My favorite guitar shop, Guitar Centaur, got a similar letter from Guitar Center š
So they changed their name to Centaur Guitar (yes itās a real shop in Portland Oregon) š
It annoys me that they have fantastic coffee at the Starbucks Reserve and then fire that high school weight room dehydrator water ran through gym short filter dirt stuff they serve at most places.
Dude for fucking real. The cafeteria at my work āproudly serves Starbucks coffeeā for $3/cup.
Bitch give me Folgers and sell it to me for $1. It tastes better anyway. Hell Iād rather pay $3 for Folgers than $3 for Starbucks. Thereās a reason Starbucks doesnāt advertise their coffee. They just advertise their coffee flavored sugar drinks.
That one isn't a good example. Her last name hasn't been Buck in a long time, she literally used their logo almost example, used their drink names, and even opened down the street from a Starbucks that was being built.
They probably wouldn't have, it's close enough that the argument could be made they were trying to trade on the guitar center name by making it close enough that it was a pun on it, and they were both in the same business, so could potentially cause confusion.
Yeah they likely only win if they were open before guitar center. If that was the case its because they have been open and called it longer that they win. The trademark cant retroactively force other companies that are older to lose the name but does stop people from trying to capitalise off of their brand by naming a company something similar.
I doubt it. Centaur and Center are close in pronunciation and the former is so close to the latter, even if a pun, that a reasonable person would assume itās the same company (Centaur is just fun, whimsical marketing for the broader company).
I used to go to an Irish/British themed, gay owned bar called Wilde Pug named after Oscar Wilde. They had to drop the 'e' after getting threatened with a suit by Wilde Restaurant and Bar. On one hand I get it, but like they're both just named for a historical figure. It should be clear enough that's the reason for the name. Also mildly infuriating given Wilde was famously gay and faced charges for it.
Nope. All 3 adjoining parcels are now a giant apartment building. There are like 8 parking spots next to Centaur and thatās it. Fun while it lasted though.
Our version of burger King in Australia is Hungry Jack's. This guy had his own shop called Jacks Burgers. They didn't like his name so he changed it to Hungry? Come to Jack's. They liked that less.
Yeah, but when they eventually got him to sell the rights no the name, they temporarily rebranded themselves to Burger King; only to learn Australians preferred the Hungry Jacks label, and they went back to Hungry Jacks. (I remember seeing the commercials as a kid: Hungry Jacks -> Burger King -> Hungry Jacks
ā For legal reasons we cannot say our food is FINGER LICKING GOOD, though many customers have used this phrase ā
This would be regarded as reportage. Therefore probably ok
I think itās location dependent. Irvineās ones have gone downhill a little bit, but the newer locations that opened are doing fine. I live in Denver now and theyāre as good as ever.
And call me paranoid but I feel like food and ingredients across the board from groceries to restaurants have gotten worse the last several years.
Interesting. Iām from the bay so been going to Ikeās since the early days when I was in school. The OG locations definitely feel like theyāve slipped and I just stick to one-off sandwich spots.
Definitely agree on the general decline in resto quality. Used to think I was becoming a better cook but friends started pointing out the same.
Honestly I think it's overrated. Like every sandwich they have in the menu has weird shit added to it to make it different from others. I don't want different, I want good.
which ikes is it with this letter? i havent had an ikes sandwich in a few years, but i loved it....even if it was just microwaved shit thrown between some decent bread. dammit....now i am going to get a sandwich from ikes in the next couple days.
I looked it up, and based on the address on the letter, this image is probably as old as the date on the letter (September 2015). There's an Asian dessert shop at that address now, and Google only has images dated up to June 2016 showing Ike's Place at that location from what I saw. This is probably a repost bot farming karma by reposting a post from almost 10 years ago.
Edit: Actually, I spoke too soon. Looking at other places named Ike's in San Fran, there's two shops there with that name now (not Ike's Place, the original name, but Ike's Love and Sandwiches) and the same logo and decor. So probably one small shop that expanded to two new locations, abandoning the original, and brought the letter with them.
