| Those employed in delivery work in the United States | | | | The diner is now something of an institution and, |
| appear to have a much better deal than us in the | | | | whereas trades descriptions officers would have a |
| United Kingdom. Not only do they rarely have to put up | | | | field-day if such a store opened in the UK, patrons are |
| with roundabouts and Victorian road-layouts, but they | | | | keen to munch on their charbroiled burgers and |
| also have long stretches of freeways and classic | | | | imagine that they really are chewing on the fillet of a |
| American diners in which they can take a pit-stop. | | | | flattened cat. |
| However, there is one diner that you may not want to | | | | Delivery workers who are particular about how their |
| feast on after a heavy day of carrying out delivery | | | | steaks and burgers are cooked will love the Roadkill |
| work in the US of A.... | | | | Cafe, as guests are invited into the kitchen to watch |
| The Roadkill Café located on America's | | | | the chef cook their meat and then signal when their |
| famous Mother Road has a menu that would make | | | | burger is cooked to their satisfaction. The café |
| even the most adventurous delivery worker blanch at | | | | is located near to the site of the old OK Saloon, which |
| the gills. For starters, would Sir like the flat cat or the | | | | still holds relics from its Cowboy past. If you have |
| thumper-on-the-bumper, a rabbit dish which claims on | | | | some spare time after carrying out your delivery work |
| the menu to be a Disney favourite? The choices are | | | | then you may want to take a visit to both this venue |
| endless and get worse as the menu goes on. The | | | | and the old Arizona Territorial Jail which stands |
| mains include rigor mortis tortoise and chunk of skunk, | | | | opposite and used to host such notorious outlaws as |
| while a further section of the menu is devoted entirely | | | | Four-Finger Frank and Seligman Slim. |
| to man's best friend, with dishes including | | | | If a charbroiled burger and a visit to an old prison just |
| collie-hit-by-a-trolley and German Shepherd Pie. The | | | | can't compete with your disappointment at not |
| restaurant's speciality is named Guess That Mess and | | | | sampling any real roadkill, then you may want to head |
| diners that successfully guess the species of the | | | | to the namesake restaurant in Darwin, Australia. The |
| flattened animal on their plate will receive their dish for | | | | restaurant serves flattened fauna from the Australian |
| free. | | | | Highway and like its Arizonan counterpart has the |
| If you catch sight of the cocktail menu, you will be | | | | slogan 'You kill it, we grill it'. The chef, Mark, claims that |
| pleased that you're carrying out delivery work and | | | | no food is ever wasted and crocodile, emu, camel, |
| therefore can't sample any of these alcoholic | | | | wallaby, possum and kangaroo all make an |
| concoctions. Bucket Delight contains gravel and if you | | | | appearance on the menu. The Roadkill Café's |
| finish the whole item you'll receive it for free. The | | | | claim to fame is Sheela, a 3.5m saltwater crocodile |
| Crank Case Slip is road-killed squirrel mixed with oil and | | | | that was caught in the bay at the adjacent Mindil |
| churned with ice. | | | | Beach Markets and who then met her end when her |
| In case you hadn't already guessed the name of the | | | | captors took her to the Roadkill Café. Her skull |
| café and the menu is a joke. The joint is | | | | stands on the front of the barbecue grill like a trophy |
| actually better known for its charbroiled burgers, than | | | | and this incredible catch has yet to be beaten. |
| for the unidentified road kill which it claims to serve. | | | | |