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Q&A Capitals for menu items in narrative

1) I would only capitalize the name if the restaurant considers it the proper name of the dish. So Denny's (a diner-type restaurant chain) at one point served an item called Moons Over My Hammy (...

posted 10y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T03:25:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
1) I would only capitalize the name if the restaurant considers it the proper name of the dish.

So Denny's (a diner-type restaurant chain) at one point served an item called Moons Over My Hammy (hush, it was tasty), which would take capitals. So would their Grand Slam breakfast. But if you were getting two eggs, two sausage links, and home fries, or roast beef au jus, that's just descriptive. It's not a name.

You have to decide if the restaurant serves smoked salmon over several different kinds of pasta, or pasta with different choices of chicken/meat/fish, or if there's a specific dish known as Smoked Salmon Tagliatelle and the other entrées are Duck Confit with Scallion Crêpes, Braised Filet Mignon with Horseradish New Potatoes, Vegan Falafel Rounds on a Bed of Wild Greens with Raspberry Vinaigrette, and Scrapple with Ambrosia.

2) Your logic is exactly correct. If the group is called the Song of Ice and Fire Don't Get Attached Club, you would say "Don't Get Attached Club parties get pretty wild."

Conversely, if the university had six different clubs named after the families of Westeros, but no other clubs, you would just say "the club parties get pretty wild."

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-03-18T23:45:34Z (over 10 years ago)
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