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In another thread, Lupus mentioned that he shopped at a store called the "Kash and Karry". Elizabeth responded, saying
quote:Kash and karry. Good.
My favorite name around here is Spuds and Buds.
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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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.
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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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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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I thought it was exactly what it sounds like for years, because their logo is a cute little bow.
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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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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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In Galena (well, closer to East Dubuque) there is a Family Beer and Liquor. Dan and I thought that was really funny. Posts: 3214 | Registered: Apr 2002
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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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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.
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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In Stoughton the Nevermind Saloon and the Whatever Bar are right across the street from each other. Posts: 1777 | Registered: Jan 2003
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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. Posts: 1664 | Registered: Apr 2004
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