438895 Thu Sep 06 17:33:19 -0700 2007 265 29 Not About Food 0 2918048 One my brothers and I fondly remember from back in the day on Broad St. (IIRC) in Providence: U Wanna Pizza and Sandwiches Thu Sep 06 17:33:19 -0700 2007 12829 Bob W 1 2918103 Emanon. No name spelled backwards. Thu Sep 06 17:56:55 -0700 2007 2918048 10609 Cheese Boy 2 2990538 Y-NOT Pizza The owner, Tony spelled his name backwards to create "Ynot Pizza" - Virginia Beach Mom&Pop style pizza (& Italian Cuisine too) since 1993! Sun Sep 30 12:45:34 -0700 2007 2918103 124137 JayVaBeach 1 2918130 A terrific Mexican place here in New Canaan, CT is named Tequila Mockingbird! And a take-out food shop in town, which serves up soups, salads, sandwiches and two or three hot entrées with sides daily, is named I Made It Myself, so when the dinner is served up at home, and appreciative family members ask, "Gosh, where did you get this awesome meatloaf?" the host or hostess can reply honestly... Thu Sep 06 18:10:32 -0700 2007 2918048 122319 WendyBinCT 2 2918138 it's not a restaurant, but there is a bar where i went to college called "He's Not Here". Thu Sep 06 18:12:03 -0700 2007 2918130 62751 strephking 3 2934466 If it's the one in Myrtle Beach, I remember it. Sort of. Wed Sep 12 10:12:31 -0700 2007 2918138 71196 dalaimama 2 2919278 Ahh I remember that place fondly, I also always thought that was a great restaurant name! Fri Sep 07 07:51:24 -0700 2007 2918130 115445 SweetPea914 2 2934492 Hi Wendy - I grew up in New Canaan, but there were no creative restaurant names when I lived there. Even our beloved Deli-Bake is gone, Ive heard. I like the notion of a bar called "He's Not Here". It reminds me of one that was in Norwalk called "The Office" (as in "Im working late at The Office" or "Im meeting someone at The Office" etc. Now I live in Houston and would get a laugh when I passed the Chinese restaurant on the Gulf Freeway named "Yummy Chow" Wed Sep 12 10:17:42 -0700 2007 2918130 102895 Cheflambo 3 2966610 Someone just sent me a menu from a place downtown Houston called "Wok and Roll"..Tooooo funny! Sat Sep 22 15:57:39 -0700 2007 2934492 20921 Tay 4 3202529 We have a Wok and Roll in Portland, ME too...Everytime I say the name, I feel like I am Long Duck Dong from Sixteen Candles... Wed Dec 12 13:22:50 -0800 2007 2966610 140744 Bunnyfood 3 3081068 During college I frequented a bar called "The Library". Tue Oct 30 16:24:27 -0700 2007 2934492 137755 Sal Vanilla 4 3084454 We had the Judges Chambers at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. Wed Oct 31 17:11:22 -0700 2007 3081068 124137 JayVaBeach 4 5127694 i used to go to ''The Library'' bar in downtown fort worth, always a fun time!! Sat Oct 24 11:37:27 -0700 2009 3081068 1118844 forevercali5 5 5131090 there was (is?) a "bar association" bar in downtown fort myers, florida. Mon Oct 26 06:19:12 -0700 2009 5127694 105717 alkapal 4 5153953 Wow! That's a flashback. I had forgotten all about The Library near Iowa State's campus. I think it may have closed after my frosh or soph year. Either that or there was some reason I just didn't go there. Maybe the beer was more than 25 cents. Tue Nov 03 20:04:25 -0800 2009 3081068 253542 cycloneillini 2 2964481 I Made It Myself -- that's my favorite. Fri Sep 21 15:20:13 -0700 2007 2918130 10125 Frosty Melon 1 2918140 In the late 50s-early 60s there was a place in Morro Bay (or Cayucos?), California, named or sub-named something like, "Chat and Chew the Terrible Food". Our parents, brother, and I ate there--don't know if for the food or the name. Later in the early 70s my fist wife and I (and any others) would make an I-5 stop somewhere between Fresno and Eugene at (as the lighted sign visible from the freeway said) "Andy and Chong's American and Korean Restaurant". Thu Sep 06 18:12:55 -0700 2007 2918048 36661 Sam Fujisaka 1 2918214 There's a pizza place in Victoria called The Thin Edge of the Wedge. Thu Sep 06 18:37:07 -0700 2007 2918048 88113 victoriafoodie 1 2918637 There's a pho restaurant near Seattle called "What the Pho." I'd be willing to bet it's not the only one... Thu Sep 06 21:30:09 -0700 2007 2918048 108510 roma_girl 2 2919244 http://www.flickr.com/photos/abulafia/71191/ Not sure if it's photoshopped, but funny regardless. Fri Sep 07 07:41:21 -0700 2007 2918637 76461 MeAndroo 2 2925150 and one in the Monterey, CA area called Pho King.... Sun Sep 09 17:08:23 -0700 2007 2918637 10158 susancinsf 3 2925325 Many don't know the pronunciation thing going on here (pho), but the name mentioned above sounds similar to the way one would say Sofa King. Try saying the following, "It's Sofa King good". Thank you SNL. : ) Sun Sep 09 18:21:37 -0700 2007 2925150 10609 Cheese Boy 4 2929418 We had Pho Kim in Calgary, closed sadly,but still fun to say- "He won't eat at Pho Kim? Well F... him!" Mon Sep 10 22:29:12 -0700 2007 2925325 12135 John Manzo 2 2983700 There's one here in LA called "Absolutely Pho-bulous" ha h Thu Sep 27 16:13:04 -0700 2007 2918637 121008 missmodular818 2 2997478 There used to be one in Monterey Park, CA on the corner of Garvey Ave. and Atlantic Blvd. called Pho Kym. Tue Oct 02 14:12:10 -0700 2007 2918637 122137 avena 2 3249664 There's a great thai place in seattle called Phuket...I realize that it's pronounced (poo-ket) after the city, but, F___ it, who cares? :o) Mon Dec 31 11:21:16 -0800 2007 2918637 56183 soypower 3 5133327 There was a Vietnamese restaurant in downtown San Jose, CA called Phuc Duc. Mon Oct 26 19:11:04 -0700 2009 3249664 126101 Antilope 2 3279979 Next to 99 Ranch on North Aurora there is a place called "Pho to Chau" Wonder if they like food bloggers? Wed Jan 09 22:57:46 -0800 2008 2918637 93805 hannaone 1 2918729 A diner/sandwich/greasy grill place in the Gold country of California: Buffalo Chips. Thu Sep 06 22:34:57 -0700 2007 2918048 58039 ElsieDee 1 2918740 there used to be a little place in greenwich village called "warm beer & lousy food". Thu Sep 06 22:41:36 -0700 2007 2918048 46161 spinach 2 2919265 There was a place in Beaver Utah called The Garden of Eat'n....cracked me up Fri Sep 07 07:48:00 -0700 2007 2918740 96905 bubbles4me 3 2929110 Big bill board outside of Beaver Utah: WENDYS BEAVER Mon Sep 10 20:02:30 -0700 2007 2919265 20717 sailormouth 4 3050767 Makes me think of Beaver Liquors in Avon, CO. Fri Oct 19 14:11:10 -0700 2007 2929110 107491 dinner belle 1 2919440 there was a bar in halifax called "my apartment" Fri Sep 07 08:34:03 -0700 2007 2918048 95796 excuse me miss 1 2919796 There's a bar in College Station, home of Texas A&M, called The Library. Very useful when telling parents where you spend your time. Fri Sep 07 10:14:16 -0700 2007 2918048 102571 mordacity 2 2923199 Lots of college towns have a bar called that. The one up the street from Drake in Des Moines takes it a step further: It's called "The College Library." Sat Sep 08 16:40:09 -0700 2007 2919796 32586 revsharkie 3 2962096 Santa Barbara has both a 'The Library" and "The Study Hall" Thu Sep 20 23:29:25 -0700 2007 2923199 82739 Jeters 1 2919812 There used to be a dive in lower Manhattan that had a neon sign out front the said, "BAR" but the neon didn't work on the top of the "B" so it was called the Ear Bar. Fri Sep 07 10:19:17 -0700 2007 2918048 116638 