25 Fictional Restaurants We Want To Eat At

The animated Fox series Bob's Burgers just might be the most unappetizing show on television. In the show's first season, the fictional Belcher family's self-owned and operated burger joint managed to rack up health code violations for everything from cannibalism to pubic hair, but that hasn't dettered us from craving the cartoon's expedient return.

This Sunday, at 8:30 p.m. EST, Bob and his dysfunctional eatery will be back for a second season of culinary blunders. In the meantime, to help you work up an appetite for another serving of Bob's Burgers, we found the fictional eateries that have managed to both entertain and entice us with their fictional fare over the years.

Because, really, you can get a burger anywhere, but no piece of grub is ever more alluring than the one between the hands of imaginary person in a restaurant that doesn't exist. Get ready for some intense hunger pains as we salute 25 Fictional Restaurants We Want To Eat At.

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A Big Mic, much like the real-life Big Mac, has two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions. But a Big Mic has no sesame seeds. And, conversely, McDonalds has golden arches, but McDowell's? They serve their delicately deep-fried fare under goldens arcs.

These may seem like subtle differences, but there's a fine line between good and exceptional, and McDowells has managed to make the crossover. Plus, their employees wear berets! How Parisian!

Chain restaurants are typically devoid of pleasure, but the staff at Shenanigans makes it look like such a blast! Well, except for that dour, perma-PMS-ing waitress Naomi (Alanna Ubach).

We would skip the mashed potatoes (who knows where they've been and how many testicles they've encountered) and pretend it's our birthday so we could snag the free dessert; that way, Anna Faris can sing her off-key diddy to us. After hours, we'd party with the dysfunctional staff and and shamelessly flirt with the underage hostess. Watch your back, Monty!

Forget Plasticville, and Homelessville—Omeletteville is where it's at. The competition at Benny's may be serving up Rootin' Tootin' Fresh 'n Fruitin', but Justin Timberlake knows how to make jack-and-cheese eggs sound far more enticing with his breakfast-themed remix to "Who Let The Dogs Out."

There's a 45-minute wait, and we know why: Everyone is bringing it on down to Omletteville, and we'll be damned if we don't follow them.

Very few drive-thru establishments can serve up adultery and quiet rage, but Mr. Smiley's has got a surplus of those extra-special menu items. Lester's (Kevin Spacey) wife rolls through for a double smiley sandwich, curly fries and a vanilla shake (while making out with The Real Estate King), but we'd opt for the beef-and-cheese pot pie on a stick and a side of Spacey's ironic delivery of "Smile! You're at Mr. Smiley's" to wash it all down.

Who knows how many break-ups and make-ups The Max has seen. This after-school '80s mecca for the kids of Bayside High is home to the booth where Zack and Kelly Kapowski's saga of love unfolded, and the linoleum floors that hosted Screech's awkward dance moves ("The Sprain", anyone?).

Our real reason for wanting in, though? This joint is run by a magician. Quick, Max, save Jesse from becoming a stripper in Showgirls before it's too late!

We'll be honest: Regardless of what KFC knock-off Chokey Chicken is serving up, the Rocko's Modern Life restuarant merits inclusion based on its name alone. It was a bold move for Nickelodeon, a children's network, to name the main hangout of Rocko, Heffer, and Filburt after a euphemism for masturbation, and an even bolder move to keep the clever logo for four whole seasons before changing it to the more innocuous Chewy Chicken.

Aside from discreet dirty jokes, Chokey Chicken also gets points for shamelessly serving up cannibal fare and prompting Hefer to scream an awesome Soylent Green reference ("Chokey Chicken is people! It's people!").

Chotchkies serves up unexceptional chain food, but they do it with flair! Fifteen pieces minimum, to be exact. Or as condescending manager Stan smugly puts it, "People can get a cheeseburger anywhere. They come to Chotchkies for the atmosphere and the attitude. That's what the flair's about. It's about fun!"

Well, we don't know about all that. We'd skip the enforced enthusiam and pass on the pizza shooters, shrimp poppers and extreme fajitas, and just drop by to see a young and sassy Jen Aniston flip off her boss.