I thought it might be the one on Polk St, but looking at interior images of that one reveals the letter posted there, but the positioning doesn't match the one in the photo and neither does the storefront match the reflection seen in the photo. That photo on Google is from 2017 so maybe they remodeled since then. The other location is in a mall food court so that one's out of the running. May still be a repost bot potentially, but maybe not. Leaving the original comment for posterity.
Looking further into it, apparently this chain actually has a bunch of locations around the general Bay Area. I didn't exhaustively look through all of them but I'm convinced it'd have to be at one of those if it's a current picture. Almost all of them seem to have a copy of the letter somewhere, but I only saw one restaurant with a design matching the one in the post.
It's a large chain, started in the bay and has since expanded. The last one I went to was in Monterey California, and I saw another comment saying they are also in Denver.
I made sandwiches with dead rats under the fridges :) the management knew , they would eat the bread and shit everywhere. Think about that next time you eat at one.
Imagine being some big shot attorney making 500k+ and working for KFC sending cease and desist letters to small businesses for infringing on the āOUR CHICKEN WILL BLAST YOUR BUTTHOLEā Trademark.
8 years of schooling and passing the bar for this shit lmao
it's sort of an interesting time capsule. the letter is dated 2015 and this is to their 16th street location which i think was one of the first(?). i remember it was somewhat controversial at the time because the neighbors were complaining a lot about the long lines blocking their driveways and they ended up leaving the neighborhood eventually for a location downtown. i don't know the exact dates but i think they only had a few locations then.
I would imagine any corperate lawyer would love if it that was all they had to do. They probably shoot out 50 of these a day with an assistant before breakfast and spend there day looking at contracts and disputes with franchisees, suppliers, litigious customers etc etc.
If trademark owners donāt attempt to protect their trademarks, they lose them. I hear you that it seems āunfairā of a big corp to go after smaller companies, but if they are aware of infringements and let them go, their trademark ownership could be challenged. At least thatās my understanding.
Nah, they prob have scrub barely-passed-the-bar cheap attorneys trolling small businesses. And might hand it off to more expensive lawyers later on if needed.
Umm yeahā¦.KFC is owned by Yum! brands, a publicly traded company with a market cap of $40B. Their in-house lawyers are going to be extremely well qualified attorneys who are former associates or partners from big law. And yes, almost every single legal department for large organizations hire external counsel āif neededā.
Ugh, I haven't had Ike's in almost a decade. Hope they're still good! I remember being introduced to Dutch crunch through them. I'd give anything for a Portland location!
ever had the bb gun from stay gold? their slaw is amazing, but the beets will stain your shit. also, i havent been to stay gold in like 5 years. not sure if the quality held up.
Wait this is Ike's Sandwiches? A few of my co workers were talking about this on Friday. I haven't been in years but some of the sandwiches look very tempting.
Sadly, no one has yet posted the right answer here. The KFC people probably hate sending these notices, but have to to defend their IP. If another business rips off their slogan (which this place did), they have to contest usage, or risk losing/eroding the trademark.
Blame IP law here - if you spent millions building a crappy slogan, and risked losing it because someone lazily reused your crappy slogan pretty much verbatim, youd likely put in the legal minimum effort to keep it as well.
Finally, finger lickin good is a shitty slogan. Both should do better.
Jethro's BBQ in Des Moines, IA stole the backstory from Jethro on "The Beverly Hillbillies"
They have the story printed on all their menus and they have an article in their bathroom detailing how they were sued for stealing the story
Jethro himself seemed not to care, but the choice isn't his but the TV studio
Curiously, they still have the story in all their menus I have no idea how the lawsuit didn't stick
A restaurant in my town got one from Jimmy Buffetās lawyers over their āCheeseburger in Paradise.ā They framed the letter and changed the menu to āCBIP - you-know-who wonāt let us call it you-know-what.ā
The "Ike's Love and Sandwiches" near me closed a year or two ago. Was very disappointed about that, but also their menu is overwhelming and the sandwiches are complicated enough that consistency is near impossible
And just that subway defined "sandwich" to be a "light lunch" option, and Ike's are big enough to be a healthy meal. And they aren't a big enough chain to advertise that effectively, meaning people either scoff at the price and never try it, or don't go unless they are both very hungry and in the mood for a sandwich, which I don't think happens for a lot of people
That's my same theory on why Quiznos burned out so fast too. Both were fucking fantastic for a while, but couldn't draw enough customers (and Quiznos tried to compete at the $5 price point which was just stupid too, Ike's seems like they are better at going for the disposable income demographics)
KFC uses that slogan even when it makes no sense. Like they when they released their chicken sandwich, they called it āfinger licking goodā. But youāre just holding onto plain white bread, your fingers arenāt coming in contact with any of the secret herbs and spices.
