The New Restaurant

Album: Malvina Reynolds Sings the Truth (1967)
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Songfacts®:

  • "The New Restaurant" which was written and performed by folk-protest singer Malvina Reynolds, is, or appears to be, an attack on processed food, new restaurants, newness, change masquerading as progress, and so on. Its hook is "But the food was terrible", which, unfortunately, sums up the song. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England

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