McLaren's is a typical Irish pub with familiar patrons who frequent the booth near the bar and order fried appetizers (from 11 different options, no less) over shots and pints. But the similar Irish bar on our block isn't frequented by Neil Patrick Harris, whose character, Barney, seems like he would be an infallable wingman. And we don't have a bartender as cool Carl (Joe Nieves).

Plus, according to Lily (Alyson Hannigan), the burgers are pretty good: "It's like Christmas in my mouth—meat Christmas." Which, of course, is what people have always really wanted from Santa Claus.

Krusty Burger, like most fast food joints, isn't exactly what you would call wholesome. Rather than trying to hide this fact by serving up parfaits and wilted salads, the Springfield eatery embraces its unhealthy image by employing a drug-addled clown, Krusty, as its mascot and serving the aptly-named Clogger, a pork sandwhich that promises the satisfaction that can only come from sky-high HDLs.

Sure, Krusty's burgers are "the unhealthiest fast-food item in the world,” and are made with recycled leftover meat, but they're "deep fried with love" and pair perfectly with a Partially Gelatinated Nondairy Gum-Based Beverage. Clearly, the latter is far more important when choosing a restaurant.

Roseanne's scrappy upstart The Lanford Lunchbox was based on the slighty-strange premise of selling loose meat sandwiches. We're not sure exactly what that entails (turkey by the slice, perhaps?) but, regardless, the cold cuts could never be as appealing as getting to hear Roseanne's freshly concocted sarcasm at work.

If Monk's was in our neighborhood (the real Monks, not just the facade of Tom's restaurant the show used), we'd regularly drop by for a crappy cup of burnt diner coffee. According to Elaine (Julia Louis Dreyfus), chef Larry can't even make an an egg white omelette anyway, so we wouldn't really be missing out.

Instead, we'd eavesdrop on George's lame (yet sometimes effective) attempts to flirt with heavy-breasted waitresses, Jerry's frequently voiced pet peeves and Elaine's often irrational outbursts. Could there be a better way to waste an afternoon?

A mob hit at Vesuvio's is as common as a meatball covered in tomato sauce, and that's exactly why we'd like to dine at this old-school Italian restaurant. We'd get down on a chicken parmigiana and do some wise-guy watching while slowly sipping on our Pinot Noir. If blood happens to spill, we'll simply avert our eyes to the red-checkered tablecloth. What happens at Vesuvios, stays at Vesuvios—right, Artie?

Honker Burger wasn't just a place to snag a snack—it was sacred ground for young Doug Funny. The fast food joint was where he first laid eyes on Patty Mayonaise, as well as where he befriended his BBF (best-bro-forever) Skeeter, who schools Doug on the proper ordering techniques.

In the neon-doused digs of Honker, there are no burgers with pickles and onions; instead, there are moo cows with cucs and sneakers, and somehow the secret fast food language makes us want a "wet one" (code for a fish sandwhich, weirdly enough) that much more.

Bronto Burger was the de-facto fast food venue in pre-historic Bedrock; it'd also be a mecca for modern-day adventurous eaters like ourselves. We'd fire up our foot-powered vehicles if it meant closing our choppers on a juicy, fresh dinosaur meat patty. Tangy triceratops ribs? We're in!

As the obnoxious Mouth (Corey Feldman) found out the hard way, there is no "veal-a scallopini" or "pulcino alfredo" inside Fratelli's, and they're all out of bottles of "Fettuccine, 1981." The only thing they serve is tounge, according to Mama Fratelli.

But we know she's fronting. Fratelli's is serving up adventure in the form of One-Eyed-Willy's long-lost skeleton and treasure found the tunnels underneath the dusty tables. Also, occasionally Baby Ruth candy bars.

The idea of a frozen banana sounds at once off-putting and fascinating. But when it comes to Arrested Development's Bluth's Banana Stand, we lean more towards the intriguing side of things.

Why? Bluth's includes a full-grown man in a banana suit; yes, George Michael (Michael Cera). Who cares if the texture of a frozen banana is like day-old vomit? Look, it's a man in a fruit suit!

Living in New York City has gifted us with the rare ability to consider eye contact with a rat part of our daily routine. So, Ratatoulle's Remy the rat working as the head chef of Gusteau’s would not be enough to deter us (or even make us flinch), especially when he's serving up elegant French cuisine.