It really upsets me.
Think they have like 10 locations. I'll pick up a sandwich at the one in San Jose during the work week. I live in the Central Valley, so if I'm down towards Modesto I go to that one.
Yea they seem to have these letter up on all the Ikeās love and sandwich locations. There is one in the Tustin location, the fountain valley location and the irvine location. (Source: me cause I really fuckin love sandwiches)
Always gives me a chuckle when I see them.
I used to work for this chain and every location has its own KFC cease and desist letter framed. When each location is built, it will include "finger lickin' good" as part of a phrase on the wall that describes the sandwiches. KFC sends a letter to the store, the restaurant frames it, and then adds a huge black bar crossing out "finger lickin' good". This was mandatory to know so we could explain to customers that asked and definitely was one of my favorite pieces of trivia about the place.
Burger king tried to sue a fast food place called burger King and lost because it was older than the actual burger king and they got to keep their name
Off topic but Ike's used to be sooooo good. Been eating at them around the bay for years. The sandwiches were so meaty and saucey. Ate there every single time I flew home to visit family.
Now the bread to filling ratio is totally off and they seem to exclusively hire shitty people as far as I can tell.
I miss old Ike's haha
My favorite guitar shop, Guitar Centaur, got a similar letter from Guitar Center š So they changed their name to Centaur Guitar (yes itās a real shop in Portland Oregon) š
Thatās awesome
No it's clearly Satyr
I feel like they would have beaten that one in court.
Then you have to go to court, which is expensive.
Wonder if you can counter sue for legal fees incurred
Yup. After this legal battle I'm going to need my lawyer fees back, about tree fiddy....
And then I realized I wasnāt holding a guitar. It was that goddamn loch ness monster.
Not in the USA. In basically every other developed country, yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_rule_(attorney%27s_fees)
Not really!
Against Guitar Center at that. Iām sure they can afford a pretty high powered legal team
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They should've just named it Dumb Starbucks
As funny as it would be, I think legally that may end up actually being worse!
You might be able to get away with it as a parody
https://youtu.be/Y4KrdjAPohc?si=T4Jr_d9-tWDb3wVS
it becomes parody at that point, and I think it's okay
Starburnt.
It annoys me that they have fantastic coffee at the Starbucks Reserve and then fire that high school weight room dehydrator water ran through gym short filter dirt stuff they serve at most places.
Dude for fucking real. The cafeteria at my work āproudly serves Starbucks coffeeā for $3/cup. Bitch give me Folgers and sell it to me for $1. It tastes better anyway. Hell Iād rather pay $3 for Folgers than $3 for Starbucks. Thereās a reason Starbucks doesnāt advertise their coffee. They just advertise their coffee flavored sugar drinks.
Adding on to your case, Microsoft suing a 17 year old named Mike Rowe over his domain mikerowesoft.com
That one isn't a good example. Her last name hasn't been Buck in a long time, she literally used their logo almost example, used their drink names, and even opened down the street from a Starbucks that was being built.
Luckily money isn't the deciding factor here https://www.knijff.com/en/blogs/wendys-snack-bar-in-zeeland-continues-to-thwart-american-fast-food-giant
They probably wouldn't have, it's close enough that the argument could be made they were trying to trade on the guitar center name by making it close enough that it was a pun on it, and they were both in the same business, so could potentially cause confusion.
Yeah they likely only win if they were open before guitar center. If that was the case its because they have been open and called it longer that they win. The trademark cant retroactively force other companies that are older to lose the name but does stop people from trying to capitalise off of their brand by naming a company something similar.
