Best New Restaurant Name of 2008: Fightin’ Cock Roaster

I can only imagine the questions and snickers that the servers at Jon Davis’s new “equatorial” restaurant in Magnolia will be getting for years to come.

Seattle Weekly’s Voracious got the scoop–Davis managed the very popular Jai Thai chain for years, but he decided to turn in the hectic life of a Thai restaurant operator for a simpler, smaller joint specializing in to-go orders. The salacious name was inspired by Davis’s travels around the equator, where cock-fighting is sadly quite popular (he claims he randomly picked the name because, well, he had to pick something). Thus far, no cock will be finding its way into the food, which include a wide range of cuisines and their dishes, like pulled-pork sandwiches and various iterations of rice and beans.

Sounds like this place might have a fighting chance. Although I have to wonder how much more successful a place called Fightin’ Cock Roaster could be if it were located, say, on the Ave?

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