Applebee's Now Promoting Coney Island's Alt-Culture Mermaid Parade

Looks like fun. In what bizarro world does it make any sense whatsoever that the world-famous fast-casual purveyor of glazed riblet racks and Fiesta Lime Chicken salads would sell $45 tickets to an all-you-can-eat buffet in conjunction with Coney Island's biggest, grandest neptunian celebration of everything strange? The juxtaposition may be jarring, Jeremiah's Vanishing New York argues, but the brand-new neighborhood Applebee's promotion of the Coney Island Mermaid Parade is just indicative of ...