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06 Oct 11 - 08:47 PM (#3235100) Subject: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: Bobert Well, the P-Vine and I were riding around a couple days ago and drove by a restaurant that, by the looks of it, had been closed for several years... The Name??? "The Titanic"??? So, have at it folks... It doesn't matter if the joint is still open (or not) lets hear some of ya'll's "bad names for restaurants".... B~ |
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06 Oct 11 - 09:14 PM (#3235108) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: Rapparee Next to the Gross Motel in Timewell, IL was the "Gross Restaurant." Gertie's Grub 'n' Gas. |
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06 Oct 11 - 09:15 PM (#3235110) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: Bobert Ouch, Rap... B~ |
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06 Oct 11 - 09:23 PM (#3235112) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: Don Firth General store, lunch counter and gas station. The sign out front said "Eat Here and Get Gas." Okay. . . . Don Firth P. S. Here's a suggestion for a combination gas station and restaurant: The Stomach Pump. |
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06 Oct 11 - 09:44 PM (#3235121) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: GUEST,999 I'm guessing the Roadkill Cafe on Route 66 does ok for itself. Don, that place would probably make a mint. |
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06 Oct 11 - 09:51 PM (#3235125) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: Bobert ...in gas...not grub... LOL... B~ |
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06 Oct 11 - 10:21 PM (#3235131) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: Rapparee My youngest brother wanted to open a place catering to the muzzleloader shooting crowd and call it "The Cock and Balls". If there was objection he'd go for "The Lock 'n' Balls." |
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06 Oct 11 - 10:43 PM (#3235138) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: Bobert Ouch, Part B, rap... B~ |
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06 Oct 11 - 10:55 PM (#3235142) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: frogprince I know this isn't exactly "on point", but I've said over the years that one of my life's ambitions is to open a restaurant with "topless waitresses" on the signage, and staff it with fully dressed flat-chested women. |
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06 Oct 11 - 11:23 PM (#3235148) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: JennieG I always thought a good name for a Thai restaurant would be "Thai Wun On"....... Chers JennieG |
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06 Oct 11 - 11:48 PM (#3235156) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: MarkS Tom Rush, in one of his songs, refers to a place in Montana called "The Squat and Gobble." Dont know if this is real or just artistic creativity, but it does have a certain cachet! |
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07 Oct 11 - 01:41 AM (#3235188) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: kendall There is a place in Cape Elizabeth Maine that caters to elderly people. I call it "The Rubber Stocking". Ptomaine Tillie's. Those trucks that cater to mechanics are called the Roach Coach, or The Maggot Wagon. |
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07 Oct 11 - 01:54 AM (#3235191) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: Paul Burke Sam and Ella's, formerly in Sheffield. |
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07 Oct 11 - 02:23 AM (#3235194) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: VirginiaTam The Slug and Lettuce (restaurant chain in the UK) Fubar Brasserie and Lounge in Bath The Tailhunter Restaurant and Fubar Cantina in Mexico google found this |
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07 Oct 11 - 02:24 AM (#3235195) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: VirginiaTam Think I like McWanks best |
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07 Oct 11 - 04:22 AM (#3235218) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: Will Fly There used to be a popular wine bar in Brighton in the '70s called "Pip's Wine Bar". When Pip sold it, the new owner changed the name to "Valmonella's". It didn't last long... |
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07 Oct 11 - 04:27 AM (#3235220) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: Nigel Parsons There was a local take-away selling donner kebabs called "Bella Donner". A catchy name, until you realise that belladonna is one of the most toxic plants in the Western hemisphere. |
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07 Oct 11 - 04:28 AM (#3235221) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: GUEST,OldNicKilby There used to be a Japanese Restaurant quite near to Cecil Sharpe House called"Idofuku" |
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07 Oct 11 - 04:42 AM (#3235224) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: MGM·Lion I think the thread name is a bad name for a thread ~~ what, pray, is a 'restrurant'? Just a typo, I appreciate ~ but jarring. Any chance of this being emended by a clone or mod? ~M~ |
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07 Oct 11 - 06:07 AM (#3235249) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: Allan C. CarolC, Jack the Sailor and I dined once in an oriental restaurant near Lake City, Florida. It was a "must" once we saw the sign, the first line of which was: FU KU |
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07 Oct 11 - 06:43 AM (#3235252) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: melodeonboy Many years ago there was a restaurant in Canterbury called Get Stuffed! A number of locals complained about the name, apparently! |
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07 Oct 11 - 06:47 AM (#3235253) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restrurants.... From: TheSnail Sorry, not a restaurant, but theres a hotel in Eastbourne UK called The Big Sleep. "You can check out but you can never leave"? |
