15 Minutes Restaurant

This restaurant would consist of a "wall of fame" very similar to many other restaurants that contain pictures of famous people that have eaten there before. The main difference is that the pictures on our walls are from everyday people, who for at least a moment in their lives, are now famous.

I came up with this idea on the way to Lake Geneva, I passed a small diner and thought about all of the people that travel from all over the Midwest that come to Lake Geneva and perhaps look forward to eating at a particular restaurant. I am sure that most of the businesses in a town like Geneva are based and rely heavily on tourism. So, these no name tourists come from all around to vacation and eat a good burger. What do the restaurants give back?? Nothing. Besides good food and perhaps a good story.

With all of this in mind we would construct a wall of fame for people that attend our restaurant. This can be done either with paper pictures or even digital monitors that scroll through visitors. The main key to this is that the size of your picture or "level of your fame" would be determined by how many miles you have traveled. Example: if our restaurant was located in Rockford, IL and someone ate there from London they would get the "supreme picture" say an 11"x7", and a person from Chicago would get a 2"x3".

This idea hits on many levels: great food, excellent atmosphere and the main key - fame for some poor schmuck who has been suckered into dragging his nagging wife and ungrateful kids across the country for what they call a "vacation".