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Kash and karry. Good.

My favorite name around here is Spuds and Buds.

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Which got me thinking--what are some of the "best" names you've seen for convenience stores, bars, and the like? The best I've seen in the States is a drive through liquor store called the "Honk and Holler". In Thailand I used to walk by a place called the "Happy Drink Bar Beer". I've always loved that one.
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
Piggly Wiggly.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
Isn't there a "Hinky Dinky" somewhere? Not here in Kansas, but it seems I have seen that in my travels....and thought it was just the weirdest name for a store. Like baby talk.

FG
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Hm, Hinky Dinky? Never heard of it. I could believe it though.

Mack, I know! Every time I hear someone refer to going to the Piggly Wiggly I just cringe. Who would name their store "Piggly Wiggly"?
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
aah... according to the web, Hinky Dinky's are stores in Nebraska....I should have known....

owned by Nash Finch company.

Let me see if I can think of others..

FG
 

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Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
 
I have a photo at home of a store in Massachusetts called Bunghole Liquors.
 

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Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
 
the Honk n' Holler drive through. Every time I drive by I honk and the holler. I'm such a geek!
 

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Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
 
Oh, and in Williamsburg VA there's a burger joint called "A Good Place To Eat."
 

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Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
 
Brew Thru drive through convenience stores.
 

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Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
 
Pho King (those of you who know how to properly pronounce pho should laugh )

There is a place I often pass that is called "Frankie's Unisexx Spahh" that kinda weirds me out.
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
"The Happy Hooker"

A knitting store in Savannah, GA.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
We have a Happy Hooker in Kansas -- but it is a towing service....

FG
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
I thought it was exactly what it sounds like for years, because their logo is a cute little bow.
 

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Posted by peter the bookie (Member # 3270) on :
 
There's a Cox's Smoker's along I-65 in Kentucky.
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
Until a few months ago, a Vietnamese restaurant on Park Street was named "American Lunch."
 

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Posted by Cowboy Poet (Member # 6724) on :
 
Moore Erection Services? A building company constructing a new on campus building while I was in college. . . .
Max's Service (chemical job site toilets...um porta potties) Slogan : #1 in the #2 Business. I have a pic. . .
 

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Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
 
I've seen these around where I live:
Nick's Car Wash
Roach Realty

There are more, but I can't remember them right now.
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
In the town I grew up in, there was an apartment management company that had a reputation for being very unplesant to work with--they were frequently unreasonable, would be rude for no particular reason when you called them for something, etc. They were called Property Management Services, but their signs featured their acronym, PMS, more prominently than their name.
 

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Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :
 
In Galena (well, closer to East Dubuque) there is a Family Beer and Liquor. Dan and I thought that was really funny.
 

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
In Astrkhan Russia there is a mall who's name sounds like--"A Store."

As in, "Where do you want to go shopping?"
"A Store."
"Well, duh.."

There is also the "Dew Come In" Restaurant and Bar not far from my home.
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
Jesse's contribution (he's too lazy to log in): In Taiwan there was a coffee shop below our apartment called "Is Coffee" in English.

(Anna Jo reminded me of this in the "Fine Quality Products" thread) We also have a store nearby called Tucson Hobby, but at night only "Tucson Ho" is lit up. You'd think after all these years they'd have fixed it. Maybe they always leave before dark?
 

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Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
Yeah, my most memorable "some of the lights don't work" restaurants were (saw them myself, not friend-of-a-friend) Black Angus and The Big Yellow House.

--Pop
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
We had a Dew Drop Inn in the Adirondacks.

As for letter-dropping, there is the Hotel Warren in S. Deerfield. The E fell off the Hotel, and it is still known as the Hot L Warren.
 

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Posted by dabbler (Member # 6443) on :
 
Oh, I think I saw a hairdresser called "Curl Up and Dye" in Vermont somewhere.
 

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Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
 
In Stoughton the Nevermind Saloon and the Whatever Bar are right across the street from each other.
 

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Posted by BookWyrm (Member # 2192) on :
 
There's a convienience store chain here in NW Arkanasa called......

Kum and Go
 

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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
 
In Wolfeboro, NH there's a bed and breakfast called the Tuc' Me Inn.
 