southernitalian 2 2980458 God I haven't thought of the Ear bar in ages! Wed Sep 26 19:41:48 -0700 2007 2919812 28006 Jennalynn 3 3080453 Wan't it called the Ear Inn? Tue Oct 30 12:46:58 -0700 2007 2980458 57005 harryharry 1 2919823 There used to be a place in Nashville - and might still be there - called: Noshville Always loved that name............. Fri Sep 07 10:21:35 -0700 2007 2918048 26699 cackalackie 2 2919834 I was always partial to the "Know Good" restaurant, a tiny shack that wasn't good enough apparently, having closed years ago. Fri Sep 07 10:24:16 -0700 2007 2919823 20399 broncosaurus 2 2920178 It's still there.. it's the closest place to Louisville, KY to get H&H bagels Fri Sep 07 11:47:49 -0700 2007 2919823 80290 Lightsuprooms 1 2919848 I always thought Fudruckers was a rather strange name for a restaurant. There used to be a place in Boston's Chinatown called, O Wat Joi. Fri Sep 07 10:27:15 -0700 2007 2918048 75332 Gio 2 2920546 As as child, I used to call Fudruckers "Fucklebusters" because I could not remember the correct name. Fri Sep 07 13:15:47 -0700 2007 2919848 75002 Megiac 3 2921380 My brother and I used to call it Ruddfu... well you can figure out the rest, just to annoy our parents. There's one near my office now and I laugh every time I walk by. Fri Sep 07 17:45:34 -0700 2007 2920546 124920 thegingerbreadgirl 4 2921972 Wasn't that the whole point of the name in the first place? Your parents were more tolerant than mine if you got away with saying that more than once. Sat Sep 08 01:33:17 -0700 2007 2921380 57890 KaimukiMan 2 2923280 Chinese places in Portland: Lung Fung, Fong Chong, and Hung Far Low. Sat Sep 08 17:27:56 -0700 2007 2919848 32586 revsharkie 3 2923397 Hung Far Low means Lotus Blossom. Old school late night greasy spoon, an old favorite from my college days. Sat Sep 08 18:27:56 -0700 2007 2923280 13853 Leonardo 4 2925081 I'm glad to know it means something so nice. It doesn't sound so good in English. Sun Sep 09 16:38:59 -0700 2007 2923397 32586 revsharkie 3 3200085 Miso happy, hung far low. Always made a friend of mine laugh. Tue Dec 11 18:24:16 -0800 2007 2923280 22184 duckduck 2 2997502 My mom accidentally transposed the letters "d" and "ck". She turned red and covered her mouth! Tue Oct 02 14:16:02 -0700 2007 2919848 122137 avena 1 2919871 There's a small local chain in Buffalo with the odd combination of chicken wings (of course) and Chinese take-out, called "Ying's Wings & Things". There's also a small neighborhood Chinese restaurant in Syracuse call Rong Cheng. I was always afraid to pay in cash. Fri Sep 07 10:31:21 -0700 2007 2918048 117124 WNYamateur 2 2920150 Apparently still alive and well in Gainesville FL is the very non-PC Chinee Takee Outee. Fri Sep 07 11:43:49 -0700 2007 2919871 12829 Bob W 3 2920173 theres one of those in New Albany, IN too Fri Sep 07 11:47:14 -0700 2007 2920150 80290 Lightsuprooms 3 2920190 Cincinnati has Porkopolis. The specialty is pork. Who would have known? Fri Sep 07 11:49:48 -0700 2007 2920150 97193 redjen 4 2934510 In the earliest part of its exitance, Cincinnati was known as Porkopolis. No surprise they've named a restaurant there. Wed Sep 12 10:22:21 -0700 2007 2920190 102895 Cheflambo 1 2920501 Pho Shizzle! Not sure where it is...found it when doing an online search for Pho. Fri Sep 07 13:02:01 -0700 2007 2918048 113386 Melusina54 1 2920556 In Plattsburgh, NY there was a drive in called "Toot and Tell'm" I'm not sure if it is still going. Fri Sep 07 13:19:08 -0700 2007 2918048 10285 Candy 1 2920924 Minneapolis: U Otter Stop Inn Fri Sep 07 15:04:42 -0700 2007 2918048 97411 NewSushiFiend 1 2921350 Ther was place in Dallas---I think-- that was called "Nacho Mamas". Cracked me up Fri Sep 07 17:31:54 -0700 2007 2918048 53134 ishmael 2 2921378 That's pretty common. There's been a Nacho Mamas in Richmond, VA and NYC as well. Fri Sep 07 17:44:08 -0700 2007 2921350 10216 Lucia 3 2929008 And just Joe Mama's in Pittsburgh. http://www.joemamas.com/ Drive by it every day now. Mon Sep 10 19:33:10 -0700 2007 2921378 40162 CrazyOne 4 2964498 On a similar thread awhile back someone wrote of a Mexican place called Aunt Chilada's. Fri Sep 21 15:25:39 -0700 2007 2929008 10125 Frosty Melon 2 2929414 There is a Nacho Mama's in Baltimore as well. The sister seafood restaurant is Mama's on the Half Shell. Another bar in B-more is named 'No Idea'. Just in case someone asks where you were last night I guess. Mon Sep 10 22:28:12 -0700 2007 2921350 86005 amethiste 3 2929823 Do you remember the great Bawlmer bar No Fish Today? The logo was a fish skeleton. Great place, until it burned to the ground. Tue Sep 11 06:37:54 -0700 2007 2929414 12829 Bob W 4 2930454 I think that pre-dates me. Isn't there a restaurant called Thai One On in Towson? Tue Sep 11 09:13:23 -0700 2007 2929823 86005 amethiste 5 2930527 Thais love puns: Beau Thai, Thai Pod, Thaiphoon... Tue Sep 11 09:34:13 -0700 2007 2930454 13853 Leonardo 6 3080431 I could swear I once passed a place called Thai Me Up. Maybe in LA? Tue Oct 30 12:41:58 -0700 2007 2930527 114415 LeslieB 7 3081043 There used to be a Thai Me Up in Chicago too. Tue Oct 30 16:15:45 -0700 2007 3080431 10125 Frosty Melon 6 3208577 There is a Bow Thai in San Mateo Fri Dec 14 12:46:33 -0800 2007 2930527 105586 Cat Chow 5 2930795 Haha yeah there is. We always used to laugh at the Rusty Scupper too, though there's nothing all that funny about it. Tue Sep 11 10:26:22 -0700 2007 2930454 18288 janethepain 6 2934112 Back in the 70s the Rusty Scupper in Providence was a major meat market and was known as the Lusty Scupper and probably a lot of other things I was too young to be privy to. Off the top of my head I'd guess that "the Lusty Shtupper" was one of them. 8>P Wed Sep 12 08:49:16 -0700 2007 2930795 12829 Bob W 7 5128295 When I worked @ the Oakland, CA unit, we called it the "Crusty Rubber"! adam Sat Oct 24 17:09:19 -0700 2009 2934112 154787 adamshoe 3 2964628 That's my fav Baltimore place - and one of the best names ever! I remember a bar in Indiana - right near Indiana U called "The Library" - just in case you were a student and your parents asked you where you've been spending your free time!! Fri Sep 21 16:18:33 -0700 2007 2929414 59004 Sra. Swanky 3 2969224 There's a bar in Manhattan named No Idea, too. Sun Sep 23 19:51:46 -0700 2007 2929414 10074 Caitlin McGrath 2 2930196 There's one in Park City, UT too Tue Sep 11 08:15:15 -0700 2007 2921350 59951 thinks too much 2 2949482 There is a place in Park City called Nacho Mamas too. I love it. Next door to it is the Blind Dog, a sushi place. Mon Sep 17 13:27:40 -0700 2007 2921350 81820 starbucksbrew 1 2921374 http://www.chewfood.com/2007/08/24/food-puns/ Fri Sep 07 17:43:06 -0700 2007 2918048 64008 ow77 1 2921426 (Re-run) I still get a sophomoric laugh remembering the Black Angus Steakhouse located where one drove into Eugene, Oregon, from Springfield or I-5: someone was always breaking the letter "g" in the big, individually lettered sign. Fri Sep 07 18:04:23 -0700 2007 2918048 36661 Sam Fujisaka 1 2922825 Here on the Outer Banks of NC we've got Dirty Dick's Crab House and Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar...both sell as many t-shirts as they do food. I kinda like the name