the background person to whom is culturally distasteful at the time
#6
Found At My Local Cafe
Zori the degu 9 years ago
I've seen a note saying "Don't tap, you stress the banitzas". P.S. Banitza is a traditional food in Bulgaria, something like a strudel, but stuffed with white cheese.
#7
Sign At The Restaurant Where I Ate
#8
Saw This Outside A Local Restaurant
#9
Saw This In The Bathroom At A Bar Today
coffee zombie 9 years ago
Wish I could put this up where I work but I think I'm in the wrong profession to be so blunt with my clients.
#10
A Bar Near My Town Framed Their Bathroom Vandalism
Jonathan Eatsalot 9 years ago
by all means feel free to send them your picture
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darknessIsMyOutfit 9 years ago
My ode to a small penis lol: You got too drunk and didn't care, we said to leave and you turned into a bear. Now we have a hole right there. Because Drunken douches like to throw chairs.
#11
A Bar In Devon, Uk, Found An Interesting Way To Stop Their Female Bartenders From Being Sexually Harassed
#12
Coffee Shop Owner Austin Simms Was Fed Up With Rude Customers So He Put Up A Sign Indicating Their New Pricing Policy
#13
Most Convincing Bar Sign Ever
#14
I Saw This At Restaurant As We Were Leaving
#15
Passive Aggressive Note At This Diner
#16
My Dad Asked The Waitress For "One Very Small Check." I Think That She Out-Dadjoked Him In Response
#17
Napkin From A Bar In Russia
#18
What The World Thinks. A Bar In New Zealand
Wanda Queen 9 years ago
I wish the world would remember that the majority of us did NOT vote for the dipshit.
#19
Sign Outside A Wine Tasting Bar In Napa
#20
Can't Fault The Logic Of This Bar
#21
It Is A Refrigerated Strip In The Bar Itself. You Set Your Beer On It And It Stays Cold
#22
A Bar Hidden Behind An Old Coca-Cola Machine In Shanghai
#23
Bar Advertisement Win
#24
At This Bar I Go To, The Prices Of The Beers Change Every 15 Minutes Based On Supply And Demand Inside The Bar
#25
Woo! Definitely Going To That Bar - Oh Wait
#26
Went To This Restaurant Today. I Appreciated Their Honesty
#27
Local Pub's Sign
#28
Found This Awesome Mirror At A Outdoor Store/ Café In North Michigan
#29
A Pub In Ireland Had A Problem With Graffiti On The Toilet Doors, This Was Their Solution
#30
My Local Burger Barn Makes Some Astute Observations On The Back Of The Bar Menu
darknessIsMyOutfit 9 years ago
My father was drunk at a wedding he is an engineer and is designing aluminum parts for landing gear for the airplane parts he designs. he could not say the word aluminum if you paid him. the closest he could say was "you know that stuff tin foil is made out of." so funny
#31
Some Sage Advice From My Local Subway Restaurant
#32
Saw This Sign At A Salad Bar Today
Víctor Alfonso García Olmo 9 years ago
My 6 y.o. boy tasted broccoli yesterday for his first time. And he enjoyed it!!!
#33
Love These
#34
This Pub Made Me Rethink Everything I Knew About Bread
#35
Had Dinner At An Expensive Restaurant. This Is How They Delivered The Bill
#36
A Local Bar Puts These On Windshields Of Vehicles Left In Their Parking Lot Over Night
Dana Patterson 9 years ago
This is fantastic! All the bars in my town will have you towed if you leave your vehicle :(
#37
Found This Majestic Beast At A Local Restaurant. I Almost Pulled It Off The Wall And Walked Out
#38
Saw This Sign Outside A Pub In Atlanta. No Hipsters
#39
Saw This Outside A Pub Today
#40
This Mexican Restaurant Near My House Changed Its Name From "Uno Mas" (One More) To "No Mas" (No More) When It Closed Down
Michel M. Prins 9 years ago
That's.... Actually quite sad, but I'm glad they kept part of their humor in tact
#41
Hummus Bar Gives 50% Off Arabs & Jews Who Eat Together
Ana-Maria Dan 9 years ago
I didn't know you could buy Arabs & Jews that eat together in Hummus Bars. Huh...
