World Piece Cafe is History. Rene Peeters Opens Bistro Watel’s in Dallas

Posted on January 17th, 2011 1:42pm by Nancy Nichols
Filed under AgriBusiness, Cheap trick for comments, Closings, cupcakes, Openings/Closings, Restaurant News

I just got a GTalk telling me Christopher Wynn got a message on Facebook and posted a story with a link to breaking news over at PegNews. Apparently Rene Peeters, owner of World Piece Cafe on Greenville Ave., likes Teresa Gubbins the best. She has the scoop of the day. Peeters is taking over the restaurant space formerly know as York Street and turning it into Watel’s Bistro.

He admits his restaurant, World Piece Café, is a confusing name for a restaurant. Is it the stupidest name in the world? Name another.

14 comments

  1. “Off-site Kitchen”….IJS

    @ 4:26 pm on January 17, 2011

  2. Hillstone. What the “*#$&)” were they thinking?

    @ 8:06 pm on January 17, 2011

  3. Eccolo.

    @ 8:00 am on January 18, 2011

  4. Neighborhood Services (sounds like a personal shopper outfit.

    French Laundry.

    @ 9:34 am on January 18, 2011

  5. i agree with Hillstone. just silly. the thing we always liked about houston’s was, above all, CONSISTENCY. well, WTF. with that name change, huh? that is NOT being consistent.

    neighborhood services is growing on me. hell, with food that good… they could call it *?!@#!!?!*?.

    @ 10:01 am on January 18, 2011

  6. Whataburger. No class.

    @ 10:38 am on January 18, 2011

  7. In-N-Out Burger…juvenile.

    @ 12:35 pm on January 18, 2011

  8. Fuzzy’s Taco

    @ 12:45 pm on January 18, 2011

  9. sorry, forgot the ;) after that…it was sarcastic.

    @ 3:35 pm on January 18, 2011

  10. Meddlesome Moth is getting bad feedback. Anytime I say that name I get bird neck from whoever is listening.

    @ 3:47 pm on January 18, 2011

  11. Just the name. The place is great. Don’t want to start any riots.

    @ 3:48 pm on January 18, 2011

  12. The Place at Perry’s – though the name does match the restaurant…un-original

    @ 4:10 pm on January 18, 2011

  13. How about a minor change…Whirled Peas Cafe? OK…I know….I too saw the bumper sticker.

    @ 5:50 pm on January 18, 2011

  14. Hello Nancy,

    hmmmm…I thought you and I were kinda friendly, but you ask: “Is it the stupidest name in the world? ” I hope that’s a Q and not a statement… and oh yea,no, I don’t like T.G. the best (but don’t tell her I said so), she just happened to call me first; hence, she got the scoop first(and BTW, I did send you a message via FB.)Now, as far as the WPC name goes, Many “git it”, many don’t…diff strokes? Anyway, Piece & Laugh y’all…and for the consistency buffs, what’s in a name? As long as the food is good and consistent, who cares? For my pick, it’s not a restaurant, but what about “Accenture” or any of those made up names? Although as a partner there once said: “the new name sounded much better after the Andersen Enron Fiasco”.

    Regards,
    René

    PS- to FtWguy, we have whirled peas on the menu

    @ 3:44 pm on January 19, 2011