there is a restaurant here called "eleven forty nine" named after its own street address which is bad enoughbut then they opened a second location in a different town and called it "eleven forty nine east" so its name makes no sense whatsoever― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Monday, April 2, 2012 8:22 PM
but then they opened a second location in a different town and called it "eleven forty nine east" so its name makes no sense whatsoever
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Monday, April 2, 2012 8:22 PM
For restaurants named for their street address, hard to top this one:
http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/wp-gallery/1006/69/IMG_4856.jpg
http://s3-media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/vkckicPPCx9tn__PN7f86Q/l.jpg
If you're looking for a good eat, how about 69? That was the name of a restaurant on Bayard St. in NYC's Chinatown when I was last there. Actually is very highly reputed amongst locals - great food, low prices, open 24 hours, and shall we say, a unique ambiance. It's customary for patrons to write a note on a dollar bill and stick it onto the wall, and by now nearly the entirety of the walls and ceilings are covered with $1 notes (as can be seen here through the windows).
I see looking online that they've updated their name and signage recently; it's now called 69 Bayard. That should help spur business, since now anyone looking for 69 will know just where to find it:
http://lululuber.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/69-bayard-front-close.jpg
Then there's this local plumber:
http://pictures-e1.thumbtackstatic.com/pictures/178/ad0d45xgwwck3ldt_450_fill.jpg
John Flood. Ya know, there couldn't possibly be a worse name for a plumber than John Flood.... i mean, just Flood would be bad enough, but John Flood?!? .... Although I'm sure Mr. Flood is a very nice man, and probably a good plumber too.
And likewise for this tire store:
http://pics3.city-data.com/businesses/p/7/8/1/8/4487818.JPG
Kinda hard to see in the picture, but that's FLATT Tire Center in Des Moines.
Like every other city, there's every pun off of "Thai" possible for our local restaurants. This is probably the best:
http://media1.hellowashingtondc.com/media/articles/large/6926_image2_large.jpg
I read when they opened that "Thai Me Up" was considered, but there were already about five restaurants with that name (but only Pittsburgh's has the best slogan: "You're bound to like it!")
― everything else is secondary (Lee626), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
oooh, that slogan is good
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
Arbroath, not for the faint hearted:http://lds.localdataimages.com/large/1242/12426008.jpgp
Also, there is/was a guy who runs a tiling business in Stirling trading as the Bonnie Tiler. His van claims that he offers a "total eclipse of your hearth".
― calumerio, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
My last electrician's name was Watt.
― pplains, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
Ach bugger:http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3206/2875213705_6ed653fe10_m.jpg
― calumerio, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:29 (twelve years ago) link
― calumerio, Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:25 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark
lol
― estela, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
At least he didn't go with "Holding Grout For A Hero"
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
lolling so hard at "Carpet Disco"
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
There's a sandwich shop in Worthing called Big Baps, not sure I want to gis that at work though.
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
Carpet Disco is fantastic
― and i don't even care, similar to how a badass would respond (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://coedmagazine.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/sharon-stone-van-coed-magazine.jpg
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
Go Potty, a local port-a-john company. I'm sure there a numerous groan-inducing poop-play portable toilet co's around.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
Carpet Disco is killing me
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
idgi
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
its a law i think that every portopotty/septic tank company is required to have a punny names or slogan
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
Forgot all about this one in NOLA
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1022/549271681_c0d2d544a5_z.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
lol Stevie there's nothing to really 'get' --- it's just a store that sells carpet that added Disco to their name. could there be anything further from a disco than a carpet showroom?
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
hiny hiders (toilet partitions and latches)
― lxy, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
'disco' might be an abbrev for 'discontinued' or maybe 'discounted' but i prefer to think it is a floor-to-ceiling deep-pile party lounge
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
Short Circuit Electrics
"Let Us Remove Your Shorts"
― estela, Thursday, 18 October 2012 05:12 (eleven years ago) link
There's a sushi place in Reno called Kokopelli Sushi, because nothing invokes fresh fish like the southwestern American desert.
And the tea place called Bird Pick (a chain?), because I want *my* tea leaves to be walked on and pecked by birds.
― nickn, Thursday, 18 October 2012 05:56 (eleven years ago) link
^ Blink 182 remix album title
xp
― Mates of 808 State (S-), Thursday, 18 October 2012 06:00 (eleven years ago) link
sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
― estela, Thursday, 18 October 2012 07:05 (eleven years ago) link
need to visit and/or walk past this before it gets shut down I guess
― Joanna Motorhead (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 15 November 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
lool
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 November 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
my favorite back in my and Lisa Germano's hometown http://www.tootntellem.com/
― Eccsame the Photon Guys (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 15 November 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
can't decide if this is horribly or wonderfully formed
http://yesss.at/
― before and after broscience (goole), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
jaaa
― Mates of 808 State (S-), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
the asian-fusion-cuisine restaurant 'fuAsian' did not last long. mercifully.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
i've seen so many of these lately but I forget to write them down #coolstorybro
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
I drive past this one stripmall store near work a lot, and it drives me NUTS.Kissed Good Buyu_u
Apparently they sell 'Hip Fashions With a Southern Vibe'.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
which means "fannypacks with Confederate flags on them"
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
the website is kinda terrifying
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://kissedgoodbuy.hasbindesigns.com/#/photos/
― said the brohaim to the cochise (how's life), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
"hasbindesigns.com"
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
iPho in Fremont, complete with an apple-shaped letter O, which inexplicably hasn't been shut down by Apple computer:
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17ivgin2q1q4ljpg/original.jpg
Farmers Exchange here in Santa Cruz. The associated website - www.farmersexchangesc.com/ - being the "horribly formed" part.
Pizza My Heart is a popular local pizza joint.
― ▶ Play all samples (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
personal favorites are every horribly-formed pun on "bead" for bead shops
also local haircuttery called the "Wak Shack"
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
there's a place in Davis or Dixon outside Sac that backs onto I-80, and the sign says something like LIVE BAIT SHOOTING RANGE AMMO
and I always lol @ 'live bait shooting range'
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, Shakey, you just reminded me that we have 'Big Bead Boutique' round the corner.
Also 'Barber Black Sheep' is a local hairdressers.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
Bead ItOff the Beading PathBeadissimo
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
Ace Of Fades barbershop near my house - not horribly formed at all tho, in fact I think it's p awesome
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
Meaty Beady Big and Councy
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
BOUNCY
My friend took this pic of a real business with some standing here in Houston:
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/206724_10150519924360511_499370_n.jpg
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/31000000/Beads-gob-bluth-31072297-576-351.jpg
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
Poo. Life. What's the matter with your hair?
We've got the King of Fades. Don't think I should let him know that there's an Ace out there.
(Also can't drive by w/o humming King of Fades… I will ALWAYS BE King of Fades….)
― pplains, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't choose the Poo Life, the Poo Life chose me.
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/0f/ae/ee/parkinglot-and-sign-of.jpg
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
jokes on you cause they don't sell it
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
Sewing and alterations are another category of business where terrible puns abound. Two local examples:
Seams Sew Right [no longer in business] Sew Sew Maria
― ▶ Play all samples (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link