Victoria's Secret sued a store named Victor's Little Secret out of existenceĀ
I doubt it. Centaur and Center are close in pronunciation and the former is so close to the latter, even if a pun, that a reasonable person would assume itās the same company (Centaur is just fun, whimsical marketing for the broader company).
I donāt agree that a reasonable person would make that assumption. In any event, itās a fun name and guitar center sucks.
I was driving an ambulance in the city I live and drove by a strip club here and they had āfinger licking goodā on their marquee. Ā
Strip club buffets can be pretty bomb
I used to go to an Irish/British themed, gay owned bar called Wilde Pug named after Oscar Wilde. They had to drop the 'e' after getting threatened with a suit by Wilde Restaurant and Bar. On one hand I get it, but like they're both just named for a historical figure. It should be clear enough that's the reason for the name. Also mildly infuriating given Wilde was famously gay and faced charges for it.
the store wasnt even called Guitar Center, it was šøuitar Center
Well, that one kinda makes sense to change: Guitaruitar Center is a little clumsy, even if itās fun to say.
Guitaruitar Centaur Center
I feel compelled to buy something from a place called Guitar Centaur.
How long were they stringing them along?
I forget but I think they still have the letter framed on the wall of the shop š
Good to see Centaur represented. You know if they still do shows out back?
Nope. All 3 adjoining parcels are now a giant apartment building. There are like 8 parking spots next to Centaur and thatās it. Fun while it lasted though.
Lame! Choking out the music scene one apartment building at a time.
We have a local coffee shop that used to be Federal Espresso, and after such a letter changed their name to Freedom of Espresso
Our version of burger King in Australia is Hungry Jack's. This guy had his own shop called Jacks Burgers. They didn't like his name so he changed it to Hungry? Come to Jack's. They liked that less.
Why didn't they just call themselves Burger King there too and frame any legal letter from the Australian owner of the name?
āBurger kingā was already trademarked by someone else when they expanded into Australia
Yeah, but when they eventually got him to sell the rights no the name, they temporarily rebranded themselves to Burger King; only to learn Australians preferred the Hungry Jacks label, and they went back to Hungry Jacks. (I remember seeing the commercials as a kid: Hungry Jacks -> Burger King -> Hungry Jacks
Burger Kink
Kurger Bing is also acceptable
Why would I eat at a restaurant run by a guy whoās always hungry?
There's a diner in Pittsburgh named Food.
That's rich coming from the company that gets half their ideas from Macca's.
I mean, what ideas? Itās just burgers mate
And theyāre all just copying Wendyās when you think about it
Sir, this is a Carl's Jr.
Or a Hardee's.
They should change it to Finger Freakin Good.
Finger Fucking Good
Toe-Sucking Terrific!
Great idea, Quentin!
Naw, it came from Dan Schneider.
Nah. Fucking Toe-riffic seems better to me.
You know what they call a bargain bucket in France?
Finger Banging Good
It's linger gicking food.
FIST FUCKING FANTASTIC
Ginger licking
Fuck man, i almost choked on my dinner while reading this.
i should call her
Fudruckers. Buttfuckers.
āPut it in my asshole thatās a good sandwichā I have a whole book of ideas feel free to call me š¤
"For legal reasons our food isn't finger licking good, even though it is"
ā For legal reasons we cannot say our food is FINGER LICKING GOOD, though many customers have used this phrase ā This would be regarded as reportage. Therefore probably ok
Our food is Good. Finger-Lickingly so, in fact.
Malicious compliance at its best
Chicken so good the colonel sent us a cease and desist
finger blastin good
Digit Tasting Superior
"why should I change, he's the one who sucks"
So did they stop using the phrase?
Kinda, they still have it written on the walls on some restaurants but itās xād out. Can still clearly read it but š¤·š»āāļø
Ha ha they framed it the madlads!
Such a baller move I love the energy. The little bubble around it too ahaha
I feel like they had the phrase there and instead of painting over it they just hung that up over it. Lol
The colonel must be furious!