of Sooey's BBQ as well, though I'm not so hip on the food. Sat Sep 08 12:50:52 -0700 2007 2918048 49452 SweetPhyl 1 2922859 There used to be a place in Harrisburg called "All My Chicken" and it was a roadside take-out chicken joint. I also recall in Ocean City MD a place called Big Pecker's Bar & Grill and another place called The Brass Balls Saloon. Sat Sep 08 13:10:36 -0700 2007 2918048 71241 lynnlato 2 2923238 How can you go wrong with 'Good Fricken Chicken' in San Francisco? Sat Sep 08 16:58:43 -0700 2007 2922859 11003 chipman 3 2925076 Nice! Got a smile out of me. : ) Sun Sep 09 16:37:33 -0700 2007 2923238 10609 Cheese Boy 1 2923107 There is a Nachomama's in suburban St. Louis, too. A good name for a Southern soul food and seafood restaurant in Plainfield, NJ is Freshwater's. Turns out the chef's last name is Freshwater. I always thought it was the perfect name. A bit of topic, but a great restaurant sign is in Brattleboro, Vt. A steakhouse with a towering sign reading "STEAK" closed and became a Chinese restaurant. This restaurant, called Panda North, removed two of the letters and the sign now proclaims "TEA." (visible from Interstate 91) Great food at all three places, by the way. Sat Sep 08 15:40:45 -0700 2007 2918048 109692 Dedicated Fresser 2 2923213 My youngest son's favorite college bar was "The Tin Can"! Sat Sep 08 16:44:32 -0700 2007 2923107 15691 mcel215 1 2923462 Here in Greenville we have ThaiCoon That one always cracks me up Sat Sep 08 19:18:25 -0700 2007 2918048 11761 PickyChicky 1 2923505 stuff yer face in new brunswick, n.j. gets my vote. mario batali worked there between classes at rutgers. here's a link: http://www.stuffyerface.com/ Sat Sep 08 19:44:43 -0700 2007 2918048 10627 steve h. 1 2925153 Mexico Next To Texaco 7th Ave S (I think) NYC Sun Sep 09 17:11:28 -0700 2007 2918048 83375 pfarrell 1 2925262 There used to be a casual chinese place in Torrance, CA called Leave Me Alone. Sun Sep 09 17:59:02 -0700 2007 2918048 126040 foodhuntress 1 2925876 Al the Wop, an Italian place in the otherwise completely Chinese Locke, California. http://www.scrapbookpages.com/photoessays/Locke/Locke04.html Mon Sep 10 00:28:14 -0700 2007 2918048 25310 Chuckles the Clone 2 2933748 Al's Place ("Al the Wop's") is not Italian. Steaks, burgers, a token chicken dish...that's about it. Plus peanut butter in jars on the tables. Great dive! Wed Sep 12 07:22:07 -0700 2007 2925876 13700 ricepad 3 2934052 Don't forget the steak and spaghetti special. That's what keeps it "Italian". Yeah, I should have put "Italian" in scare-quotes ... :) Wed Sep 12 08:34:38 -0700 2007 2933748 25310 Chuckles the Clone 4 2934222 ...and what else is it, apricot jam on the tables, too? I think I'm overdue for another trip to Al's... Wed Sep 12 09:11:48 -0700 2007 2934052 13700 ricepad 1 2928780 monkey farm works for me. very uh, interesting road house along the sou'west shore of connecticut. food is surprisingly good. Mon Sep 10 18:24:53 -0700 2007 2918048 10627 steve h. 1 2929017 Bar, I assume quite the dive (looks like it was once a house if I recall), in Washington, PA, not sure if still there: The Liquid Diet Inn. (I think it said Inn at the end, but not 100% sure on that bit.) Mon Sep 10 19:35:30 -0700 2007 2918048 40162 CrazyOne 1 2929115 In Durham, New Hampshire, there is (was?) an ice cream and coffee shop called "The Licker Store." Mon Sep 10 20:03:42 -0700 2007 2918048 20717 sailormouth 1 2929393 Nothing hillarious but some amusing ones.... > Alibi Room (Trailer Park bar in West L.A.) > Dick's Last Resort (San Diego bar) > O.K. Chinese Food (Monterey Park) > C.O. JONES (wannabe Mexican place in the East Coast) > Pink Taco (wannabe Mexican joint in Arizona) > Vitaminas para Hombres (Mariscos truck in L.A.) > La Venganza del Emperador Moctezuma (Tijuana taco stand) Mon Sep 10 22:15:04 -0700 2007 2918048 42572 Eat_Nopal 1 2930109 One of my favorites which I spotted somewhere in VT in 1991 was the Squat and Gobble. I believe there may be more than one in the Northeast. Tue Sep 11 07:57:29 -0700 2007 2918048 15499 Daniel 1 2930205 Out of Grants Pass Oregon there was a restaurant called the Boarding House Reach At UC Davis the Student Counseling center was called the First Resort and the on-campus pub, where I worked, the Last Resort. Coffee shop in Berkeley - Sufficient Grounds Bar in SF The White Swallow. Tue Sep 11 08:16:51 -0700 2007 2918048 26892 Andy Jacob 2 2933757 Is the Last Resort still open? I had heard rumors that the campus had gone dry, which would be a damn shame. Wed Sep 12 07:22:57 -0700 2007 2930205 13700 ricepad 3 2934463 I would not be surprised. The stories I could tell... Dry is relative. One only needs to take a viticulture and enology course to sample the research wines. I had the good fortune to have a tasting tour about 4 years ago there and we tasted 5 decades of Cabernet '60 to '00. Wed Sep 12 10:11:00 -0700 2007 2933757 26892 Andy Jacob 4 2961994 Ah yes, nachos and pitchers at the pub. They remodeled the Memorial Union in the early nineties and ruined the whole thing. It was done about the same time the old Coffee House was transformed. I understand there is no longer a Pub on campus. Thu Sep 20 21:48:00 -0700 2007 2934463 11002 thirtyeyes 2 2967116 Another bar is SF...The End Up Sat Sep 22 20:52:00 -0700 2007 2930205 20387 tobycat 3 2967739 I wouldn't call the End Up a bar...more of a late night dance club where most patrons drink water since booze can't be served past 2 am. Sun Sep 23 09:06:27 -0700 2007 2967116 10125 Frosty Melon 1 2930425 In Seattle close to the University of Washington there is a restaurant named- "Jack's Tapas Cafe, Mainly Chinese"- pretty funny! They don't even really have small plates :) Tue Sep 11 09:07:39 -0700 2007 2918048 72839 natalie.warner 1 2931400 There was a bar in Lexington KY near the UK campus called "The Bearded Clam" back in the 80's/early 90's. They got shut down because the coke they were selling wasn't the kind you drink. I always wondered at the time how they could afford their 25 cent draft beer thursdays..... Tue Sep 11 12:52:14 -0700 2007 2918048 73013 LabRat 1 2933222 After the sun sets in the Mississippi Delta, could there be a more thrilling place to go than "Jake's Shake by the Lake" outside of Yazoo City? I never made it there, and I think that it has closed now, but what a fun name! Tue Sep 11 22:30:17 -0700 2007 2918048 96658 Clarkafella 1 2933322 Well, there's a bar near here called "the Office"...."honey, I've got to stay late at the 'Office' "..... Wed Sep 12 00:13:24 -0700 2007 2918048 67706 WCchopper 1 2933768 Back in the late 70s, there was a pizza place in San Diego called "Sleazello's". Their logo was a caricature-style overweight chef in a dirty t-shirt and a 5 o'clock shadow, swatting at flies with a butcher knife. Truly awful pizza. Wed Sep 12 07:25:37 -0700 2007 2918048 13700 ricepad 1 2947520 There used to be a restaurant off the West Side Highway in Manhattan called Pasquale and Wong's. Yes, they served Italian and Chinese food. One current cleverly named spot: A Salt and Battery, the popular Brit takeout place for fish n chips (and deep fried Mars bars!). Sun Sep 16 21:25:02 -0700 2007 2918048 102095 vvvindaloo 2 3197383 Must have been 5 