#42
And That Was The Last Time I Wore A Puffy Vest To The Bar
#43
Local Bar Noticed My Building's A/C Went Out. They Decided To Help Out
#44
Deep Thoughts From My Local Piano Bar
#45
New Bar Door Sign In Florida
#46
Til - There Is A Bar In The Middle Of Kabul Afghanistan And It Has A Bitchin Name
#47
Finally A Restaurant That Truly Understands Me
#48
I Work In A Restaurant. This Is Our Christopher Walk-In
#49
The Local Bar Sculpted The Vent Into A Dragon
#50
The Guy At My Local Bar Must Have A PhD In Marketing
#51
This Restaurant Has Tombstones On The Wall Of All The Places That Were There Before It
#52
When Your Local Bar & Grill Understands Meme Culture
#53
Saw This Hanging In A Mexican Restaurant
#54
Great Advertising For A Bar
#55
This Bar Knows Me Too Well
#56
Spotted This Gem At My Local Pub
#57
A Bit Late, But I Work At A Mexican Restaurant. One Of The Tortilla Ladies (Who Doesn't Speak Much English) Made This For The New Year
#58
This Pub Is So Good
#59
Found This At A Pub I Was Working In
#60
Many People At This Irish Pub Walk Into The Wrong Restroom. I Wonder Why
#61
This Restaurant Has Celebrities Sign Head Shots And Put Them On The Wall. This One Piqued My Interest The Most
#62
This Sign I Found While Exiting A Bar
#63
Best Cafe In The United Kingdom
CultOfBambi 9 years ago
England and the United Kingdom are not the same thing. Picture it like a venn diagram if that helps. England is in the UK but the UK also includes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
#64
This New Cafe Opened In My Town, And I Noticed Something Funny About The Books They Had
Ana-Maria Dan 9 years ago
YES! Every public establishment should have something similar. God knows we're all tired of looking for that elusive power outlet.
#65
This Bar Serves Tetris Tots
#66
The Urinals At This Bar Have Mini Soccer Balls To Hit Into The Goal While You Pee
#67
This Was Posted Above The Urinal At My Local College Bar, It's True
Wanda Queen 9 years ago
I clearly remember being introduced to the internet during my junior year of college, and thinking "meh, that'll never take off". ;)
#68
Plaque Of Remembrance For A Regular At A Local Bar. My Hero
#69
This Sign On A Pub's Window
#70
I Saw This Clever Sign In A Pub In Dublin, Ireland
#71
My Sister Walked Into This Bar
#72
Found In A Bathroom In A Local Bar
#73
The Roof Of This Restaurant Is A Koi Pond
#74
This Disabled Parking Spot At A Local Bar Is Holding A Margarita
#75
Local Bar Posted This Picture. Sounds Like My Kind Of Party
#76
The Only Bar Near The St. Paddy's Parade Staging Area Was A Chinese Restaurant. This Was One Of The Bartenders
#77
I Was In A Bar In New Zealand And I Stumbled Across This Painting
#78
Truthful Sign In A Bar In Amsterdam
#80
This Bar In Brooklyn Will Give You An Entire Bottle Of Booze For Cutting Off Your Man Bun
Master Markus 9 years ago
Seriously. Long hair? No problem. High bun? F**k off. That's only acceptable for ballet dancers.
#81
Our Local Prison Opened A Cafe On Site To The Public Where The Inmates Make And Serve All The Food. I'm Surprised The Name Of The Cafe Got Approved
CultOfBambi 9 years ago
Such a good idea! They have done something similar in some prisons in the UK. It's great for teaching inmates useable skills and preparing them for integration back into the community.
#82
Lol At The Bathrooms Of This Bar
#83
Went To A Gay Bar With My Buddies, Got Stamped At The Door
Ana-Maria Dan 9 years ago
Just write "SWORDS' underneath with a black marker and BOOM instant conversation starter. You're welcome!
#84
No Smoking In This Cafe
Ged Maybury 9 years ago
Fair enough. Can't keep wasting the fire extinguishers on flaming idiots.