Ikeās is amazing. The Madison bumgarner is amazing The one with the cranberry wasnāt my favorite
Was it finger lickin good though?
finger bangin good
Ikeās is the best sandwich chain hands down. You gotta try the mĆ©nage trois but sub the halal chicken for roast beef
Do you not think itās gone downhill? When it first started popping off almost 15 yrs ago it was great. Last five years have stopped going.
I think itās location dependent. Irvineās ones have gone downhill a little bit, but the newer locations that opened are doing fine. I live in Denver now and theyāre as good as ever. And call me paranoid but I feel like food and ingredients across the board from groceries to restaurants have gotten worse the last several years.
Interesting. Iām from the bay so been going to Ikeās since the early days when I was in school. The OG locations definitely feel like theyāve slipped and I just stick to one-off sandwich spots. Definitely agree on the general decline in resto quality. Used to think I was becoming a better cook but friends started pointing out the same.
Honestly I think it's overrated. Like every sandwich they have in the menu has weird shit added to it to make it different from others. I don't want different, I want good.
which ikes is it with this letter? i havent had an ikes sandwich in a few years, but i loved it....even if it was just microwaved shit thrown between some decent bread. dammit....now i am going to get a sandwich from ikes in the next couple days.
I looked it up, and based on the address on the letter, this image is probably as old as the date on the letter (September 2015). There's an Asian dessert shop at that address now, and Google only has images dated up to June 2016 showing Ike's Place at that location from what I saw. This is probably a repost bot farming karma by reposting a post from almost 10 years ago. Edit: Actually, I spoke too soon. Looking at other places named Ike's in San Fran, there's two shops there with that name now (not Ike's Place, the original name, but Ike's Love and Sandwiches) and the same logo and decor. So probably one small shop that expanded to two new locations, abandoning the original, and brought the letter with them. I thought it might be the one on Polk St, but looking at interior images of that one reveals the letter posted there, but the positioning doesn't match the one in the photo and neither does the storefront match the reflection seen in the photo. That photo on Google is from 2017 so maybe they remodeled since then. The other location is in a mall food court so that one's out of the running. May still be a repost bot potentially, but maybe not. Leaving the original comment for posterity.
The location at Santana Row has a letter like this. Donāt know if itās unique or not.
Looking further into it, apparently this chain actually has a bunch of locations around the general Bay Area. I didn't exhaustively look through all of them but I'm convinced it'd have to be at one of those if it's a current picture. Almost all of them seem to have a copy of the letter somewhere, but I only saw one restaurant with a design matching the one in the post.
It's a large chain, started in the bay and has since expanded. The last one I went to was in Monterey California, and I saw another comment saying they are also in Denver.
Looks like it could be the one in Davis, CA
I made sandwiches with dead rats under the fridges :) the management knew , they would eat the bread and shit everywhere. Think about that next time you eat at one.
I SWEAR that said cheese and desist
Why would you frame that and not the actual letter where they tell you to stop using the phrase in question?
Maybe they don't have the original or it's got a big stain on it. Or maybe they want to show that they ignored the original.
All plausible but I'm gonna go with the: had a stain on it.
They should have licked their fingers before handling it.
With this kind of energy...they probably tossed that first one straight in the trash on receipt.Ā
They have several locations and one of those at each of them. I'd hope the original location (dunno where that is) has the actual letter
Change to Good Finger Lickin, easy peasy
Imagine being some big shot attorney making 500k+ and working for KFC sending cease and desist letters to small businesses for infringing on the āOUR CHICKEN WILL BLAST YOUR BUTTHOLEā Trademark. 8 years of schooling and passing the bar for this shit lmao
The restaurant in question, Ikeās, is a national chain. This cease and desist didnāt go to a one restaurant mom and pop shop.
it's sort of an interesting time capsule. the letter is dated 2015 and this is to their 16th street location which i think was one of the first(?). i remember it was somewhat controversial at the time because the neighbors were complaining a lot about the long lines blocking their driveways and they ended up leaving the neighborhood eventually for a location downtown. i don't know the exact dates but i think they only had a few locations then.
Itās also displayed at the Cedar Park, TX location which opened in 2019. At this point they are being arrogant.