years ago, but I read about A Salt and Battery in a magazine, and I had to go. The name still cracks me up, and yes, I ate a fried mars bar! Mon Dec 10 22:41:20 -0800 2007 2947520 70838 taryn 1 2949404 There used to be a restaurant in Houston named either "Richard's Head" or "Dick's Head" and their logo, at a glance, was a caricature of a man's face, but if you looked closely it was, ah, much more obscene. Just picture a long nose with jowls for cheeks. It was a favorite hangout for waiters. Mon Sep 17 13:07:41 -0700 2007 2918048 80937 danhole 1 2964302 Gulf Shores, AL: A Wok on the Beach Fri Sep 21 14:22:56 -0700 2007 2918048 103418 cor 1 2964576 There used to be a shack on an island off the coast of Pattaya, Thailand that had a sign that advertised "Food & Dope". Here in NH, the Roadkill Cafe recently went out of business. I've always wanted to open a restaurant called "Chix, Flix and Lix" that served fried chicken, rented movies and sold ice cream cones. The sign would read downwards so you'd get the XXX effect. Fri Sep 21 15:56:54 -0700 2007 2918048 13003 whs 2 2964625 The Road Kill Cafe in Sturgis, SD is probably the most well-known, but there are a lot of (unrelated) others: http://www.road-kill-cafe.com/address.html Fri Sep 21 16:18:03 -0700 2007 2964576 25310 Chuckles the Clone 3 3083096 Earlier this year when I went on a Route 66 trip down in Arizona I saw the one in Seligman, although the presence of a more prominent food landmark (the Snow Cap) meant that I didn't get a chance to try it. Wed Oct 31 10:35:44 -0700 2007 2964625 24644 Vexorg 1 2964641 "The No Name" in Boston. There was no sign. That's what everyone called it. That was its name. www.littlecomptonmornings.blogspot.com Fri Sep 21 16:23:03 -0700 2007 2918048 91169 janeer 2 2991550 Actually the No Name has a sign. two of them, one inthe parking lot and one on the window. ...Lucky's 2 blocks away has no sign. that always bothered me. no name should have no sign. Sun Sep 30 20:55:24 -0700 2007 2964641 105169 marthayou 2 3025043 Also a no name bar in Sausalito. There was a Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans and I liked the name Just Desserts for a dessert place in San Francisco. Locals call the Washington Square Bar and Grill in S.F. the Washbag .... Thu Oct 11 09:36:41 -0700 2007 2964641 66022 bronwen 3 3025365 Wasn't the "Washbag" moniker the invention of Herb Caen (RIP)? Or did he just popularize it? Thu Oct 11 10:44:37 -0700 2007 3025043 13700 ricepad 1 2965160 There was a tiny hole in the wall breakfast place in Downey called Chillikellys (sp) that I guess specialized in Chilaquiles, I never been there but thought the name was cute. Fri Sep 21 20:56:58 -0700 2007 2918048 52987 LARaven 2 2980027 And there used to be a little take-out sandwich place in Boston that was accessible only from a window that overlooked an alley - named The Hole in the Wall. Haven't been there for a couple of decades, so I don't know if it's still there. Wed Sep 26 17:02:57 -0700 2007 2965160 12677 phoebek 1 2966602 There's an ice-cream place in Daytona Beach Shores called Cow Licks. And a drive-in hot dog place in Lake City called the Dog 'n Suds. (Suds is root beer). Sat Sep 22 15:53:54 -0700 2007 2918048 27357 PDeveaux 2 2973567 there was a dog 'n suds in fort myers, too. Tue Sep 25 07:13:39 -0700 2007 2966602 105717 alkapal 1 2966616 There's a Chinese place on Long Island called "Fu's Rush Inn." Sat Sep 22 15:59:52 -0700 2007 2918048 17348 Vladimir Estragon 1 2966634 When I was growing up, in that bastion of culinary greatness, Johnstown, PA, there was a vegetarian restaurant called Lettuce Eat. Here in San Diego, there used to be a Vietnamese restaurant called Chiu Ahn (Chew On). I never did find out if that was meant to be a play on words or just a very odd coincidence. Sat Sep 22 16:09:20 -0700 2007 2918048 129072 mercyteapot 1 2966635 A couple of years ago I drove past an Indian fast food place in NYC that was called "Curry in a Hurry"...I laughed so hard I almost ran into a bunch of pedestrians! Sat Sep 22 16:10:02 -0700 2007 2918048 20921 Tay 2 2966642 We also have Aesop's Tables." And used to have a great place called "Once upon a Stove" Who says we don't have a sense of humor? Sat Sep 22 16:12:40 -0700 2007 2966635 20921 Tay 3 2971302 Is "Blazing Salads" still in existence? Mon Sep 24 12:58:23 -0700 2007 2966642 13003 whs 3 3097389 There was also an Aesop's Tables in Wellfleet MA for many years. My cousin was a server there for a long time. Mon Nov 05 13:25:06 -0800 2007 2966642 12829 Bob W 2 2973746 Haha I know where that is. Across the street from my office is "Hurry & Tasty Curry" Tue Sep 25 08:06:17 -0700 2007 2966635 18288 janethepain 1 2966656 In Toronto, there's a Chinese restaurant in the east in the Beaches area with the official name of Garden Gate. For years, it had a huge neon sign out front that said Garden Gate, Good Food, but both "ds" in Good Food burnt out like maybe 30 years ago and was never replaced. It looked like Goof. Now the restaurant is popularly known by all and sundry, even beyond the Beaches, as The Goof. Here's a photo of the old neon sign of The Goof - http://www.doublecrossed.ca/index.php?showimage=695 Sat Sep 22 16:20:15 -0700 2007 2918048 98493 JamieK 1 2966962 In SF, there was a burger place in the (gay) Castro called Hot and Hunky. It went out of business, and the clueless new owners didn't want to spend too much on signage, so they renamed it Hot and Chunky. Uck! Sat Sep 22 19:25:26 -0700 2007 2918048 104285 sfbecky 1 2967047 Right down the street from my house is a pizza place called Bestawan. I think Aesop's Table is/was a chain. There used to be one near here. Sat Sep 22 20:11:01 -0700 2007 2918048 129072 mercyteapot 1 2967352 Harvard Square: Used to be a chinese restaurant named Ta Chien. French people tended to stay away. Sun Sep 23 00:29:30 -0700 2007 2918048 25310 Chuckles the Clone 1 2967441 There is a really good mexican restaurant outside Chicago named "Wholly Frijoles". Sun Sep 23 05:30:09 -0700 2007 2918048 73013 LabRat 2 3341618 Correction, the Dive Bar in Worcester, MA is an awesome place... Alec has beers you've only dreamt about. He's really done a lot with the place, GO THERE and you will ask yourself why you haven't gone there sooner. Ps. he's also got some "boutique" type liquors some of the craft breweries are now producing. Mon Jan 28 13:06:44 -0800 2008 2967441 141564 jcormie1 1 2967659 We've got the Dive Bar in Worcester, MA. It's a hole. Sun Sep 23 08:21:43 -0700 2007 2918048 92744 invinotheresverde 1 2967924 In Port Chester, NY there was a greasy spoon establishment called "Pat's Hubba Hubba" that was owned and operated by a very nice elderly couple. They had chili, fries, burgers, dogs, that kind of fare. It was especially great at 2am after a night out of drinking. I had this hazing routine I'd do to unsuspecting new hires at work. When they would step away from their desk, I'd leave a note stating that a Pat Hubbard called, and to call him or her back at .... and I'd leave the number of Pat's Hubba Hubba. What a hoot to watch the expressions on the newbies faces when the person at the other end of the line says ' There's nobody here by that name, this is Pat's Hubba