#85
Local Bar Cuts Up And Displays Fake ID's
#86
It's Final's Week And This Was Outside Of A Bar At My University
#87
In My Work Building Café Today
#88
In The Window Of The Bar I Went To Today
#89
The Back Door Of A Gay Bar In South Florida
#90
My Local Bar Hands These Out For Bar Patrons
#91
Our Beer At A Restaurant In Prague Was Delivered By A Miniature Train
#92
I Work In A Sushi Restaurant And I Brought In Goldfish Crackers To Share With Everyone. This Is What The Sushi Chef's Did With It
#93
Rain Bathroom Signs
#94
There's This Bike Repair Shop/Bar That Lets You Pedal A Bike For 15 Minutes To Energize The Building And Get $1 Off Your Beer
#95
Noticed This On My Receipt At The Bar Yesterday
#96
My Local Bar Speaks Truth
#97
The Toilet Signs In A Restaurant In Barcelona. Simple Yet Effective
#98
I Work In A Restaurant And This Is How I Plate Our Sausages, Always
#99
Laughed Pretty Good At This Sign I Saw At A Bar Today
#100
At A Cafe At My University
#101
This Restaurant Knows How It Works
#102
Breaking Bad Restaurant In Kuwait
Michel M. Prins 9 years ago
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#103
This Is The Tip Jar At The Bar I'm At
Master Markus 9 years ago
I would like to tip for "Physically incapable of giving less of a s**t".
#104
Where Do You Want To Eat?
#106
Saw This By The Entrance To My Local Irish Pub Last Night, Not Sure How I've Never Seen It Before
#107
Bar Decorates Their Tables With Seized Fake ID's
#108
Saw This Sign In A Bar Tonight
#109
A Friend Of Mine's Dad Owns A Bar, This Was His Sign One Day
#112
This Bar's Clock Is Backwards To Mess With Drunk People
Beth McFadden 9 years ago
Gives its wayward patrons an automatic excuse with their Significant Others when they come home in the middle of the night.
#113
The Glass Door At This Bar Has Had So Many Drunk People Walk Into It They Had To Put Up A Sign
#114
Saw This At My Local Bar
#115
Photo At The Best Local BBQ Restaurant
Susan Gardner 9 years ago
Yeah hard to please those who want "instant gratification" and then complain about it
#116
Thanks, Chinese Restaurant
Ristina Nielsen 9 years ago
In my circles, there is a tradition that fortune cookie texts implicitly are finished wit the words "in bed".
#118
This Cafe Is Investing In The Youth
#119
Spotted Outside A Bar In Minnesota
#120
One Of The Reasons My Neighborhood Bar Is Awesome
#121
The Booths At My Cousins Sports Bar Are Truck Beds
#122
Found In A Bar In Small Town Wisconsin
#123
The Inside Of This Ramen Bar Looks Like It's Outside
#124
Found In A Restaurant In D.c
#126
Saw This At A Local Pub Today
#127
Makes Sense. Smart Bar Owner
#128
Clementine Tower At A Restaurant
#129
At A Local Restaurant On The River In My Hometown
Janusz Karp 9 years ago
That's, sadly, rather true. Cigarette butts can pollute stupidly large amounts of water for how tiny they are.
#130
Why Aren't These In Every Bar And Restaurant
#131
Wifi Network Name At A Mexican Restaurant
#132
This Cafe Near Me Has Slightly Odd Business Hours
#133
This NYC Bar Tried To Hide Its Sanitation Grade
#134
Bar I'm At Has A Tesla Vs Edison Fighting Arcade Game. Loser Gets Shocked
#135
Posted In The Bathroom At My Local Bar
#136
British Bar Signs That Are Hilariously Inviting
#137
Went To A Mexican Restaurant In The City. They Know What's Up
#138
Gulu-Gulu Cafe Has The Most Relevant A-Frame Message In Massachusetts Right Now
#139
I Work At A Gay Bar And Miller Just Sent Us A New Sign
#141
Ordering At A Restaurant When Suddenly
#142
Contrary To The Sign, This Pub In Watford Was Brilliant
#143
The Bar I Was At Last Night Has Little Faith In It's Patrons
#144
Found This Poster In A Bar In Munich
#145
I Work In A Sushi Restaurant. My Boss Just Hung This Up
#146
This Bar Tells Me That LBJ Also Went To The Bathroom Here
#147
Well Crafted, Random Icelandic Bar
#148
My Favourite Restaurant Gave Me This Today For My Birthday
#149
English Pub Sign
#150
The Silverware At The Cafe Double As Wrenches
#152
This Cafe Uses Dinosaurs As Table Numbers
#154
Saw This At An Irish Bar Nearby
#155
Milkshakes From A Local Cafe
#156
Sign Outside A Pub In London
#157
Fucks Were In Short Supply At The Bar I Went To This Weekend
#160
Seen At A Local Greasy Spoon Cafe
#163
The Drinks Menu At My Local Bar
#164
A Sign Barring Donald Trump, Piers Morgan And Others At A Bar In York
#165
Found In My Local Bar. Geek Problems
Markus McCloud 9 years ago
Switch to Windows ME! It CRASHES so often, you'll need to install air bags! :D
#166
To Be Fair, It's A Really Good Name For A Gay Bar
Bluebird11 9 years ago
If they've gotten that many enquiries, maybe they should reconsider their target market.
