Recent Get Fuzzy strips have depicted the Rob Wilco character with a t-shirt that reads “Darby Cafe, Olympia” – the name of an actual restaurant in the state of Washington. Coincidence? From an article in the Olympian newspaper, it appears that Darby Conley, the strips creator, has a friend in Olympia that would brag about Darby Cafe as a great vegetarian restaurant – such a restaurant doesn’t exist in Boston where Darby lives.
The restaurant owners reportedly have had many calls, emails and patrons visit with clip-outs of the strip.