Hubba.' ... I'm laughing to myself as I type this. Hilarious !!! I was much younger then -- you'll have to excuse my behavior. : ) Sun Sep 23 10:43:20 -0700 2007 2918048 10609 Cheese Boy 2 3103856 I miss Hubba water! My favorite Pat's Hubba Hubba story is from my brother - he was there late in the evening when a fight broke out. The guy working the grill picked up the phone, pressed speed dial and said - "it's Pats," then hung up. The cops pulled up one minute later. Another typical PC night! Wed Nov 07 11:44:07 -0800 2007 2967924 124920 thegingerbreadgirl 1 2968239 Not a restaurant, but the Moo And Oink Butcher is worthy of mention. Sun Sep 23 13:23:47 -0700 2007 2918048 21341 hrhboo 1 2970958 There's a liquor store here in Calgary called: Liquor Box.... naughty naughty naughty lol. Mon Sep 24 11:36:13 -0700 2007 2918048 126653 gourmethunter 2 2975153 How about a liquor store named U P Liquor! Tue Sep 25 13:06:49 -0700 2007 2970958 80937 danhole 3 2980270 The classic one for liquor stores is of course Bunghole Liquors in Mass: http://www.bungholeliquors.com/history/history/history-of-bung-hole-liquors.html Pictures of that all over the web. Wed Sep 26 18:25:07 -0700 2007 2975153 40162 CrazyOne 1 2973443 "Squat and Gobble" -- name on billboard for restaurant (ahem!) off I-95 in S. Georgia. Had painting of gleeful tourist woman running toward a (presumably bathroom) door! NOT KIDDING! I just now saw the post about an S&G in VT. what a concept! Tue Sep 25 06:26:11 -0700 2007 2918048 105717 alkapal 1 2973822 Hoosick Falls NY has a bar called "Third Base (last stop before home)" Tue Sep 25 08:28:03 -0700 2007 2918048 43399 atheorist 1 2975387 In Toronto it is "Reliable Fish & Chips". After all isn't that what you want in your fried fish - reliability? Tue Sep 25 13:57:56 -0700 2007 2918048 73862 kireland 2 2975449 "tasty" somewhere in the front of the name would give me more confidence. Tue Sep 25 14:13:30 -0700 2007 2975387 10627 steve h. 2 2980878 There's a seafood chain in Boston and DC called Legal Seafood. I've had the same thought about them. Unless I'm eating abalone or some other endangered species, I don't give a thought to legality. I wonder how it got its name. Thu Sep 27 00:10:18 -0700 2007 2975387 129072 mercyteapot 3 3209981 George Berkowitz's father Harry owned a store called "Legal Cash Market" in Inman Square. The "Legal" referred to the Legal Green Stamps that they gave out. These stamps were forerunners to S & H Green Stamps -- but made by the same company. George opened a fish market next door to the "Legal Cash Market" and then a seafood restaurant -- called "Legal Seafood." You can watch a little historic slide show on their website: http://www.legalseafoods.com/index.cfm/page/History/pid/24649## Sat Dec 15 05:29:13 -0800 2007 2980878 99738 Jill Brazil 1 2980442 Just remembered another one > ... ... Wok Around the Clock Wed Sep 26 19:38:11 -0700 2007 2918048 10609 Cheese Boy 1 2980446 funky monkey wine company in orlando florida its a wine bar and cafe Wed Sep 26 19:39:34 -0700 2007 2918048 24040 Eddie Nickell 1 2980879 There was a restaurant in my town for a while called "Conigy Dough Products". An A for truth in advertising (they sold pizza and baked goods of all sorts) but it wasn't exactly the catchiest name ever. Thu Sep 27 00:13:12 -0700 2007 2918048 129072 mercyteapot 1 2983614 Not a restaurant, but I've always been amused by the name of this Italian bakery in Toronto called North Pole Bakery. Thu Sep 27 15:42:24 -0700 2007 2918048 98493 JamieK 2 2983679 What is the inside joke? *confused* Thu Sep 27 16:06:43 -0700 2007 2983614 42572 Eat_Nopal 3 3065685 Eat Nopal, maybe it was the "Pole" instead of the "Italian"? As in Polish nationality. Thu Oct 25 06:41:06 -0700 2007 2983679 105717 alkapal 3 3992614 sorry, I guess I'm just way too easily amused. No inside joke. And the place is most assuredly Italian, old-school Italian. I just like the idea of a hot hot bakery in contrast to the cold cold North Pole. Wed Aug 27 17:59:03 -0700 2008 2983679 98493 JamieK 1 2983654 There's a Chinese place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada called "Hu's on First" It is located overlooking a Baseball Stadium Thu Sep 27 15:55:47 -0700 2007 2918048 17403 easily amused 1 2990541 Tony (of Virginia Beach) decided to spell his name backwards in '93 when he started his local pizza chain.....Y-NOT Pizza! Sun Sep 30 12:46:50 -0700 2007 2918048 124137 JayVaBeach 1 2991796 in nyc--- there was a good downtown restaurant on varick street ,nosmo king, closed about 10 yrs ago (i think) , before smoking was banned altogether Mon Oct 01 00:19:01 -0700 2007 2918048 43549 ekdd 1 2993882 Dog-N-Burger It's a simple Hamburger Joint (& Dogs too - imagine that) in Norfolk, VA Ghent Location - a Jerry Meltsner Restaurant Mon Oct 01 14:47:27 -0700 2007 2918048 124137 JayVaBeach 1 2997633 Sad to say but the Black Angus Steakhouse in Eugene is no more. Tue Oct 02 14:48:15 -0700 2007 2918048 131695 Ilovebuffetsxo 2 2998064 That ugly little flat-topped grey building off the entrance to I-5 where people kept breaking the "g" in the sign is no longer there? I guess thngs can change in the 35 years since I arrived there to go to grad school. Tue Oct 02 17:07:13 -0700 2007 2997633 36661 Sam Fujisaka 1 3025405 I kinda like Grateful Bread. http://www.gratefulbreadbaking.com/ There's also a grocery store called Erewhon, which was supposed to be Nowhere spelled backwards. Thu Oct 11 10:55:39 -0700 2007 2918048 50350 SauceSupreme 2 3200463 In the Grateful Dead's home town in Marin County, CA there used to be a bakery called Grainful Bread. Award wining edible art! It was completely organic and wonderful! Just like Jerry, it is missed! Tue Dec 11 21:29:14 -0800 2007 3025405 15774 MSK 3 4317034 like the grateful bed and breakfast in PR and of course we baked grapefruit bread Sun Jan 11 17:07:58 -0800 2009 3200463 135229 thew 1 3025484 Its not a restaurant, but the British supermarket import opening up around town called "FRESH & EASY" made my mom and I snicker. Lets hope the ladies that work there won't have to wear tight shirts with the name across the chest. Thu Oct 11 11:15:51 -0700 2007 2918048 122137 avena 1 3026232 How about "A Moveable Feast"? It's a health food place in town, but it is a little disgusting to me, I mean, after all, isn't all food that? LOL! Thu Oct 11 14:12:23 -0700 2007 2918048 80937 danhole 2 3050125 Easter is a Moveable Feast (not the same date in the calendar every year) and if I am correct it is where the term comes from! Fri Oct 19 11:45:02 -0700 2007 3026232 22559 smartie 3 3066926 Well you are a smartie! I did not know that although I do observe, Ash Wednesday, and Lent, and others around Easter. But this place is named after the Ernest Hemingway Memoirs! Thu Oct 25 11:53:38 -0700 2007 3050125 80937 danhole 1 3026528 On the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, whose colors are orange and blue, is a little breakfast/coffee shop called the Orange and Brew. In Tallahassee, a church coffee house is called Holy Grounds (but I suppose if it were a synagogue, it could be called HeBrews.) Thu Oct 11 15:23:59 -0700 2007 2918048 12296 steakman55 2 3026545 There's a coffee shop in Santa Monica that