I Remember the Superbar.

You know the worried-face laugh, when you laugh really hard but are trying to be quiet about it, and you get a worried look on your face? I get a lot of those.

I used to get my Internet-induced worried-face laughs from Ironminds, a funny online "hipster lifestyle" magazine that is no longer around.


Now I get them from Toothpaste for Dinner.

Columbus "It's Where The Fast-Food Restaurant Wendys Was Created, Which Is Actually Fairly Representative Of The Way People Here Eat" Ohio.

Do you remember the Superbar, by the way? I know you probably do, but I'm just saying the word real quick to make you remember. Three staggered self-serve stations, bountifully flowing with... rotini, pudding, and salad bar. Would someone bring me some more soft taco shells, I absolutely must have a hamcube/sunflower seed soft taco.

"Too bad we're not at Arby's, or we could have had Horsey Sauce on these hamcube soft tacos."

"What's for dessert?"

"What do you THINK you're having for dessert we're at the SUPER BAR."

"YES!!! PUDDING SOFT TACOS."

They cut off the Superbar at one point, when the amount that Americans ate actually overtook the incredibly low price of the ingredients at the Superbar. If food costs twelve cents a pound, you have to be eating a lot of food to run Wendy's out of the Superbar business. But it happened.

I totally remember the Superbar. They had one at the Wendy's on Primrose.