When someone or something beloved is replaced, it’s not unusual for the usurper to find itself under fire, the subject of blistering scorn (and never moreso than right here on this blog). In the case of Moo-ers, a steakhouse up near The Entrance, it seemed like they picked the wrong shoes to fill.
In 2008, Moo-ers maa-nagement became concerned about the quality of meat they were receiving; hogget and mutton were being misrepresented as lamb, yearling as veal. The definition of beef cuts was being stretched by local suppliers; a shipment claiming to include sirloin, porterhouse and striploin cuts would be found to contain nothing but the one generic cut of beef. I wonder if this was happening with their seafood as well: shrimp instead of prawns, carp instead of everything else.
Moo-ers raised the issue with the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee (SRARAATC *ahem* excuse me), hoping for tighter naming guidelines for meat. With most of their menu being meat, any substitution or downgrade in quality was hurting the Moo-ers brand.
Was anything ever done? Was the integrity of the Moo-ers menu salvaged? To answer those questions, cast your eyes upwards to the picture. Notice anything…for lease? My expert guess is that Moo-ers’ shipments of generic meat was in keeping with what the previous tenants had received. I mean seriously, if you can tell me what kind of “meat” the Pizza Hut “ground beef” is meant to be, then congratulations – there may be a spot for you on the SRARAATC.
Past/Lives of the Near Future 
Is this the worst business name you’ve encountered on Past Lives of the Near Future? Imagine the names they didn’t pick, in favour of Moo-ers.
I’m still not sure I completely understand it. Does it have a double meaning? Is it clever wordplay? Or is it just the worst possible name they could have chosen?
Yes it’s infuriating – it makes you think there is something more to it but I think your latter explanation is the correct one.
Wow how completely brain dead are you people. I was Head Chef in 2007 and I can categorically tell you where all our produce was sourced, right down to the local Yabbies! The integrity of our produce was never even an issue let alone SRARAATC. FFS where do people make up shit like this and then be allowed to get away with defamation and slander? Moo-ers only closed because they had multiple Development Applications lodge to redevelop the site to incorporate residential, retail and a new restaurant, only to be met with hurdles by council. In the end the owner just decided to close up and leave the site as the eyesore it became. We were always booked out months in advance so a declining business was never the reason. We won multiple industry awards in 2007 and we lauded on Sydney Weekender.
Never let bullshit and lies get in the way of making yourself heard!