Okay, here's mine...
“Ray's”
Location—Bayou Country
Background Info
Based off of the (soon to be) hit film "The Princess and the Frog",
Ray's would come along with an extraordinarily ambitious project turning
Tom Sawyer's Island into
Bayou Country, but that's another story...
Story
The lovesick Cajun firefly, Ray, has decided to open an elegant sit-down restraunt on a riverboat.
Exterior Theming
Ray's would be located where "Aunt Polly's" currently is on TSI. "Aunt Polly's" would be refurbished to look like a dock. Here, the "Liberty Belle" will be permenatly docked (possibly demolished and replaced), and the restaurant would be made to look like it's on board the "Liberty Belle" (although it's really only partially on the boat). The boat would be refurbished to look like the one behind Tiana in this poster...
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u122/bennettxdl/67f01057.jpg
Interior Theming
The entrance hallway would continue the dock theme on the outside, only it'd be night time on the bayou. The main draw to the restraunt (aside from the food) would be the animatronic musical stage show featuring characters not only in the Princess and the Frog, but also some made up specifically for the show (Imagine CBJ, but with Cajun Critters rather than bears, it would kind of look like
this...). The host of the show would be Louis, the Aligator from the movie. He and the other animals would perform songs from the movie and generic Songs of the Old South...
Another really cool aspect of the restaurant would be the walls. Being on a riverboat, obviously there's not supposed to be any walls. So, using the technique used for the pirate ship at the load of PotC, it would appear that you're on a bayou. One the wall would be the background used in the
poster above, a view of the French Quater.
Layout
1. Entrance "Dock"/Waiting Area
2. Kitchen
3. Main Dining Area
4. Stage
5. French Quater "Diorama"/viewing dock
Menus
The food featured at the restaurant would be Louisiana Creole and Southern cuisine. I'm only listing the food specifically found at the restaurant, although you'd also be able to find other Disney food, such as chicken strips, etc...
Breakfast
-Entres-
Grits
French Toast
Beignets
Seafood Omlette
-Drinks-
Coke Products
Hot Chocolate
Milk
Chocolate Milk
-Kids Menu-
Features childrens portions of Grits, French Toast, Beignets, and Omlette. Also features waffles, Mickey pancakes, etc.
Lunch/Dinner
-Appetizers-
Hush Puppies
Crab Claws
Crab Cakes
-Soups-
Crawfish Bisque
Gumbo
-Entres-
Fried Seafood
Crawfish Etouffee
Jambalaya
Crawfish or Shrimp Fettuccine
Blackend Catfish
Shrimp Creole
Fried Chicken
Various Fish Dishes
-Sides-
Red Beans and Rice
Dirty Rice
Biscuit
French Fries
-Deserts-
Bread Pudding
Beignets
King Cake
Pralines
Pecan Pie
-Beverages-
Coke Products
-Lunch-
Features lunch portions of items listed above
-Kids Menu-
Features childrens portions of fried seafood, jambalaya, as well as chicken nuggets, mac 'n' cheese, etc.