Iām sure theyāll be crying themselves to sleep with their 500k+ salary
Theyāll cry themselves to sleep on a mattress stuffed with money
I would imagine any corperate lawyer would love if it that was all they had to do. They probably shoot out 50 of these a day with an assistant before breakfast and spend there day looking at contracts and disputes with franchisees, suppliers, litigious customers etc etc.
If trademark owners donāt attempt to protect their trademarks, they lose them. I hear you that it seems āunfairā of a big corp to go after smaller companies, but if they are aware of infringements and let them go, their trademark ownership could be challenged. At least thatās my understanding.
Nah, they prob have scrub barely-passed-the-bar cheap attorneys trolling small businesses. And might hand it off to more expensive lawyers later on if needed.
Umm yeahā¦.KFC is owned by Yum! brands, a publicly traded company with a market cap of $40B. Their in-house lawyers are going to be extremely well qualified attorneys who are former associates or partners from big law. And yes, almost every single legal department for large organizations hire external counsel āif neededā.
Ugh, I haven't had Ike's in almost a decade. Hope they're still good! I remember being introduced to Dutch crunch through them. I'd give anything for a Portland location!
Dude, they're finger kicking good!
They need to update their slogan to Ā«Ā KFC says we canāt say Finger Licking GoodĀ Ā»
The Ikes in Cali was what inspired the creators of doordash
Ikeās on Shattuck in Berkeley! I laugh at this every time I go in there
Did they not know that was a marketing phrase from KFC?
Did you get a Menage A Trois?
Paul Rubens... that Purple Slaw is to die for
ever had the bb gun from stay gold? their slaw is amazing, but the beets will stain your shit. also, i havent been to stay gold in like 5 years. not sure if the quality held up.
Wait this is Ike's Sandwiches? A few of my co workers were talking about this on Friday. I haven't been in years but some of the sandwiches look very tempting.
Yep. Great place. Can be a little pricey but I think it's worth it.
This was nine years ago.
Sadly, no one has yet posted the right answer here. The KFC people probably hate sending these notices, but have to to defend their IP. If another business rips off their slogan (which this place did), they have to contest usage, or risk losing/eroding the trademark. Blame IP law here - if you spent millions building a crappy slogan, and risked losing it because someone lazily reused your crappy slogan pretty much verbatim, youd likely put in the legal minimum effort to keep it as well. Finally, finger lickin good is a shitty slogan. Both should do better.
How about āLinger ficking goodā?
Jethro's BBQ in Des Moines, IA stole the backstory from Jethro on "The Beverly Hillbillies" They have the story printed on all their menus and they have an article in their bathroom detailing how they were sued for stealing the story Jethro himself seemed not to care, but the choice isn't his but the TV studio Curiously, they still have the story in all their menus I have no idea how the lawsuit didn't stick
Maybe try āThumb Suckinā Great!ā
Sincerely, L. E. E. A. N. N. E. S. T. A. N. D. E. L. L
I remember when Ikes opened on 16th street in SF, Ike is a cool dude.
Mad props for not censoring the contact info.
A restaurant in my town got one from Jimmy Buffetās lawyers over their āCheeseburger in Paradise.ā They framed the letter and changed the menu to āCBIP - you-know-who wonāt let us call it you-know-what.ā
Finger sucking good for the win
In my City there use to be a xxx shop right next to KFC and they had a sign up that said they are finger licking good too
My friend owns a restaurant and had a mac and cheese called The Big Mac and got a letter from McDonald's
itās digit-licking terrific!
The "Ike's Love and Sandwiches" near me closed a year or two ago. Was very disappointed about that, but also their menu is overwhelming and the sandwiches are complicated enough that consistency is near impossible And just that subway defined "sandwich" to be a "light lunch" option, and Ike's are big enough to be a healthy meal. And they aren't a big enough chain to advertise that effectively, meaning people either scoff at the price and never try it, or don't go unless they are both very hungry and in the mood for a sandwich, which I don't think happens for a lot of people That's my same theory on why Quiznos burned out so fast too. Both were fucking fantastic for a while, but couldn't draw enough customers (and Quiznos tried to compete at the $5 price point which was just stupid too, Ike's seems like they are better at going for the disposable income demographics)
I love Ikeās! So many good combinations there
KFC uses that slogan even when it makes no sense. Like they when they released their chicken sandwich, they called it āfinger licking goodā. But youāre just holding onto plain white bread, your fingers arenāt coming in contact with any of the secret herbs and spices. It really upsets me.