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07 Oct 11 - 09:25 AM (#3235296) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Rapparee There used to be a place in Hell, ID (now a ghost town) called "Hell's Kitchen." The church was known affectionately as "Hell's Bells." In Pobwan-ni, Korea there was a place called "The Mickey Mouse Tailor Shop." |
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07 Oct 11 - 10:14 AM (#3235315) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Dave Hanson There is a Chinese Takeaway in Farsley near Leeds called ' Yuk House ' Dave H |
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07 Oct 11 - 10:34 AM (#3235328) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Bobert "Big Peckers" I think is in Ocean City, Md.... I've seen the tee-shirts, anyway... I used to frequent "The Ugly Mother" in Virginia Beach, Va... Don't know if it's still there, or not... B~ |
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07 Oct 11 - 10:37 AM (#3235331) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Will Fly what, pray, is a 'restrurant'? Actually, it's a very peaceful food bar which travels around country areas. Never seen one, Michael? I'm suprised... |
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07 Oct 11 - 11:59 AM (#3235375) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Becca72 Portland, Maine also had (or has - not sure if they are still around) a Sam & Ella's Deli. The Muddy Rudder isn't the best choice as far as I'm concerned - doesn't make me want to eat there. |
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07 Oct 11 - 12:19 PM (#3235388) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: KB in Iowa I used to cook at a place called Li'l Nips. The owners last name was Nipper. It was really more of a bar with a kitchen than a proper restaurant. |
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07 Oct 11 - 12:32 PM (#3235395) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Bobert Grew up across the street from a kid named Nipper... His brother was named Tuck... True story... Nip & Tuck... B~ |
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07 Oct 11 - 12:35 PM (#3235398) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Little Hawk There was a burger joint on the highway south of here called "Shambles". I gather that it was the name of the owner, but it did not inspire confidence. ;-) I never ate there. The place closed down eventually and was replaced by "The Boathouse Grill" or something like that...they had about 25 old boats on trailers sitting all around it. That place has closed down too. I think it's basically just a bad location...or bad karma. It would be cool if Shane and Don bought the place and turned it into a depraved haunt for local hosers, bikers, and drunks, but I doubt that they will. Too much work! |
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07 Oct 11 - 01:42 PM (#3235429) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: GUEST,Eliza Not a restaurant name, but a Thai restaurant in Norwich had 'Dung Roll' on its menu. Never tried it though... |
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07 Oct 11 - 01:50 PM (#3235436) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Little Hawk Oh dear... |
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07 Oct 11 - 01:56 PM (#3235442) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Don Firth Small hole-in-the-wall burger place called "Chuck's." It got known locally as "Up-Chuck's." Didn't last long. Don Firth |
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07 Oct 11 - 02:02 PM (#3235449) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: katlaughing MarkS, not in Montana, from what I could find, but a franchise in San Francisco: Squat & Gobble! Who knew!LOL Not a restaurant, but we have a chain of convenience stores called the "Kum & Go" I kid you not. (That's a short "u".) |
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07 Oct 11 - 02:05 PM (#3235452) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: gnu When I worked in **** ****, NF I used to go to The Slop House fer munchies and ale but I had to stop as their are some Newfoundlanders that just don't like mainlanders and, when they get some ales in, a place called The Slop House just ain't the place to be. I never did get roughed up, mind you, but it was only because I could make em laugh and there are far more nice people than assholes wherever you go. |
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07 Oct 11 - 03:04 PM (#3235482) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Rapparee Halfway between Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska, there really is a place called "Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn." |
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07 Oct 11 - 03:05 PM (#3235483) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: GUEST,Eliza The Murderers pub/cafe in Norwich. Shades of Sweeny Todd? |
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07 Oct 11 - 05:39 PM (#3235531) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: gnu My second camp in the backwoods was called The Stagger Inn but that's off topic. |
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07 Oct 11 - 06:50 PM (#3235561) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: GUEST I have eaten at a Squat and Gobble in Topeka, Kansas. Bill D |
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07 Oct 11 - 10:01 PM (#3235637) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: GUEST,E. Murphy Beaufort South Carolina had a place called "The Terminal Grill." It was located where the old Greyhound bus terminal used to be; the bus station moved, but the grill stayed where it was with the same name, and after a while not many knew the reason for its name. It just seemed like a place where you might truly get your last meal! |
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07 Oct 11 - 10:03 PM (#3235638) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: GUEST,E. Murphy Jesup, Georgia used to have a place called "Eat Now, Home of the Food." |
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08 Oct 11 - 01:59 AM (#3235680) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Little Hawk There's one in Orillia called "Theo's Eatery". Seems like an awfully prosaic name for a restaurant to me, but they do have good food. |