also doubles as a notary called Legal Grind. And my nearby coffeeshop is called Groundwork. Thu Oct 11 15:26:55 -0700 2007 3026528 50350 SauceSupreme 1 3048346 Pu Pu Hot Pot - Cambridge, MA Wok Inn - Kanab, UT Thu Oct 18 19:46:58 -0700 2007 2918048 27844 sistinas 1 3050059 I don't know if it should be called "great" but one of my all time favorite restaurant names is the Irregardless Cafe, which is in Raleigh, NC. Here in New Jersey we have The Frog and The Peach in New Brunswick and Lo-Fatt-Chow in Flemington. The former offers fine dining; the latter doesn't! Fri Oct 19 11:29:39 -0700 2007 2918048 57768 ambrose 2 3050495 "The Frog and Peach" is also a routine by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore from the 60s. Fri Oct 19 13:10:15 -0700 2007 3050059 13700 ricepad 3 3050734 Yes, and that's where the restaurant in New Brunswick (and several others in the US) got it's name. Pete and Dud's F&P was located in Dartmoor (lots of free parking on the moors) and served only one "appetizer", namely spawn cocktail. Here's a transcript of the original skit: http://www.davehitt.com/july99/frogskit.html I don't think anyone ever picked up on another restaurant name mentioned in the skit - The Vole and Pea! Fri Oct 19 14:01:14 -0700 2007 3050495 57768 ambrose 3 3066413 For awhile in Richmond, VA, there was a great restaurant named The Frog and the Redneck Thu Oct 25 09:59:00 -0700 2007 3050495 50613 weezycom 1 3050247 in canada there's a grocery chain called "overweighties" Fri Oct 19 12:19:04 -0700 2007 2918048 46417 LAcupcake 1 3050346 Not from the US - what's it called? In and Out Burger? In 'n Out? Whatever it is - it's definitely not appetizing, and rather hilarious IMO. A lot of people from the US might be used to the name - but think about it...odd. Fri Oct 19 12:41:23 -0700 2007 2918048 70075 tochipotle 2 3050398 In the 70's In-N-Out Burger used to have bumper stickers that had their name, but people would always scratch out the B and the R to show "In-N-Out Urge". I think that the burger is sinfully good, but apparently the marketing department didn't like it. Now the bumper stickers just say In-N-Out. But yeah, the double entendre has always been part of the appeal, to say nothing of it being the fast food burger around. Fri Oct 19 12:50:07 -0700 2007 3050346 50350 SauceSupreme 1 3050425 There is a tavern in Baltimore called "Ale Mary's" ..... Fri Oct 19 12:55:35 -0700 2007 2918048 11562 Hue 1 3050510 Just to add: Yeung Fong (DC) Crabby Dick's (chain) And in my hometown there used to be a place called the American Burger Center, but the irony was there was a huge chicken statue out front. Thanks for this thread it was so funny. I bet there would be an even better one for beauty shops. I lived near the Curl Up N Dye. Fri Oct 19 13:14:19 -0700 2007 2918048 92426 ktmoomau 2 5153076 Wanted to add Fatboy's Pig Palace in West Virginia off Route 33 I think or 55. Tue Nov 03 14:09:24 -0800 2009 3050510 92426 ktmoomau 3 5154583 kt, that's a place i'd stop at, for sure!!! Wed Nov 04 06:44:11 -0800 2009 5153076 105717 alkapal 4 5154888 It is a real dive with old yellow and orange countertops. The only downfall of it is its proximity to The Cabin which has devine pie and for that reason alone is a sure stop. I can't remember if Fatboy's was any good. Wed Nov 04 08:19:35 -0800 2009 5154583 92426 ktmoomau 1 3050788 There used to be a great gourmet carry-out place in Atlanta called The Easy Way Out. Fri Oct 19 14:17:08 -0700 2007 2918048 107491 dinner belle 1 3056699 Here on the Outer Banks of North Carolina... Awful Arthur's Oyster Bar Dirty Dick's Crab House and, my favorite, a Mexican take-out joint in Corolla called Donkey Hotay's...cause the owners were crazy enough to open a southwest food joint in an area that features seafood...crazy like Don Quixote! Mon Oct 22 11:46:19 -0700 2007 2918048 49452 SweetPhyl 1 3065703 "Slug and Lettuce" pub in Stratford-upon-Avon, England Thu Oct 25 06:46:07 -0700 2007 2918048 105717 alkapal 1 3066422 There's a greek restaurant near where I work, and the name isn't anything funny, but underneath the name on the banner outside, it says "A little piece of Greece" Thu Oct 25 10:00:39 -0700 2007 2918048 50613 weezycom 1 3076909 a bar on beverly near virgil in los angeles: "My Brother's Place" a bar (now closed) in cardiff-by-the-sea: "The Office" my favorite, however, was a sign on a bakery (now also closed) on wabash @ evergreen in east la (near el tepeyac) which said: "Wedding Cakes for All Ocassions". Mon Oct 29 11:54:13 -0700 2007 2918048 84647 justanotherpenguin 1 3077025 In Miami - Dolores, But You Can Call Me Lolita and another called Sum Yum Gai In Buenos Aires - Te Matare Ramirez (I'll Kill Your, Ramirez) Mon Oct 29 12:15:00 -0700 2007 2918048 12101 lax2mia 1 3077042 I will eat at any joint, shack, luncheonette, beanery, diner or bar & grille called Fat ____'s. Mon Oct 29 12:18:50 -0700 2007 2918048 26666 FrankJBN 2 3261311 If you are ever in Chapin, South Carolina, you must go to Fat Buddy's. It's a dive, but they have great homemade potato chips. Fri Jan 04 12:11:46 -0800 2008 3077042 143860 pak1789 1 3080087 Back before my day, there was a place in Ithaca, NY "Someplace Else." Closed years ago, not it is someplace else. Ha! Tue Oct 30 11:20:53 -0700 2007 2918048 86611 GilbyEast 1 3080145 How could I forget Quaker Steak and Lube! Erie, PA Tue Oct 30 11:32:15 -0700 2007 2918048 86611 GilbyEast 1 3080425 Not nearly as funny as some of these, but in Cleveland we have a gourmet grilled cheese place called Melt Bar and Grilled, a soup stand called Souper Market and a southern joint called the Town Fryer. Also, when a rival Vietnamese place called No. 1 Pho set up shop a door down from Pho Hoa on Superior Avenue, Pho Hoa staked a claim to better soup by renaming itself Superior Pho. Tue Oct 30 12:40:29 -0700 2007 2918048 114415 LeslieB 2 4321115 pho wars! now, no. 1 pho will be renaming itself, " the bestest ever pho -- in the universe." ;-). Tue Jan 13 03:46:10 -0800 2009 3080425 105717 alkapal 1 3081360 For a brief period of time, we had a place open that was called "Chitlins R Us", but they went out of business pretty quick... Tue Oct 30 18:25:26 -0700 2007 2918048 96658 Clarkafella 1 3081816 Slickety Jim's Chat 'n' Chew - Great for brekky Fuel Chow Gastrpod - makes me laugh Saltlik Couple of my faves :) Tue Oct 30 21:51:55 -0700 2007 2918048 69079 starlady 2 4321117 i just saw a sanford & son episode, where fred blithely explains to aunt esther that he was just "chittin' and chattin'" with a guest (though he had just been grilling the guy for personal info). Tue Jan 13 03:51:44 -0800 2009 3081816 105717 alkapal 1 3083142 There used to be a Chinese buffet place in one of the malls around here called the Foody Goody Plus Buffet. I don't recall them lasting very long for some reason... Wed Oct 31 10:45:42 -0700 2007 2918048 24644 Vexorg 1 3090367 Rocker Oysterfeller, for seafood. For Chinese: King Dong. No joke, yelp it. Fri Nov 02 15:01:31 -0700 2007 2918048 136887 bbbron 2 3091614 We have "Rockefellers" in Virginia Beach serving the next best Oysters Rockefeller next to Antoine's in New Orleans....it's so close to the original recipe & there's NO spinach (authentic) - a