In its continuing effort to welcome the huddled masses yearning to get out of their houses between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., Denny’s has brought a few new items to its Rockstar Menu, in which touring bands decide to out-gross each other with the help of the restaurant chain’s short-order cooks around the country. Last time out, America’s suburban insomniacs were treated to really sweet milkshakes, heart-shaped pancakes, chipped beef on toast, and french fries that had been subjected to a bacon cheeseburger circle pit. What mouth-watering offerings await you tonight? The four answers–courtesy of Taking Back Sunday, Boys Like Girls, Katy Perry, and Hoobastank–after the jump. (And no, I’m not making any of them up to “trick” you.)
First, the offerings from the Rock Star Menu’s grizzled (but not gristle-filled!) veterans Taking Back Sunday:
Taking Back Sunday’s Melty Grilled Chicken and Sausage Quesadilla (Taking Back Sunday): Last time, they gave you fries with the makings of a bacon cheeseburger all over them; this time, it’s a quesadilla with chicken and sausage, as well as American cheese (?!), peppers, onions, pico de gallo, and something called “cilantro-lime ranch sauce.”
And now the newbies. Remember the Boys Like Girls-themed egg dish that was threatened last time? Well, it’s here!
The Great Eggsteak (Boys Like Girls): A hot roast beef sandwich with peppers, onions, spicy mayo, and pepper jack sounds great, doesn’t it? Sure, it does… until you add scrambled eggs. Blech.
The Hot N Cold Cherry Chocolate Cappuccino (Katy Perry): Vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, french vanilla cappuccino, and cherries, including one on top of some whipped cream. Unfortunately, the ice cream can’t be swapped out for yogurt with active cultures.
The Hooburrito (Hoobastank, duh): It’s a burrito with “crispy” (read: fried) chicken strips, fried onion straws, and barbecue sauce. As well as pepper jack cheese and cheese sauce in the burrito–and more cheese sauce on the side. There’s also a side of ranch. Which figures.
Denny’s All-Nighter [Official site]
Earlier: Heart-Shaped Pancakes And White Chocolate Everywhere: Idolator Samples Denny’s Musician-Inspired Offerings
Is it just me, or is it’s clear that the dudes actually thought up their nasty dishes, whilst the Katy Perry creation seems the work of a demented corporate chef?
The Hooburrito and the Taking Back Sunday’s Melty Grilled Chicken and Sausage Quesadilla both use Ranch based sauces…hmm.
@the rich girls are weeping: Or Max Martin.
Who could order a “hooburitto” with a straight face?
I may just be imagining this but didn’t Hoobastank change their name to that from Hobo Stank when they were signed? I thought of that when I read the word “Hooburrito.”
Hoobastank still exists?
@Maura Johnston: LOLZ! YES!
I’ll never forget reading in Ro**ing St*ne that the name Hoobastank came from the ‘H’ in ‘Jesus H. Christ.’ How appropriate that they should introduce the worlds most fattening burrito into their gestalt.
Heh. My friend and I just did a podcast review of the new Eagles of Death Metal album and the Denny’s dish. [blog.rockitbomb.com] (Podcast should be up any minute.)
The pancakes were really tasty, BTW.
@alexmuro: Maybe, just maybe, it’s a good way to differentiate your site from every other site if you stray, just every once in a while, from the genre known as “indie rock”. I mean, you can only read so many Animal Collective, CSS and Broken Social Scene posts before you want to blow your brains out.
@2ironic4u: thank you!
Oh god I want that Katy Perry dessert right now!
do blogging about these awful bands get you more hits? I just don’t understand.