The Week contest: Lab meat
Last week's question: A U.S. startup specializing in "test-tube meats" has unveiled its first lab-grown meatball, and hopes to have a product on the market in three years. If the company were to launch a fast food restaurant that served only "cultured" meats grown in petri dishes, what name could it give the eatery?
Click here for the results of last week's contest: Plastic fish
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THE WINNER: MockDonald's
Brian Leach, Atlanta
SECOND PLACE: In Vitro-N-Out Burger
Anjali Apte, Lafayette, Calif.
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THIRD PLACE: Taco Bell Laboratories
Andrew Tuite, Chicago
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
McDNAold's
Michael Maloney, Concord, N.H.
Agarby's
Rich Creason, New Cumberland, Pa.
Cell's Kitchen
Paul Pulkownik, Largo, Fla.
Kentucky Implied Chicken
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla.
Arby-ficial's
Bill Dorner, Indianapolis
White Coat Castle
Kevin Spinner, Mill Valley, Calif.
Swabway
Jeff R. Patterson, Nashville, Tenn.
Trick-fil-A
Rachelle Diamond, San Francisco
Bunsen Burger
Saul Bronstein, Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Taco Cell
Michael A. Hirst, Davis, Calif.
Don't Have a Cow, Man
Hafez Adel, Laguna Beach, Calif.
Phony Baloney
Deanne Handron, Half Moon Bay, Calif.
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