combination of oysters, parsley, and parmesan cheese, topped with a rich sauce of butter, herbs and breadcrumbs & the real secret is the all-important ingredient Herbsaint (or substitute Pernod). Sat Nov 03 08:03:22 -0700 2007 3090367 124137 JayVaBeach 1 3097419 Here's another one from Rhode Island. For many years, on the outskirts of beautiful downtown Pawtucket, was the First Chance/Last Chance Cafe. If you were heading downtown, you saw First Chance on the sign. Heading away from downtown, you saw Last Chance. Now it's just the East Ave. Cafe and they don't really cater to local rummies, from what I hear. So I guess that's a good thing. Mon Nov 05 13:31:08 -0800 2007 2918048 12829 Bob W 1 3102487 Driving through Greektown in Toronto the other day and noticed a sign for a restaurant that was either in the process of opening or closing--couldn't tell which. Sign Said "PHO PA". It was either a nod to the Greek neighborhood or and admission of a soon to be made mistake(faux pas) Wed Nov 07 04:46:10 -0800 2007 2918048 53134 ishmael 2 3193337 It actually means Vietnamese food is soon to encroach on Greektown. Sun Dec 09 15:58:04 -0800 2007 3102487 28006 Jennalynn 1 3102492 Somewhere along the road through Saugas, Ma there's a restaurant name that always made me smile as I passed by: Beau Thai Wed Nov 07 04:52:21 -0800 2007 2918048 10087 Pat Hammond 2 3106997 In NY's Chinatown there is BIG WANG and NEW BIG WANG...juvenile I know but it always makes me laugh... Thu Nov 08 09:31:03 -0800 2007 3102492 115271 jvish 3 3123754 Last summer, in San Gabriel Valley, I spotted a Yung Ho. Wed Nov 14 06:35:03 -0800 2007 3106997 40270 Ed Dibble 4 4321120 was that maybe instead spotted at the mustang ranch in nevada? Tue Jan 13 03:54:52 -0800 2009 3123754 105717 alkapal 1 3123193 Here in Ottawa, Canada there's an Indian restaurant called Cumin and Goan. http://www.cuminandgoan.com/ Tue Nov 13 20:42:51 -0800 2007 2918048 11124 PaulV 1 3193104 Wok n, Roll - Ayer , MA Lena's All Kinds Subs- Lowell, MA Sun Dec 09 14:04:56 -0800 2007 2918048 79891 Osso_Buco 2 3290342 That's funny, there was a Wok and Roll here in South Beach, Miami that is. Another great name for a restaurant is: Cafe Tu Tu Tango Sun Jan 13 07:34:17 -0800 2008 3193104 14634 netmover 1 3197332 Near Olympia, Washington, I remember a place called "The Place." I don't remember a sign, but on the front of the menu it read "since there's no place like this place anywhere near this place, then this must be The Place." And there really wasn't much of anything at all near it. Place in downtown Olympia was the "Herb and Onion," which was also the "Urban Onion"--one name on the outside, the other on the menu. In Portland Oregon, "Old Wives' Tale." In Tacoma, Washington, there was a coffee shop near the Law School called "Grounds for Coffee." In San Francisco, there is a coffee shop called "Sacred Grounds" practically in the shadow of a huge Catholic Church. Mon Dec 10 22:03:31 -0800 2007 2918048 16301 Non Cognomina 2 3198527 Indian restaurant in London (not sure if it is still there) called The Empire Fights Back Tue Dec 11 10:23:48 -0800 2007 3197332 22559 smartie 3 3198666 I went to a poetry reading by Gary Snyder at which he referred to a place near his house in northern California called Murder Burger. I'd definitely eat there. Tue Dec 11 11:00:41 -0800 2007 3198527 114020 Barry Foy 4 3200410 Alas, they have changed the name of Murder Burger in Davis, California. They had a contest to rename it--it's now called Redrum Burger! (P.S. The milkshakes there are fantastic). Tue Dec 11 21:00:05 -0800 2007 3198666 16301 Non Cognomina 4 3200467 Their slogan was "Burgers so good...to die for." Tue Dec 11 21:30:46 -0800 2007 3198666 15774 MSK 2 3198863 Hah, in Phoenix the coffee shop in the district courthouse is called Legal Grounds (though they sell Starbucks). Tue Dec 11 12:06:00 -0800 2007 3197332 27844 sistinas 1 3198898 Finagle A Bagel in Boston. Tue Dec 11 12:18:57 -0800 2007 2918048 99738 Jill Brazil 1 3200475 Growing up on LI in the 70's.... There was the "Chat and Nibble" and the "UNeeda Rest" food stop Tue Dec 11 21:33:24 -0800 2007 2918048 15774 MSK 2 3200909 IN Plymouth mass there's a spot called "Cho King" Wed Dec 12 06:38:24 -0800 2007 3200475 138235 Winer 1 3201032 My sister sent me a pic of a restaurant in Chaing Mai called "Look Hoe" Wed Dec 12 07:18:48 -0800 2007 2918048 80290 Lightsuprooms 1 3202498 In Quincy Mass there used to be a healthy eating spot called Haaay Fatty Wed Dec 12 13:15:24 -0800 2007 2918048 46235 Johnresa 1 3203297 Maybe someone already posted this? In NYC there's a fish & chips place called A Salt And Battery. I love it! Wed Dec 12 17:35:04 -0800 2007 2918048 140849 burritobelle 1 3207123 There was a coffee shop in Philly on Delaware Ave near the Ben Franklin bridge that was called "Espresso Yourself". Damn that's bad! Fri Dec 14 03:20:47 -0800 2007 2918048 26180 Chinon00 1 3208299 There's also one of those drive-thru coffee kiosks called "Java the Hut." Equally bad. Fri Dec 14 11:36:35 -0800 2007 2918048 15774 MSK 1 3208637 In South San Francisco, there is a famous italian-american bakery, Galli's Sanitary Bakery. It's been on Grand Aveneue since 1909. I guess when they opened up they had to convince people that it was clean, because the stereotype was that Italians were not clean (not true of course!). The cakes are great, but wouldn't you think given the history and the times, they would opt for Galli's Bakery or Galli's Italian Bakery and do away with the "Sanitary"? Fri Dec 14 13:00:42 -0800 2007 2918048 105586 Cat Chow 2 3240107 In Seattle, the Sanitary Market,is a smaller market that once competed with the Pike Place Market (it is located across the street) and remains in operation to this day, although it is now considered a part of that market. The "Sanitary" part of the name came from the fact that no horses were allowed inside, which is a concern long since rendered obsolete. Thu Dec 27 10:58:34 -0800 2007 3208637 24644 Vexorg 1 3208651 There is a coffee/cafe house of sorts in San Francisco called "Jitters and Shakes" Fri Dec 14 13:03:04 -0800 2007 2918048 105586 Cat Chow 1 3211712 Mr. Cat Chow remembered that in Van Nuys there is a hot dog place called "Law Dogs" and on a certain day of the week you could go get a hot dog and free legal advice or something like that. I googled it and yep, there it is! Law Dogs Free legal advice Wednesday nights 7 p.m. 14114 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91405 Sat Dec 15 20:48:52 -0800 2007 2918048 105586 Cat Chow 2 3249148 There used to be a "Law Dogs" at First and Spring in downtown LA, too...conveniently close to the federal courthouse, county courthouse, Parker Center (ie police HQ), and City Hall...but sadly, it's been gone for years. Mon Dec 31 08:23:41 -0800 2007 3211712 13700 ricepad 1 3240671 This seems to be coming back to life, so...... Dana Point, CA - a very nice restaurant called Thai This. A few blocks away there was a small take-out called Thai That. Never knew for sure if they were the same owner, but it seems likely. Thu Dec 27 13:33:50 -0800 2007 2918048 11405 Midlife 1 3249710 not nearly as funny as the rest of these, but my parents owned a sub shop and when they broke