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Originally posted by jeepguy

In Memphis in the early ’70’s there was a place called Food Fair.It was a huge building with about 15-20 vendors wrapped around the ID of the place.Big seating area in the center.I remember Krystal,Sir Beef and Poco Taco but there were lot’s of restaurants in there!Pretty funny we used to drive to go to a food court but this one had some pretty good stuff including a dancing chicken in a cage that was only about 10 cents! [}:)]So your idea is ancient history as they went under just a few years after they opened.It is kinda funny you were thinking about this.Maybe you were there?

No, I was never there and knew nothing about it. However, I had always imagined "Around the World" to be made up of a better class of restaurants than what you describe for Memphis (no chains or fast food in it, and wait-persons serving customers in each area, including "The Melting Pot"). This would make it more of a "destination restaurant" rather than a "food court".