If Remy's signature dish, ratatouille, is good enough to woo restaurant critic Anton Ego's strigent tastebuds, we're sure it will pass the test on our slighly-less discerning palletes. And, yes, by "slightly less discerning," we mean "considers Ellios pizza and Hot Pockets to be fine dining."

There are very few places where one can obtain a bucketful of top-notch fried chicken and premium doses of crystal meth all in one swoop; in fact, there's only one that we know of: Breaking Bad's Los Pollos Hermanos (that's the chicken brothers, for you gringos).

Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) may use this chicken joint as a drug front (we've heard worse ideas), but we're not fronting when we say we'd put down some serious cash for a wing or two from LPH—without the crank, of course.

Merlotte's may be run by a shifter, but that doesn't make the down-home Southern cuisine Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) whips up in the kitchen any less enticing. We'd love to cozy up in a booth while Arlene (Carrie Preston) rattles off the specials and Sookie (Anna Paquin) somehow knows exactly what we want for dessert.

Plus, we could finally get a taste of the drink True Blood. What would it taste like? Salty, we'd imagine. Having sipped a bit of it, we could then sit back and watch the vamp-fueled drama unfold. Well, assuming that the wait-staff hasn't taken the day off for yet another supernatural calamity.

If ever we feel bold enough to play hooky from work, our first pit stop (after the liquor store, of course) would be Chez Quis.

Inacessible to most everyone, Ferris (Matthew Broderick) needs to finagle his way in, and around the jacket-only policy, by making like he's Abe Froman. And can you blame the guy? We'd gladly impersonate the Sausage King of Chicago and verbally harass the uppity maitre'd if there was a guarantee that it'd lead to a mimosa-soaked brunch with Sloane (Mia Sara).

Eating Chinese food on Christmas is a time-honored holiday tradition; eating Chinese food at Bo'Ling Chop Suey Palace, on the other hand, is an extra-special yueltide treat. Especially when they're serving up delightfully inaccurate Christmas carols and their signature Chinese Turkey, which is actually a Duck, sliced and diced à la carte. Quit your crying, Mrs. Parker (Melinda Dillon)—it's a delicacy!

Taco Town makes Taco Bell's gordita crunch look straight-up wimpy. Just two shells? What the hell?

Taco Town's Pizza Crepe Taco Pancake Chili Bag comes with a crunchy shell in a soft flour tortilla, which itself is in a corn tortilla that's also deep-fried with a Parisian crepe. And then it's in a deep-dish pizza that's tucked into a blueberry pancake, and the whole thing is accompanied by a commemorative tote bag.

Got all that? Try repeating that back three times fast, now.

You can keep your Big Kahuna burger—we'd rather have a nostalgic meal inside the walls of '50's-themed diner Jackrabbit Slims. Pulp Fiction writer-director Quentin Tarantino's "wax museum with a pulse" forces you to order your steak in terms of how bloody you want your meat ("bloody as hell" is one preference) from a waiter sporting a vintage white tux.

Also, they have "pretty fucking good" five-dollar milkshakes. There's no bourbon in their frozen beverages, but there is a twist contest that resembles like a bizarre mating dance. And you get to eat the food while sitting reclining in a convertible. What more could you possibly want from a dining establishment?

Not everyone would consider A Clockwork Orange's dystopian milk bar as a prime spot for sustenance. Food is notably absent from the menu, but who needs solid eats when you have opiate-infused milk freely flowing from a whitewashed mannequin's nipple? We feel like we're kids again! No, that's not just the dairy and the synthetic mescaline speaking.

In American Psycho character Patrick Bateman's (Christian Bale) fictional world, Dorsia is the ultimate status symbol. And Patrick might have a bone-colored business card, an upper west side apartment, and a flawless skincare regime, but he can't get a reservation there.

When he tries to snag a same-day reservation, the hostess laughs in his face, prompting him into yet another homicidal rage. Ultimately, the axe falls on his colleague Paul Allen, not because he has the Fisher account, but because he was able to get a table at Dorisa. The best part is Patrick triumphant taunt, "Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now, you fucking stupid bastard!"

Yet, we never actually see Dorsia. Hell, we don't even know what's on the menu, but we know we'd do anything to get in. Anything.