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Stripper Food, Bachelor Parties & Other Bad Ideas | Inside Track

The Restaurant Guys·The Restaurant Guys·31 August 2026·17 min

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This is a Vintage compilation from 2010. Why This Episode Matters A Real Housewives of New Jersey cookbook introduces one particularly memorable piece of dietary advice: avoid “stripper food.”“Juicy bits from Joe” require Mark to summon his Nutley Italian accent. Things deteriorate from there. A New York Times story about changing bachelor parties sparks a conversation about great food, excessive drinking and what actually makes a night memorable.Then come the restaurant stories: security deposits, chicken suits, and three unexpected strippers.The Conversation Mark Pascal and Francis Schott find the ridiculous side of food, restaurants and the ways people celebrate.First, a cookbook associated with The Real Housewives of New Jersey offers some reasonable food advice and one rule Mark and Francis are unlikely to forget: never eat anything that could also be a stripper’s name. Cookie, Candy and Cupcake quickly lead to Bambi, Bunny and the question of what Michael Pollan would make of all this.Then a story about increasingly food-focused bachelor parties gets them talking about why a great meal might be more memorable than the traditional blowout. Naturally, this leads to their own restaurant experience including a three-page rulebook that clearly existed for a reason and a bachelor party that somehow acquired three strippers from elsewhere in the building. We're bringing our kitchen to the farm! Join us at Dreyer Farms in Cranford, NJ for a Table-to-Farm Dinner. Sunday, September 13 @ 5:30 https://www.stageleft.com/event/91326-table-to-farm-dinner/ Subscribe: Restaurant Guys' Regularhttps://restaurantguysregulars.buzzsprout.com/Magyar Bankhttps://www.magbank.com/Stage Left Wine Shophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Our PlacesStage Left Steak https://www.stageleft.com/Catherine Lombardi Restaurant https://www.catherinelombardi.com/Stage Left Wineshop https://www.stageleftwineshop.com/Reach Out to The Guys! TheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.com