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    Hot Doug’s and Lula channel Zombieland

    Posted in Restaurants and bars by Heather Shouse on October 14th, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Lula Cafe has earned a cult following for its brunch, but even more so for its Halloween transformations. Each year for the holiday, the restaurant gets in costume by dressing up as an entirely different restaurants—one year it became Olive Garden, complete with all-you-can-eat breadsticks and servers in loud ties; another year Houlihan’s took over, bringing its tacky fake ferns and stained glass table lamps with it. We just learned that this year the Lula crew will team up with Hot Doug’s to turn Lula into “Zombie Doug’s,” with an undead Doug Sohn manning the counter in his usual order-taking mode and zombie servers delivering signature haute dogs rechristened with classic zombie names—basically Doug’s sausages and dogs topped with Lula’s product for gourmet Doug’s-style dogs. Given the typical popularity of Lula’s Halloween night festivities, we expect the line to look eerily similar to that at Hot Doug’s, so at least they’ll win points for realism.

    Tags: Hot Doug's, houlihan's, Lula Cafe, olive garden, Zombieland
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    2 comments
    1. Posted by Joe on October 14th, 2009 at 11:28 am

      So Doug Sohn is going to be serving up Hot Doug’s product at Lula? Or Lula is going to help transform Hot Doug’s restaurant? You make-a no sense!

    2. Posted by John Dugan on October 14th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

      Thanks for noticing that Joe. Lula will be transformed with zombie Doug taking orders.

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