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[[File:Squid Row Logo.png|180px|left|Squid Row logo in GTA IV.]] | [[File:Squid Row Logo.png|180px|left|Squid Row logo in GTA IV.]] | ||
[[ | [[File:SquidRow-GTA4-Easton.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The [[Easton]], [[Algonquin]] Squid Row in GTA IV.]] | ||
'''Squid Row''' is a chain of seafood restaurants featured in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]. With its name an obvious pun of "[[wp:skid row|skid row]]", the restaurant is promoted as a budget restaurant, featuring in its logo a squid (against the background of a cityscape) wearing a torn hat and holding a bottle, a cigarette and a syringe. None of the restaurants are accessible to the player. The restaurant's slogan is "''We're well worth the risk!''", implying their produce carries a risk of food poisoning. | '''Squid Row''' is a chain of seafood restaurants featured in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]. With its name an obvious pun of "[[wp:skid row|skid row]]", the restaurant is promoted as a budget restaurant, featuring in its logo a squid (against the background of a cityscape) wearing a torn hat and holding a bottle, a cigarette and a syringe. None of the restaurants are accessible to the player. The restaurant's slogan is "''We're well worth the risk!''", implying their produce carries a risk of food poisoning. | ||
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In [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], gay movie star [[Chris Hunt]] is known to be a big fan of the restaurant, and [[Daisie Cash-Cooze]] and [[Luis Fernando Lopez|Luis Lopez]] once chased Chris to one of the stores, only to find out that he already left. | In [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], gay movie star [[Chris Hunt]] is known to be a big fan of the restaurant, and [[Daisie Cash-Cooze]] and [[Luis Fernando Lopez|Luis Lopez]] once chased Chris to one of the stores, only to find out that he already left. | ||
==Locations== | == Locations == | ||
*Long John Ave, [[Leftwood]], [[Alderney]] | * Long John Ave, [[Leftwood]], [[Alderney]] | ||
*Bismarck Ave, [[Easton]], [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]] | * Bismarck Ave, [[Easton]], [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]] | ||
==Trivia== | == Trivia == | ||
* Although primarily revolving around the concepts of urban dilapidation and the urban poor, the "Squid Row" name is also similar, intentionally or not, to [[wp:Saints Row|Saints Row]], a video game considered to be a [[GTA Clone]]. | * Although primarily revolving around the concepts of urban dilapidation and the urban poor, the "Squid Row" name is also similar, intentionally or not, to [[wp:Saints Row|Saints Row]], a video game considered to be a [[GTA Clone]]. | ||
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Revision as of 15:36, 9 August 2012
Squid Row is a chain of seafood restaurants featured in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. With its name an obvious pun of "skid row", the restaurant is promoted as a budget restaurant, featuring in its logo a squid (against the background of a cityscape) wearing a torn hat and holding a bottle, a cigarette and a syringe. None of the restaurants are accessible to the player. The restaurant's slogan is "We're well worth the risk!", implying their produce carries a risk of food poisoning.
In The Ballad of Gay Tony, gay movie star Chris Hunt is known to be a big fan of the restaurant, and Daisie Cash-Cooze and Luis Lopez once chased Chris to one of the stores, only to find out that he already left.
Locations
- Long John Ave, Leftwood, Alderney
- Bismarck Ave, Easton, Liberty City
Trivia
- Although primarily revolving around the concepts of urban dilapidation and the urban poor, the "Squid Row" name is also similar, intentionally or not, to Saints Row, a video game considered to be a GTA Clone.
Restaurants