The Time Travel Cafe
May. 25th, 2025 06:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billroperYesterday, my good friend Amy McNally posted an image of a breakfast sandwich that she can, sadly, no longer acquire, because the restaurant that served it has long since closed. I sympathize with this.
On the late, lamented series "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist", two of the principals ran a restaurant named Maximo's, where you could order from any of a variety of other restaurants in town and they would retrieve the food from all those different restaurants and serve it to you. This was an interesting concept, but not what I'm looking for. What *I* want is to be able to get food from all of the restaurants that I used to love that no longer exist. I mentioned this in response to Amy's post and Callie Hills said that I should write that song.
Well, yes. I have been contemplating writing that song for a few years now. It just wasn't coming together.
Until this morning when I realized that:
1) I had the chorus.
2) This should really be a duet with me and Gretchen and banter between the verses.
I broached this to Gretchen this morning and now we have a song. Gretchen is not convinced that the song is improved by the banter, but we'll see how that develops. In any case, it can be sung with or without banter, so here is the banter-free version for your perusal.
I hope you like it!
Words: Bill and Gretchen Roper
Music: Bill Roper
Copyright 2025
The Time Travel Café
Welcome to our restaurant!
This must be your first time.
Simply tell us what you want
From simple to sublime,
Anything that you desire from restaurants anywhere
And it really doesn’t matter if the joint’s no longer there.
Our fine-tuned algorithm guarantees food will arrive
From your favorite restaurant that closed in ninety-five.
Come on down and see us at The Time Travel Café.
We’ve got all your favorite foods made fresh some other day.
From the perfect gyros to your college pizza pie,
We can serve it up for you at a price that’s not sky high.
You want the spicy noodle dish
From the food court at the con?
I’m sure that we can grant your wish.
Did you want the one with prawns?
Things you can no longer find are our daily stock in trade,
Delivered to your table top, all hot and freshly made.
You crave seasonal specialties, but the seasoning is wrong?
Simply place your order and they’ll shortly be along.
Come on down and see us at The Time Travel Café.
We’ve got all your favorite foods made fresh some other day.
A 4 and 20 breakfast sandwich and some key lime pie,
We can serve it up for you at a price that’s not sky high.
See those other servers?
That's Sam, and Sam, and Sam.
You’re quite astute observers,
Cause I’m also Sam, I am.
We’re working a quadruple shift all folded up in time.
It keeps us really busy, but we make great overtime.
I’ve got your order entered and it’s off to be prepared.
And here’s Sam with your appetizer, ready to be shared.
Come on down and see us at The Time Travel Café.
We’ve got all your favorite foods made fresh some other day.
The mole enchiladas that you miss so much you cry,
We can serve it up for you at a price that’s not sky high.
I hope you have enjoyed your meal.
I’m glad you could come by.
We’ve got a frequent diner deal,
It’s easy to apply.
TTCafe dot com’s the name for our best URL.
The Snakes that squatted on the others can go straight to hell.
If you’re not from around here, check the map beside the door.
We’ve got 32 locations; next month, a dozen more!
(Spoken) It’s a *chain*!
Come on down and see us at The Time Travel Café.
We’ve got all your favorite foods made fresh some other day.
Broiled fried cheese with meat sauce and a basket of steak fries,
We can serve it up for you at a price that’s not sky high.
Come on down and see us at The Time Travel Cafe!
On the late, lamented series "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist", two of the principals ran a restaurant named Maximo's, where you could order from any of a variety of other restaurants in town and they would retrieve the food from all those different restaurants and serve it to you. This was an interesting concept, but not what I'm looking for. What *I* want is to be able to get food from all of the restaurants that I used to love that no longer exist. I mentioned this in response to Amy's post and Callie Hills said that I should write that song.
Well, yes. I have been contemplating writing that song for a few years now. It just wasn't coming together.
Until this morning when I realized that:
1) I had the chorus.
2) This should really be a duet with me and Gretchen and banter between the verses.
I broached this to Gretchen this morning and now we have a song. Gretchen is not convinced that the song is improved by the banter, but we'll see how that develops. In any case, it can be sung with or without banter, so here is the banter-free version for your perusal.
I hope you like it!
Words: Bill and Gretchen Roper
Music: Bill Roper
Copyright 2025
The Time Travel Café
Welcome to our restaurant!
This must be your first time.
Simply tell us what you want
From simple to sublime,
Anything that you desire from restaurants anywhere
And it really doesn’t matter if the joint’s no longer there.
Our fine-tuned algorithm guarantees food will arrive
From your favorite restaurant that closed in ninety-five.
Come on down and see us at The Time Travel Café.
We’ve got all your favorite foods made fresh some other day.
From the perfect gyros to your college pizza pie,
We can serve it up for you at a price that’s not sky high.
You want the spicy noodle dish
From the food court at the con?
I’m sure that we can grant your wish.
Did you want the one with prawns?
Things you can no longer find are our daily stock in trade,
Delivered to your table top, all hot and freshly made.
You crave seasonal specialties, but the seasoning is wrong?
Simply place your order and they’ll shortly be along.
Come on down and see us at The Time Travel Café.
We’ve got all your favorite foods made fresh some other day.
A 4 and 20 breakfast sandwich and some key lime pie,
We can serve it up for you at a price that’s not sky high.
See those other servers?
That's Sam, and Sam, and Sam.
You’re quite astute observers,
Cause I’m also Sam, I am.
We’re working a quadruple shift all folded up in time.
It keeps us really busy, but we make great overtime.
I’ve got your order entered and it’s off to be prepared.
And here’s Sam with your appetizer, ready to be shared.
Come on down and see us at The Time Travel Café.
We’ve got all your favorite foods made fresh some other day.
The mole enchiladas that you miss so much you cry,
We can serve it up for you at a price that’s not sky high.
I hope you have enjoyed your meal.
I’m glad you could come by.
We’ve got a frequent diner deal,
It’s easy to apply.
TTCafe dot com’s the name for our best URL.
The Snakes that squatted on the others can go straight to hell.
If you’re not from around here, check the map beside the door.
We’ve got 32 locations; next month, a dozen more!
(Spoken) It’s a *chain*!
Come on down and see us at The Time Travel Café.
We’ve got all your favorite foods made fresh some other day.
Broiled fried cheese with meat sauce and a basket of steak fries,
We can serve it up for you at a price that’s not sky high.
Come on down and see us at The Time Travel Cafe!
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Date: 2025-05-26 09:56 am (UTC)[1] Pun intended
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Date: 2025-05-26 10:46 am (UTC)