#167
Sign Outside My Local Cafe
#168
I Ate At A Zombie-Themed Restaurant Today. I Thought This Was A Really Nice Touch
Zenozenobee 9 years ago
And just like that, I started the "Thriller" choregraphy ... my toddler is whatching me with concern
#169
A Bar We Have In Paris. Thought You Guys Might Like It
Zenozenobee 9 years ago
I think you miss the whole concept of bar. The name of the bar is a reference to the Simon Pegg movie "Last bar before the end of the World". If you check all the pictures, you'll realise those are all references to cinema, anime, Sci-Fi, TV-show, Fantasy.. I don't think that" V Like Vandetta" is "passé"(even if it doesn't really mean something in french in that case, we would use "dépassé")
#170
Looking For A Bar In A Random Vietnamese Town When Suddenly
#171
I Had Way Too Much Fun In The Bathroom At This Restaurant
#172
Found Outside A Restaurant In Auckland, New Zealand
#173
Hard Times Cafe In Minneapolis
#174
Found This In The Washroom Of A Restaurant. I'm Very Tempted To Turn It On
#175
A Sign That The Staff From Your Favourite Café Are Getting Too Familiar With You
#176
This Bar's Coasters Are Ring Sizers
#177
Our Local Bar Is Required To Serve Food As Part Of Their Liquor License
#178
New Year's Morning: About To Clean The Bathroom At The Bar I Work In
#180
Cup Sizes At A Cafe In Nashville
#182
My Local Chinese Restaurant Has A Good Sense Of Humor
#183
The Legend Is True. There's A Restaurant In Seattle That Compares The Size Of Its Burritos To Babies
#184
This Bar's Men's Room Emblem
#185
A Local Bar In San Diego Has Pat On The Bathroom Doors
#186
Toilet Signs In A Bar In Madrid
#187
Math. Not Even Once
#189
A Local Restaurant In Our Small Canadian Town Has The Rudest Fortune Cookies
#190
My Roommate Made This Chalkboard Sign For The Restaurant She Works At
#191
Sign For A Cat Cafe
#192
The Bathroom Walls In This Bar Are Decorated With Bottle Caps
#193
So The Stairs At A Bar I Went To Last Had The Rolling Credits To Star Wars Up The Stairs
CultOfBambi 9 years ago
Erm... is it just me or does that only work if you're walking downstairs, backwards? Great idea, poorly executed.
#194
The Bar I'm At Framed Some Graffiti
#195
This Restaurant Found Out How To Make Parents Watch Their Kids
#199
Coworker Scolding Underage Drinkers At Our Bar
#200
My Neighborhood Bar Has The Right Idea
Janet Martin 9 years ago
Yes, and please stop bringing it up every time I see you for the next year. I DON'T F*****G REMEMBER. And I like it that way.
#201
If Kids Ever Throw A Tantrum In My Restaurant This Is The Crayon Cup I Give Them With Their Coloring Sheet
#202
Saw This At A Local Restaurant, Thought You Might Like It
#203
This Morning At A Bondi Cafe
#205
My Favorite Bar Takes Old Lost Credit Cards And Turns Them Into Guitar Picks
Kerri Russ 9 years ago
I have that punch... very handy, though would be more so if I played the guitar.
#206
Table At Local Bar Has A Tile That Lifts Up To Reveal A Stash Of Hidden Notes
#207
The Restrooms In This German Café Are Disguised As A Wardrobe
#208
This Lock In The Men's Bathroom Stall At My Favorite Bar
#209
This Bar Makes A Plaque Every Time Someone Drinks A Pint Of Beer For 30 Days Straight
#211
Found This At My Local Cafe
#212
Apparently My University's Cafe Is A Happening Place. Too Bad I Missed The Boys
#218
The Floor In The Bathroom At This Bar Is Made From Pennies
#219
This Vending Machine In A Seattle Bar Has Only The Essentials
#220
You Make A Great Point, Bar Next To Where I Work
#221
I Work At A Mexican Restaurant. This Is On The Wall There
#222
This Indian Restaurant In Scotland Doesn't Mess Around
#223
Saw This Sign At A Cafe Near My Place
#227
A Sign In My Local Bar. This Is Why I Love 'Murica
#228
This Bar In A Colorado Mountain Town Takes The Guesswork Out Of Beer Prices
Christopher Burzell 9 years ago
Those should end in vertical lines, not arrows. Arrows indicate that the listed price continues beyond each arrow.
