Baratie

Baratie-a.k.a. "the bistro of the brime"

This ocean-going restaurant is in the manga and anime One Piece. Its a very large ship, with around three or four decks. It's currently owned by former pirate "Red Shoes" Zeff. Back when Zeff and his new cook apprentice Sanji (ten at the time) had just got out of a bad situation involving starvation, Zeff (about 50 at this time) had told Sanji his dreams of making a restaurant smack in the middle of the ocean, so if people were hungry out at sea, they could come and get some food. Since Zeff and Sanji were both seafaring cooks, they didn't want to hire a bunch of sissies. So, they put up a sign saying: Help wanted-Crap-cooks welcome".

Though Chef Zeff is the Head Chef, and Sanji is the Assistant chef, two cooks are important to the Baratie story. Their names are Patty and Carne. They were some of the first cooks to seek work in the new, bustling restaurant. The two of them created what they called "the pride of Baratie". They built a large, two-man, fighting machine, called Mackerel Head I. It was normally docked at the front of Baratie, providing a nice decorative fish-head. However, when released, it could swim at incredible speeds, and shoot cannonballs out of three tubes in the fish mouth.

The underside of Baratie contained another surprise. Since many pirates came to Baratie looking for conquest and food, the cooks had to provide a defense in order to preserve their restaurant. So, two large half-circle "fins" were built under the ship. When activated in Baratie's control room, the fins would rise up, and dock to the left and right sides of Baratie. These fins were used for the cooks to fight the pirates. (however illogical that sounds) One was busted, by Luffy's Gum-Gum Battle Axe.

When Luffy became a wanted man after defeating Arlong, his wanted poster was hung up in the main dining room of Baratie, because Monkey D. Luffy had saved the restaurant from Don Krieg's evil pirate armada.

The Baratie's first appearance was in One Piece Chapter 43, and it's last was Chapter 68. All info on Baratie gained between these chapters.