Bad Business Names

[DoodleJump!]

passed this shop today: Three Girls and a Needle.
It's a hairweaving shop.

[Emily]

I like puns, so two business names that I find amusing, but might fall under the Bad Business Names game are:

A Salt and Battery (fish & chips shop)
Thai Me Up (Thai restaurant)

One business name I don't care for is:

Chat n' Chew (because it evokes imagery of one talking with their mouth full = impolite dining behavior)

[clodia83]

In my home town in Connecticut, we had a ladies clothing boutique named "Getting Off."  In addition to the inuendo, I fail to see the connection to clothing.

Each year, local businesses and civic organizations sponsored the participation of young ladies of the town in the "Laurel Queen" pagent.  Needless to say, the young lady announced as being sponsored by "Getting Off" got plenty of giggles.  Fortunately, I was was sponsored by "Nalette Elevator."  The wife of the owner had a beard, but I got to ride in a pretty sweet convertable in the parade.

[Steve of Bloomington]

I like the sandwich shop inside our local Home Depot: Chew and Screw.

[mostlymeat]

Baked In Telluride

[Reeleyes]

This is not so much of a bad business name as a bad business concept.

http://www.herbstoastedsubs.com/menu.html

Only in Eugene.

[Steve in North Hollywood]

I like the sandwich shop inside our local Home Depot: Chew and Screw.

No way!

[btof]

I like puns, so two business names that I find amusing, but might fall under the Bad Business Names game are:

A Salt and Battery (fish & chips shop)
Thai Me Up (Thai restaurant)

One business name I don't care for is:

Chat n' Chew (because it evokes imagery of one talking with their mouth full = impolite dining behavior)

Chat n' Chew used to have the best Mac n' Cheese.  But chew is one of the most unappealing words to use in a restaurant.  I also think A Salt and Battery is the cutest name for a fish & chip shop.  I miss that place dearly.

Your post reminded me of a restaurant in London with a Buddha as its logo called: Phat Phuck's

Classy

[P.W.]

[Steve in North Hollywood]

Where on Earth is Chronic*Tacos?

[iAmBaronVonTito]

Chronic Tacos, not too far from Cheba Hut where everything is named after pot slang.

MAJIC MUSHROOM
SILVER HAZE
CHRONIC
DANK
PANAMA RED
SKUNK
ACAPULCO GOLD
STICKY ICKY
HEMP BROWNIES (supposedly legit)

[samir]

There's a similar place in Sarasota, called Munchies 420 Cafe, which you may have seen on Man Vs. Food. Like the place IaBvT just mentioned, they go out of their way for menu items to be drug-inspired. The site literally spells it POTatoes, in case you can't tell what's going on.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

that's interesting that their mascot is a super skinny greaser wearing doc martens rather than a chubby high school kid with social problems who hates P.E., has an unkempt beard, and likes the band Primus.

not saying i knew anybody like that in high school, but merely "just saying".

[P.W.]

Steve- This particular location was south of Irvine, Ca off of the 5. A Google search brought to my attention that this is a southern Californian chain. I think that that makes it even worse.

[The Brighamist]

I ate at The Old Spaghetti Factory (as chosen by the birthday girl) last night. The waiter was inattentive, the bread funny-tasting, the soup too peppery, the strawberry lemonade strawberryless, but when I was finally served my spaghetti, I couldn't complain, because it was just as advertised.