off from the franchise chain, they had to rename...so they called it "submaster", like burgermaster...always thought it sounded a bit oxymoronic. :o) Mon Dec 31 11:39:12 -0800 2007 2918048 56183 soypower 1 3252643 The Lik a Chick in Cape Breton Tue Jan 01 23:29:37 -0800 2008 2918048 153184 im_nomad 1 3256444 Greetings from Paris! I read that they just opened a gourmet take out shop called "Eat Me" ((I think it's in the Opera quarter. Thought it was also funny that the name is in English). Thu Jan 03 07:38:32 -0800 2008 2918048 15774 MSK 2 3279804 I also thought it was funny to see Chinese restaurants in Paris called "Chez Wing" or "Chez Wongs." Wed Jan 09 21:07:45 -0800 2008 3256444 15774 MSK 1 3256515 Cluck U...chicken spot Thu Jan 03 07:58:03 -0800 2008 2918048 123448 JohnnyCab 1 3260700 We have a new place in Houston named "Beaver's" which ia a new endeavor of two well known women chef's. The really funny thing is that on their newsletter they have a quote of the week, and this week it was "Don't Tell Anyone, But I'm Into Beaver's" LOL! Fri Jan 04 09:36:45 -0800 2008 2918048 80937 danhole 1 3261315 There's a restaurant in Greenville, South Carolina called "Never on Sunday." Fri Jan 04 12:12:31 -0800 2008 2918048 143860 pak1789 2 3292017 There's a "Never on Sunday" in Baltimore as well. Apparently it's the name of a Greek movie so it is a common name for a Greek restaurant. Funny thing is that the restaurant is open until 3:00 am on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays so technically they are open on Sunday. :-) Sun Jan 13 18:49:02 -0800 2008 3261315 86005 amethiste 3 3292287 Melena Murcuri starred in that black and white Greek classic. The theme song of the same name won the OSCAR in 1960 for BEST SONG. Check it out on .. < youtube.com/neveronasunday > a great song to dance and smash plates to. Sun Jan 13 20:23:38 -0800 2008 3292017 151625 fruglescot 4 3301035 Great film! I still find myself humming this song on occasion (along with the music from Zorba the Greek). :-)) For the record, her name was Melina Mercouri. She was also Minister for Culture in the Greek government. Wed Jan 16 09:34:41 -0800 2008 3292287 57768 ambrose 1 3274816 When I was in college at U.T. in Austin there was a bar called the "Sco Pro Lounge" where, if you could prove you were on scholastic probation, you got happy hour prices all the time. Tue Jan 08 13:55:22 -0800 2008 2918048 12286 bhoward 1 3274889 One of my favorites was an ice cream place in Long Lake, NY, called "Custard's Last Stand." Tue Jan 08 14:12:55 -0800 2008 2918048 14771 hiddenboston 1 3276502 All somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area Pho Bang Pho Long Thinh Pho Kim Son Pho Dong Pho Kim Long Wed Jan 09 05:56:23 -0800 2008 2918048 12872 K K 2 3290543 "WORLD'S WORST HAMBURGHER" existed for sometime here in Toronto near the Eaton Centre. I was never intrigued enough to enter the place and now it's gone. A testament to a terrible name for an eating establishment. also "WORD OF MOUTH" (Saturday Ribs) This is the name of an underground rib place in Don Mills, a northern suburb in Toronto. I've tasted their celestial ribs at a Saturday poker game but have no idea of how to order them for myself. The card host will not devulge any information other than they are available ONLY on Saturdays and that you have to be referred to get delivery. A clandestine rib business?? Strange, however, the ribs were some of the best if eaten and the poker game is always well attended. Sun Jan 13 09:12:39 -0800 2008 3276502 151625 fruglescot 1 3292297 Don't know if this one's been submitted yet (so many submissions to review) but there's a "ROTTEN RALPHS" in Philly Click on below for a look...................................... Sun Jan 13 20:28:30 -0800 2008 2918048 151625 fruglescot 1 3297399 Around here there's a roadhouse chain called Jack Astor's. Tue Jan 15 09:57:34 -0800 2008 2918048 139180 Blush 1 3390264 There's a place in Portland Oregon called "Sauce Box". I love it -- it just sounds sort of dirty. There's also a nice restaurant called Gilt. Tue Feb 12 12:13:46 -0800 2008 2918048 64403 fluffyk67 1 3391156 Not the name, but there used to be a small pizza chain, in Los Angeles, called Piece O' Pizza. There slogan was ....... apologies in advance...... Had A Piece Lately? Tue Feb 12 15:47:16 -0800 2008 2918048 11405 Midlife 2 5128407 Came to this late... but Piece O' Pizza and it's sign "Had a Piece Lately?" are still there. On Venice. Drove by just yesterday. Sat Oct 24 18:20:05 -0700 2009 3391156 28006 Jennalynn 1 3397846 Some times words from other languages don't translate well- The funniest one I ever saw - was a chinese/asian eatery called The Phu King... say it 3 times fast... Thu Feb 14 12:03:18 -0800 2008 2918048 12606 MeffaBabe 1 3406072 There is a place in Tahleqah,Ok called Sam and Ella's there is another place across the street that closed that was another illness? I have forgotten, but Sam and Ella's has great food Sun Feb 17 07:40:02 -0800 2008 2918048 166863 brazilme 1 3409519 The Sleepless Goat (Kingston, Canada) Common Ground (Kingston, Canada) Helt Rått (Stavanger, Norway - in Norwegian it means "completely raw" - but also slang for "totally cool" - it's a sushi place) OH! And Philthy McNasty's - bar that serves food - chain as well I think, but I just thought it always sounded horrible!! Mon Feb 18 10:52:34 -0800 2008 2918048 120373 hangrygirl 1 4316978 Probably shouldn't bring back this thread but I can't resist mentioning Thai Tanic in Washington, DC. It's been mentioned elsewhere but not here. Other punny restaurant names are noted in: http://www.chow.com/media/5698 Sun Jan 11 16:40:42 -0800 2009 2918048 57768 ambrose 1 5128531 sam an' ella's. out of business now. say it out loud fast! somewhere in the carolinas.... Sat Oct 24 19:24:53 -0700 2009 2918048 1101903 lil magill 1 5128652 I had a friend who *swore* that he went to a gay bar called "The Man Hole", one time, but I don't remember where he said it was. Sat Oct 24 20:37:48 -0700 2009 2918048 96658 Clarkafella 1 5154977 In the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of the UK there is a chippy (fish and chip shop) called "The Codfather" followed by "really knows how to batter your fish" (or something along those lines) Wed Nov 04 08:42:33 -0800 2009 2918048 240789 Paula76 2 5154987 i love that one! Wed Nov 04 08:44:28 -0800 2009 5154977 105717 alkapal 1 5155536 Not a pun or a double entendre but what I think is a very evocative name for a BBQ joint: "Maurice's Piggy Park" in West Columbia SC. Wed Nov 04 11:06:59 -0800 2009 2918048 1102097 mandycat 2 5157358 Piggy Park is SOOOOOOOOOOO good! Thu Nov 05 03:44:05 -0800 2009 5155536 86221 lulubelle 1 5157365 In Chicago there is restaurant company that used to have a place names. named Jonathon Livingston Seafood. also in Chicago, Wiener and Still Champion, The Wiener's Circle. and Top Dog, all hot dog places. Plus a bar called Peek Inn which has kind of a Killroy Was Here logo. in Wisconsin I've seen the Cave Inn. Thu Nov 05 03:53:31 -0800 2009 2918048 86221 lulubelle 2 5158183 Oh, I forgot to mention that the restaurant company is called Lettuce Entertain You. Thu Nov 05 09:38:50 -0800 2009 5157365 86221 lulubelle