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Booper Benny’s Culinary Catastrophe
Benny’s Bistro originated in Sealville, 1969, and was easily the worst food I’ve ever
tasted. Throughout the couple owners, and multiple employees hired, the building musted and
rusted due to poor care and bad service, to the point where it’s known in the present day as “the
slums of Sealville.” The restaurant was founded when 17-year-old Goodman Benny, freshly
dropped out of high school, had the intention of becoming an entrepreneur, and after failed
attempts, he used the money from his parents to go to college and started Benny’s Bistro. Now,
I’ll have you know that Benny had no cooking experience, so all his “recipes” are either
augmented copies of other restaurant foods, or gross creations he’d think of on his own. He
didn’t make much profit and was on the verge of shutting down his bistro, but then, he created
the Benny Burger. The Benny Burger was proclaimed to be the best burger in Sealville in the
1990s, as all the ingredients complimented each other perfectly. Benny’s Bistro might have been
one of the top restaurants of the present, if only his lazy son, Booper Benny didn’t take over the
restaurant as the new owner. Booper Benny contrasted his father in many ways, as he was lazy
and greedy. The restaurant began its decline when Booper started lowering the budget on many
things, such as lighting, and food quality, so he could have more money for himself. He stopped
repairing the building, and as a result, it started to mold and rust in various areas, creating a
horrid stench. On top of that, the popularity of the Benny Burger started to decline now that the
ingredients didn’t taste as rich. 25 years after the fall of Benny’s Bistro, I decided to visit it,
although the local fast-food restaurants looked much more appetizing compared to the discolored
little hut where I was going to have my lunch. The first thing I noticed when I stepped into the
vulgar building was the horrible structure, it made a dustbin look like a castle fit for a prince. As
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I was seated, my senses were immediately overloaded with the smell of rotten filth, the sight of
mold encrusting walls, the metallic taste of rust on my breath, and even the feel of the table as I
waited for my food, lukewarm and sticky. As my Benny Burger arrived, I noticed that the
coleslaw reeked of expired mayonnaise, and with the mustard also mixed into it, it smelled like
something I’d find in a dumpster. The flavors were all so low quality that it was like biting into a
piece of old cardboard. The texture felt soggy and with the horrid flavoring, I felt like I was
chewing my old spitballs. Overall, the burger was low quality, cooked horridly, and was truly a
meal fit for a pig. Now, as for the service, I was utterly disgusted, but not surprised in any way.
The service reflected the food perfectly, as no effort was put into either. The service was
unbearably slow, and the number of things I could’ve done whilst waiting for my food is
astronomical. In response to my question about the service, Booper Benny says, “Why make a
better dining environment when we’ll all still get paid the same amount?” In conclusion, Benny’s
Bistro is not for the weak-stomached, and for me, the experience wasn’t worth a single penny I
spent. The bistro is a place where customers only come once, with no regulars. I recommend
never going there at all, just to keep your palate clean and untainted.