#231
Saw This At A Local Bar Today
#233
I Found Your Mom's Restaurant
#236
I Mentioned Black Friday Was My Favorite Day To The Cafe Guys. They Made My Omelet "Match My Attitude"
#237
Found At A Vietnamese Café
#238
Found This Gem Inside The Bathroom Of An Irish Pub In Denver
#239
These Bar Stools Are Made To Look Like Unicycles
#240
What A Great Bar!
Master Markus 9 years ago
How does this work? They knew the credit card was there but gave you this instead?
#241
This Bar Plays 90's Cartoons On Their TVs Every Night
#245
Beaumont, Texas Bar's Reaction To The Legalization Of Gay Marriage
#246
In The Bathroom At My Local Bar
Markus McCloud 9 years ago
I'm surprised someone was able to draw this at a bar. Quadratic graphing is hard enough to do SOBER!
#247
This Free Beer Coupon At The Local Pub. Only A Three Cost Card
#248
This Tapas Bar Gives Receipts In Little Treasure Boxes
Annemarie Elshout 9 years ago
Not very unique...seen it often in the netherlands and austria. Usually with some peppermints
#249
The Wall Of This Bar Is Covered With Credit Cards Forgotten By Drunkards Over The Years
#250
Bar Keep Said 8/10 People Didn't Get This
#251
This Was On A Placemat In A Bar In Dublin
#252
This Bar Has Solved The Gender Issue For Public Restrooms By Labeling The Rooms With "Squatters" And "Standers"
#253
The Bar I'm At Puts Little Plastic Animals On Top Of Their Cocktails
Zoran Ilić 7 years ago
Those are actually "ice packs", they contain water and when frozen they chill your drink without watering it down...
#254
Found In The Restroom Of A Korean Restaurant In Seoul
#255
Cool Bar With Giant Nes Projector Screen
#256
Indoor Fishing Bar In Seoul
#257
Instead Of The Traditional Lady's Leg Lamp This Bar In Minnesota Has A Prosthetic Leg Lamp
#259
Friend Of Mine Works At A Bar - Eerily Accurate
#260
We Found This Amazingly Named Bar In Bangkok, Thailand
#261
Found This Ad For A Chinese Restaurant In The Paper Today
#262
On The Wall Of My Local Gaming Cafe
#263
My Buddy Found A Great Cafe In Florida
#264
What A Great Special At This Cafe
#267
Saw This In My Local Pub Toilet
Dori Semenov 9 years ago
There must be a typo - it should read "Budweiser", "Coors", "Rolling Rock". It reminds me of that Monty Python joke about American Beers.... just sayin'
#268
Local Bar Streams Rwby And Rvb All Day For Monty
#269
The Beers At This Bar Are Sorted By Ascending Character Length
#272
Pissing Contest Found In My Local Bar
💖 Stacy Rae 💖 9 years ago
"Find out how long it takes you to fill a swimming pool" OF URINE!!!
#275
Saw This In A Cafe In Nice Today. It Pays To Be Polite
Nicole Holt 9 years ago
For non-French speakers: "One coffee" "One coffee, please" "Good day, one coffee, please"
#276
The Bar I Frequent Has 'Election Day' Shots
#277
A Girl At My College Cafe Is Creative In Telling People That They Cannot Use Their Meal Plans To Get Food After 6
#278
So A Local Restaurant Is Named "Sticky Fingers" And This One Time A Celebrity Came To Visit
#279
Bar Decorates Their Tables With Seized Fake Ids
Beth McFadden 9 years ago
Funny at its face, but there are home addresses on these, birthdates, etc. An excellent way to get someone's identity stolen.
#280
This Nutella Cafe In Bali
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Donna Brophy 9 years ago
Your comments were often funny, too. Thank you! 😊
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Kikari Grace 9 years ago
I don't drink (can't stand the taste of alchohol), but I still enjoyed these!
Donna Brophy 9 years ago
Your comments were often funny, too. Thank you! 😊
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I don't drink (can't stand the taste of alchohol), but I still enjoyed these!
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