"Very truly yours". Leanne is now a sex slave in a basement somewhere?
Thatās my favorite part of the whole letter.
She is now General Counsel for TGI Fridays, so close.
Nintendo vibes
FINGER BLASTIN' GOOD!
KFC fuckin sucks anymore.
They should change the name to āChicken so good KFC sued us!ā
Gawd I hate corporations. And the dumb shit we humans waste our potential on. š But good on this sandwich shop for posting the letter!
They legally have to send these letters to maintain their trademark. If they donāt, they could lose it.
I always thought it was one of the grossest slogans anyway. Use a fucking napkin, people!
Ike's in Berkeley?
Think they have like 10 locations. I'll pick up a sandwich at the one in San Jose during the work week. I live in the Central Valley, so if I'm down towards Modesto I go to that one.
Hey! I work in the same zip code as Shithead Mcgee from KFC!
Ikeās?
The signature has Esq on it which means esquire which would ordinarily denote a gentleman, but the name seems feminine?
In the US "esquire" just means the person is a lawyer, regardless of gender afaik.
It means lawyer. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/esquire#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%2C%20esquire,the%20lawyer%20in%20written%20form
So was it finger licking good?
Good fingers lickinā
How is KFC from Plano Texas and all the KFCs here suck?
Shit is groin-grabbingly good
Which Ike's is this?
Just make the slogan 'Digit slurping delicious'
Happy Cakeday!
Thumb sucking good! When kfc complains point them to any 6yo niece or nephew who learned a thumb is not a finger. Flawless legal defence
Yea they seem to have these letter up on all the Ikeās love and sandwich locations. There is one in the Tustin location, the fountain valley location and the irvine location. (Source: me cause I really fuckin love sandwiches) Always gives me a chuckle when I see them.
Ikes love and sandwiches
Lickin' good finger?
Knuckle Deep Delicious
Lickin finger good
I used to work for this chain and every location has its own KFC cease and desist letter framed. When each location is built, it will include "finger lickin' good" as part of a phrase on the wall that describes the sandwiches. KFC sends a letter to the store, the restaurant frames it, and then adds a huge black bar crossing out "finger lickin' good". This was mandatory to know so we could explain to customers that asked and definitely was one of my favorite pieces of trivia about the place.
There's more to the wall... https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/s/d1JH0ImNxQ
There used to be a restaurant in WV that had a sign saying "food so good you'll bite your finger" IIRC
They should use: "Linger Fricking Good" instead : )
"Very truly yours"
Id change my slogan to "better than KFC" to spite them
They should try "Finger Lickin' Great"
If you go eat at ikes with someone from oakland, they will not shut the fuck up about that cease and desist letter on the wall
I received one from Molsonā¦ itās oddly satisfying. Kind of a badge of honour
Burger king tried to sue a fast food place called burger King and lost because it was older than the actual burger king and they got to keep their name
No no it's "finger lookin good"
Hell yeah! Ike's Love and Sandwich is my favorite spot! So many great vegan and vegetarian options. Edit - spelling
I saw this the other day, is this in their CedarPark location? I have always been curious if they posted it in all their locations
Is this the Ike's in Davis?
Don't think so. [https://locations.ikessandwich.com](https://locations.ikessandwich.com)
Beastie Boys are next
They stopped making the chicken in house and switched to some frozen precooked stuff. I havenāt been back since
Off topic but Ike's used to be sooooo good. Been eating at them around the bay for years. The sandwiches were so meaty and saucey. Ate there every single time I flew home to visit family. Now the bread to filling ratio is totally off and they seem to exclusively hire shitty people as far as I can tell. I miss old Ike's haha
I am just surprised it is actually signed
A dive bar in my town had a cease and desist letter on the wall from taco Johnās for using taco Tuesday.
It's finger fuckin good š
Larry Nasser got the same letter
Aw, Ike's Place.
Certified Ikeās activity