I have measured out my life with matchbooks...

[frotz]

I went and dusted the bin of matchbooks by the woodstove. I don't think we actually finish them much.

Yankee Candle
Thunderbird Lodge (Canyon de Chelly)
Balloon (?)
Shur-fine, The Brand you can count on. (capitalization theirs)
Zula Cafe and Restaurant (NYC. sigh.)
Uncle Pete's Hickory Ribs (East Boston, then Revere, then not. sniff.)
Amsterdam Cafe (NYC)
Stash Cafe (Montreal)
Pizzeria Due (Chicago)
Wildwood Motel (Shelburne, NS)
Hotel du Quai Voltaire (Paris)
Patout's (LA (both kinds!))
Madonna Inn (SLO)
Rickie's (NYC)
Sidewalkers' "Home of the Maryland 'Crab-Bash'" (NYC)
Kublai's (HK)
Papenaux (no idea, but it's really really fancy; maybe Montreal?)
Periwinkles (Essex)
the common man (NH)
Howard Johnson Plaza - Hotel
Peppermill (it mentions Reno, though I could swear it's from the restaurant in Las Vegas)
the old spaghetti factory (Vancouver)
Park Plaza (no, actually the one in Las Vegas)
Diva Indian Bistro (Somerville)
Chez Flamingo (Montreal)
Shiroi Hana (Philadelphia)
La Casa Del Zorro (Borrego Springs)

PS: Wikipedia has a "Defunct Restaurants of New York City" category! Who knew?

Comments

[ex_bel786]

I was all, "You've been to Slovenia? Cool!" then Google set me straight.

I have not been to any of the places on your list, although I have owned a Yankee Candle.

[frotz]

I haven't even been to all of these places, but I decided the collection had a weird coherence of its own.

Either that or I'm just silly sometimes.