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Posted by BlueJacsFan (Member # 6590) on :
 
Restaurant near a state park: Ain't Ya Et Yet Cafe

Restaurant here in Columbus: McYao China Buffet
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
My brother in law emailed us a picture of a restaurant in San Francisco called "Phuket". He didn't provide any explanation, and since we were familiar with the place for which the restaurant was named, and so the proper pronunciation (Poo-khet), we didn't know why he was sending it to us. It was only later that we realized that he thought the "Ph" was pronounced "F".
 

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Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
 
Saw a cafe once called "Chat 'n' Chew" . Kind of liked that.

There used to be a coffee shop here in town where I live now that called itself "The Rusty Plow" - and, yup, they had one mounted above the entrance.

I might get myself in trouble with this one, but there used to be (and may still be, for all I know) a truck accessories shop in Simi Valley, CA, called "Mother Trucker". I swear.

And a bar in Downey, CA, called "Someplace Else" -presumably because men could tell their wives they were going "someplace else", not the bar, and not be lying, exactly. Oh, and there used to be a bar in Fresno called "The Apartment" - probably the same theory.

And a toy and game collectors' shop in Fresno is called "Oh, Grow Up" . And another shop in Fresno named "Come On-A My House" after the old Rosemary Clooney song - not sure what they sell.

I've always liked odd church names myself, and my all-time favorite comes from Downey, CA - "Fire Baptized Holiness Association".
 

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Posted by Ron Lambert (Member # 2872) on :
 
On Sanibel Island in Florida some years ago I noticed a store that sold sea shells and had the name: "She Sells Sea Shells By the Sea Shore."
 

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Posted by Ron Lambert (Member # 2872) on :
 
This wasn't actually a store name, but a store slogan used by Big-O Tires. On the sign, under the name of the store, was the slogan: "Best place in town to take a leak!"
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
I think the name "Big-O" is funny enough by itself.
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 

 

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Posted by Beca (Member # 4340) on :
 
There was a florist's across the street from my high school called "Floral and Hardy".
 

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Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
 
I've been told that there's a Master Bait 'n' Tackle in Louisville, KY

[ July 21, 2004, 02:38 PM: Message edited by: Taalcon ]
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Kind of funny that one of the google links at the bottom of this page is for "Nationwide POS", with POS standing for "Point of Sale"

[ July 21, 2004, 02:48 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
 

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Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
 
I've seen G.O.D. trucks - Guaranteed Overnight Delivery
 

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
Aha! That is what G.O.D. stands for! So to speak.
 

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Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
 
Wok In - Take Out
Chinese Restaurant somewhere in the Portland, ME area.

-Bok
 

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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
 
We saw one on a road trip once: Eat gas and go!
 

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Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
 
There was a little bar in a town in northern France named "Le Poulet D'enfer," which means "The Chicken from Hell."
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 


Somehow that's my favorite so far, afr.
 

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Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
 
There is a place around here (south of Seattle) called Pup'Suds. I have never figured out whether they are a dog groomer or a hot dog and brew place.
 

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Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
 
Or both.
 

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
In Astrkhan there was a Texas restaurant.

We knew it was a Texas restaurant because if its wild west decour and its Texas Flag hanging behind glass in the front room.

However they didn't serve any steak.
No hamburger.
No beef at all, accept what appeared to be swedish meetballs, coated and fried and put on a stick.

Yep, they had what "Mary" asked for--more meats on a stick.
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 
In Georgia there's "Frank and Stein"...it's hot dogs and beer.
 

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Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
 
Rats, there was this little mom and pop resturaunt in the hole in the wall middle of nowhere in Vandalia, IL that had a very amusing name (where my company decided to put a factory because it was cheap 'cause nothing is there)

I can't remember the name though. I believe it involved pie somehow though. I know I posted it here, along with my mono diagnosis, but it was over a year ago so the thread has gone into the Great Beyond. However I remember Kat thinking it was as funny as I thought it was.

AJ
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
There's a burger joint in Utah called The Purple Turtle.
 

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Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :
 
There's a restaurant around here called "El No Pal" and we tend to call it "The Frendless Mexican." That non-official name has spread.

There's also a bed store called "Badcock" that we pass when going to Rome. I always giggle, but then I guess my mind's in the gutter.
 

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Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
 
Olivia, you think your minds in the gutter.

I used to pass a Buttitta Drive nearly every day, and I couldn't not giggle.

AJ
 

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Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
 
There is a Chinese place near me called "Wok 'n Roll"

lol
 

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Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :
 
There's also a Chinese restaurant on the other side of Atlanta called "Tung Sing."