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08 Oct 11 - 05:27 PM (#3235925) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Joe_F There is a place in Connecticut -- I go by it on the train from time to time -- that labels itself with the worst attempt at a portmanteau word that I have ever seen: DINERAUNT. |
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08 Oct 11 - 06:23 PM (#3235942) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: gnu Dineraunt... great name! |
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08 Oct 11 - 06:50 PM (#3235950) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Tangledwood Don't know if it's still there but there was a Chinese restaurant in Launceston, Tasmania - Hung Fat. |
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08 Oct 11 - 07:08 PM (#3235955) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Ed T I made reference in the past to the "Lick A Chick" fried chicken chain in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, (not that that's a bad idea:) Then, there is "Critter Burger" near New Germany, Nova Scotia. A favourite sign in a restraurant the I heard of was "Eat here, Diet Home" Birds often come up in restraurant names. In Prince Edward Island, there is a "Red Rooster", just a few miles down the highway from the "Blue Goose". |
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08 Oct 11 - 07:49 PM (#3235970) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: gnu Ed... "Eat here, Diet Home" That's great too... especially if ya say it fast. Double whammy. Hehehe. |
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09 Oct 11 - 05:45 AM (#3236098) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: bubblyrat There was a cafe at Changi , Singapore , called "Two Sly Toes" ; the proprietor ' s English was less than fluent ,and he was wont to enquire of one , when one ordered breakfast , "Two sly toes ?" , meaning "Two slices of toast ?" , and the name stuck . |
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09 Oct 11 - 06:07 AM (#3236103) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: MGM·Lion Not badly named, but the contrary, were those high-street cafés which rivalled those of Joe Lyons here in UK from 1910s-60s, run by the Aerated Bread Company, and known, easy to remember, as ABCs. They are mentioned in T S Eliot's poem A Cooking Egg [1919]. ~Michael~ |
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09 Oct 11 - 06:30 AM (#3236112) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: MGM·Lion ABCs are also ref'd by Bram Stoker in Dracula {1890s, so they were even earlier than I thought: in fact, checking in Wikipedia, 1864!}, Baroness Orczy, Agatha Christie, Virginia Woolf... |
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09 Oct 11 - 06:45 AM (#3236117) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: MGM·Lion Not sure if they count as good or bad names: but I recall that while Valerie & I were lecturing at Freetown University in 1990-91, we paid many visits to the excellent little thatched beach-hut catering establishments [good burgers, hot-dogs, &c, tho I wouldn't have wanted necessarily to go bail for the purity of the ingredients or the hygiene standards - but, hell, we survived!], all of which had names like Ritz, The Savoy, Cafe de la Paix, Tour d'Argent, Sheraton, Claridges, Maxim's, Trocadero, Hilton, Waldorf-Astoria ... ~M~ |
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09 Oct 11 - 10:10 AM (#3236194) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Mr Happy A sandwich shop in Pentre near Queensferry, N.Wales is called 'Mange'! |
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09 Oct 11 - 10:50 AM (#3236208) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Gorgeous Gary Worst one I ever encountered was spotting a place that turned up in a local mall named "Dunderback's". Never went there, and if I ever did I sure as heck wouldn't have ordered any ground meat dishes... -- Gary |
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10 Oct 11 - 12:49 AM (#3236536) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: beeliner In Zwickau, Germany (former DDR), there is - or was - a restaurant called the "Park Cafe", but the sign is written in the old-fashioned Fraktur typeface, so to the American eye it looks like "Barf Cafe". When I grew up and moved away, my pop gave me just three pieces of advice, which I have followed diligently all these years: 1. Never eat lunch at a place named "Mom's". 2. Never play poker with a guy called "Doc". 3. Never do business with a guy who keeps a Bible on his desk. |
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10 Oct 11 - 02:19 AM (#3236547) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: GUEST,Ralphie Not a restaurant name, but there used to be an Italian Sandwich shop in Great Portland Street, London. That had a wonderful notice in the window......"You can have it here, or you can have it away!" Where was my camera? |
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10 Oct 11 - 03:21 AM (#3236558) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: MGM·Lion "Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own." -- Nelson Algren, A Walk on The Wild Side (1956)--- .,.,.,.,.,.,. I think your pop might have been quoting, b-liner! |
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10 Oct 11 - 05:11 AM (#3236576) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Michael When I was a student in Preston, Lancashire, in the '60s we regularly ate in the UCP Restaurant, above the UCP shop. UCP = United Cattle Products, or more commonly 'The Tripe Shop'. Mike |
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10 Oct 11 - 09:39 AM (#3236687) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Becca72 When working in Williston, VT a decade ago my IBM coworker and I would go out for lunch from time to time - "Men at Wok" was our favorite Chinese place. |
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10 Oct 11 - 10:54 AM (#3236740) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: GUEST,Eliza Bubblyrat, you reminded me of a fish and chip shop in Liverpool, run by Chinese. The locals called the proprietor 'So-Vinga?' which is how he pronounced "Salt and vinegar?", offered to all who buy fish and chips. |
