The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #140729   Message #3237780
Posted By: Ron Davies
12-Oct-11 - 09:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants....
Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants....
Re: University of Colorado: as Kat says, in 1968 the cafeteria there was named by the students the "Alferd G.. Packer Memorial Grill" (named after Mr. Packer, who was accused of eating several of his companions when they were stranded in the Colorado mountains. )   Slogan for the cafeteria is "Have a friend for lunch".

In 1977 the US Department of Agriculture had a squabble with the General Services Administration.    As a result the Secretary of Agriculture unveiled a plaque "naming the executive cafeteria "The Alferd Packer Memoriai Grill" stating that Packer's life "exemplified the spirit and fare of the cafeteria" and "would serve all mankind" .

The plaque is now on the wall of the National Press Club.'s members only bar, the Reliable Source. The Press Club's hamburger is called the Alferd Packer Burger.