CT- Darn you! Now I want a 'rita, too. We really must split a pitcher sometime. Then do Karaoke. *snort*

Banna-- A significantly more 'fun' person than me once said, "All of us are in the gutter, but some of are looking at the stars" (or something along those lines). Buttita? REALLY? *mad giggle*
 

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Posted by Lime (Member # 1707) on :
 
"Hnnnnrrrghhhh's" - a diner in Wisconsin where us Mid-Western Jatraqueros about six months ago. Pretty darn good food, too.
 

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Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :
 
In Boulder, Colorado, a long time ago...

The Brick Shirt House - T-shirts with transfers.

Funky and Damnear New - Used jeans and recycled denim.

Suds 'n' Duds - Combination beer joint and laundromat.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
L.A. has lots of restaurants with weird or amusing names. Shame I can only think of Le Chic Hen.

There's a sports store called The Merchant of Tennis a few blocks from me.
 

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Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
 
*thirds the desire for a good 'rita with the girls*
 

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Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
 
"The Best Little Hairhouse," Hyde Park NY

Also, there used to be a big sign that read "Woodstoves" next to a burned down building.

Somewhere I saw a sign that said "Highway Rubbers" for a tire store.
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
There is a street named Como in St Paul, and on it there is a cafe named "That Place on Como." It leads to no end of who's-on-first style conversations.
 

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Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
 

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Dick's Fine Meat

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Yeah, we have a Dick's Meat Shop here. I would think you'd go by your last name.

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That could be the last name - our bishop's last name is Dick. Yep, Bishop Dick. Straight face, y'all.
 

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Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
 
Straight face? Try keeping it with this one: My aunt's gynecologist was named Dr. Fillerup. This is the absolute truth.

Also, there used to be a podiatrist in Fresno (may still be) whose name is...wait for it...Dr. Frederick J. Kreuger. People kept stealing the sign from in front of his office.

Oh, also in Fresno, a veterinarian named Dr. Gene Poole.
 

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Posted by Jill (Member # 3376) on :
 
Bathroom Graffiti
(Paris, FR)
 

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Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
 
C.A. Jones ...a Mexican resturaunt...
 

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Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
 
Oh, how could I forget the famous Seattle laundromat, Sit'n Spin. Nope, no innuendo there.

MMM, make my 'rita strawberry.
 

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Posted by aretee (Member # 1743) on :
 
There is "The Dirty Hoe" which is a garden shop in Columbus, TX.
 

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Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :
 
I'm frankly surprised that nobody mentioned Smut 'n' Eggs. I have been told by a fairly reliable source, that ther eis such a place in Madison, serving breakfast food while showing porn.

Or was that a joke?
 

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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
 
There's a used/consignment clothing shop in Bloomington called "AMUSED Clothing," with enough different fonts in amused for it to look like "am used."

There's also a Brave New Deli. Coincidentally (or not?) they're right around the corner.

And down the street from a coffee house called Soma. I was somewhat wary of the coffee at first--though I suppose as a drug to keep the population happy and stupid, caffeine may or may not be appropriate.
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
The day after I read m_p_h's post about the Purple Turtle, my sister in law recounts a date where they went to... the purple turtle. then the next day I'm talking to my mom about where to see 24th fireworks and she gives me instructions including... ... ... The Purple [freaky] Turtle. Wahhh! He is after my soul!
 

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Posted by gwan (Member # 6194) on :
 
My favorite book store is called "tramps" I always feel like I'm going to get a lap dance or something.
 

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Posted by Beca (Member # 4340) on :
 
Olivetta,

Providence has Legs'n'Eggs - would that do it for you? Only, it isn't the name of the strip joint - it's what they call their breakfast show. Breakfast buffet and strippers.
 

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Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
Just the other day, I was thinking "You know what would go good with these pancakes? A bunch of naked ladies, that's what." Thank god the the good folks of Providence have seen fit to fill that need.

Seriously, that seems...odd. How many people are head down to their local strip club for breakfast?

[Edit to change an "a" to an "e"]

[ July 26, 2004, 04:57 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
 

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Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
 
Actually, its true -- Bennett's Smut 'n eggs. *laugh*
 

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Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
 
"Eat Here and Get Gas" is a combination restaurant and gas station at the intersection of 28 and 31.

"Here We Grow Again" is a children's resale shop.

The "Grocery Sack" convenience store has a motto - "Hop in the Sack"

"Microchips" is the Kindercare I used to work for that is located in the parking lot of Delphi Delco Electronics.
 

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