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10 Oct 11 - 02:06 PM (#3236860) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: katlaughing The University of Colorado has a cafeteria named after Alfred E. Packer, the man from the Donnor Party who ate his dead companions when snowed in on the way to oregon way back when. |
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10 Oct 11 - 02:39 PM (#3236883) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: BTNG There waas/is a bar in Toronto Canada, and bars, of course, sell pickled eggs and other pickled items, the name of the bar, you ask? The Gasworks |
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10 Oct 11 - 03:12 PM (#3236910) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Q (Frank Staplin) Fat Cat's Pork-N-Beans of North Carolina- planned opening in Tel Aviv. |
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10 Oct 11 - 04:14 PM (#3236936) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Abdul The Bul Bul We had no problems at all eating at the Chow King in Dubai. Al |
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11 Oct 11 - 09:11 AM (#3237147) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Bonzo3legs Any restaurant name which includes the word "grill" always puts me off, as indeed when a restaurant sign indicates "..........cuisine" |
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11 Oct 11 - 09:40 AM (#3237165) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: MGM·Lion Hmmm ~ The Savoy Grill? |
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11 Oct 11 - 09:58 AM (#3237173) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: GUEST,Dáithí There'a Chinese takeaway here in Lincoln (UK) called "Legal Food". Story goes that it was meant to be called "Regal Food" - but the signwriter misheard the Chinese proprietor's English... D |
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11 Oct 11 - 11:18 AM (#3237219) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: GUEST,John from Kemsing There was an establishment on the A1 familiarly known to it`s customers as "TEN THOUSAND FLIES CANNOT BE WRONG". Tanner to a knicker it`s still there and they still dine there. |
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11 Oct 11 - 04:28 PM (#3237381) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Donuel Sam&Ella's |
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12 Oct 11 - 01:14 AM (#3237604) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: TheFamousEccles In Regina, there was a inconvenience store called the Slurp & Munch. Now called the A1 store. |
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12 Oct 11 - 09:16 AM (#3237780) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Ron Davies Re: University of Colorado: as Kat says, in 1968 the cafeteria there was named by the students the "Alferd G.. Packer Memorial Grill" (named after Mr. Packer, who was accused of eating several of his companions when they were stranded in the Colorado mountains. ) Slogan for the cafeteria is "Have a friend for lunch". In 1977 the US Department of Agriculture had a squabble with the General Services Administration. As a result the Secretary of Agriculture unveiled a plaque "naming the executive cafeteria "The Alferd Packer Memoriai Grill" stating that Packer's life "exemplified the spirit and fare of the cafeteria" and "would serve all mankind" . The plaque is now on the wall of the National Press Club.'s members only bar, the Reliable Source. The Press Club's hamburger is called the Alferd Packer Burger. |
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12 Oct 11 - 09:19 AM (#3237781) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Ron Davies "Memorial Grill" |
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12 Oct 11 - 03:06 PM (#3237946) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Rapparee There's a restaurant called "Don't Eat Here" in a small town nearby. |
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12 Oct 11 - 08:43 PM (#3238127) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Gorgeous Gary Ron & Kat: Funny you should bring up good 'ol Al just after I sang this at the Getaway's Saturday Night concert. 8-) -- Gary |
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12 Oct 11 - 09:16 PM (#3238139) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: BTNG well according to the Food Network website, there is a chain of chicken and pizza take away shops in London named, Chickpizz and from the same source, and also in London we have a bar, restaurant and night club named The Golden Stool |
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12 Oct 11 - 11:19 PM (#3238178) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: olddude down south i saw a sign for the "barf and fart" that one wins |
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14 Oct 11 - 01:27 PM (#3238953) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: mayomick McDonald's |
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14 Oct 11 - 04:02 PM (#3239042) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: GUEST,leeneia Olddude, you're a great guy, but on the 'barf and fart' restaurant, I simply do not believe you. It may be time to have your glasses checked. On a related theme, the food pages of my newspaper carried a recipe for a southern down-home dish called Brunswick Stew. The editor said that we could make a batch and extend it 'ad nauseum' by adding more vegetables, etc. 'Ad nauseum' for a recipe? I suggest 'indefinitely.' |
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14 Oct 11 - 04:40 PM (#3239055) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Ed T ""Hitler's Cross Restaurant - Bombay, India When Hitler's Cross restaurant opened in a Bombay suburb, local politicians and movie industry types were on hand to celebrate beneath the posters of the Nazi leader and swastikas. The owner insisted then -- and still does -- that the name and theme of his new eatery is only meant to attract attention, even if it has outraged Bombay's Jewish community."" |
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14 Oct 11 - 07:37 PM (#3239128) Subject: RE: BS: Bad Names for Restaurants.... From: Dave MacKenzie According to my Scouse in-laws, "Sore Finger?" is always offered in Chinese Chippies in Liverpool. |