local businesses with horribly formed "names"

Lol that originated in my hometown. In rural England.

this always annoys me:

http://statics.192.com/estreet/original/large/2120/21208436.jpg

http://www.stylishlondonliving.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/rock-sole-plaice-restaurant-covent-garden-london-1.jpg

^ the worst name but maybe the best chips in london?

my body clock is fucked up, before ten in the morning and i can't stop thinking about chips

(xpost) That pun has a proud history:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhuuzQ6hQYs

(amazing performance from Faron btw.)

Where is Wine Me Up, Nick? I'm assumng London somewhere; don't know the taco shop!

No, it's in Brighton. That one's on Western Road, but there are a couple of them here

there's a bakery near my parent's house called "Absolutely Edible" and every time I see their sign I think "who are you trying to convince?"

http://statics.192.com/estreet/original/large/2105/21052544.jpg

that's brilliantly formed!

Yeah, not really in the spirit of the thread, it's pretty much my favourite shop name.

i'm now kind of amazed that a self-service dog wash can function as a business but still

http://eu1.zmtnws.com/data/pictures/5/7700145/daa7d0d45108d8dffb223ff3af16ac80_200_thumb.jpg

http://s3-media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/w4ggvX_2nbljzJnpWE5cSw/ls.jpg

xp dog washing places have been a thing in the us for the last ten years or so.

saw a large truck bearing the logo for a local chemical transport service called... Quimex

Just passed a poster for another dog-washing place called Shampooch.

i'm now kind of amazed that a self-service dog wash can function as a business but still

― you poll a lot, but you're not saying anything (Noodle Vague), Thursday, April 24, 2014 8:51 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

My mom has a self service dog wash called "the sink"

so much of life has passed me by

our dogs both go to "the hose" which is more of an al fresco sort of joint

there's a bakery near my parent's house called "Absolutely Edible" and every time I see their sign I think "who are you trying to convince?"

― building a desert (art), Thursday, April 24, 2014 7:42 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That reminds me of one of my local favorites, Sanitary Bakery.

There's a dog wash place here called Wash "R" Doggie, and I've always been bothered by the "R" because it's not the business's dog you'll be washing*, it's yours. Should be called Wash "YR" Doggie.

* Though I've also imagined they have a dog on staff that people can wash if that activity gives them pleasure/comfort/etc.

yesterday near the entrance of a gloomy arcade in surfer's paradise i saw a handlettered board promoting the "Get Stuffed" Sandwich and Salad Bar.

http://www.assfinet.de/

I find the "ME SO HUNGRY" food truck that circles nearby somewhat offensive.

ha, it reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zBXLhk7qJY

I admit to chuckling when I saw this yesterday. Not horribly formed but it seems to belong here.

https://rickspicks.com/assets/phat_beets_2011_large-552a66c753e4451d0082595daf273755.jpg

i'd be tempted to jam my forearm behind the row of them and just start swinging tbh

Photographed "A Salt & Battery" for this thread, sad to discover it was already posted long ago. That one makes me actively angry.

Perhaps this one will deflect your anger:

http://fishsip.com/images/fish-and-sip-brooklyn.jpg.jpg

That's bad, but "A Salt & Battery" is premised on the idea that visiting customers would find "assault and battery" a delightful pun rather than having a flashback experience to past experiences with violence. Also it's in New York which would suggest it's a pun on "the Battery" or Battery Park - which it's nowhere near. Like, you can't open a bookstore called Booklyn in Baltimore.

Yeah. I already mentioned the shipping/packaging store I saw called "Going Postal," right? cringe.

A dude I know who's a stand-up comedian has a bit about A Salt & Battery, where he asks "what the hell?" and then turns around and says he wants to open up an eatery of his own called "Statutory Crepe."

totally!

hooo boy

not a business, but it looks like I also forgot to mention this organic yogurt that was originally called "Cultural Revolution" but they luckily dropped that pun

not local, but I came across a corporation in a case recently that was called infoGROUP, like its name was actually written that way -- first four letters smallcase italic, last five all caps. It just looked really hilarious to see that in print over and over again, infoGROUP

There's a really trashy bar in Toronto called "Lolita's Lust" that's mostly just disturbing.

There's also a place called RAQ N WAQ which I can never look at without reading it as "Iraq war"

Raq N Waq is weird - I went into it for a friend's birthday once and it really thinks it's a classy lounge

New bistro opened in my old neighborhood

Italian Stallion Bistro

:/

yeah that kind of sounds like whatever you call the gigolo equivalent of a cathouse?

just wanted to say that i dont know what programme that pizza clip a few posts up is but holy shit i hope the woman got paid a lot of for embarrassing herself like that

My friend has a magnet on his fridge from some sort of fabric/textile place called Sew You Think You Can Dance? that has absolutely nothing to do with dance or dance uniforms or anything

Starting to think Toronto might be a hotbed of poorly named businesses, judging from comments above

I was at Smorgasburg this weekend and I was thinking about how a lot of those places have Horribly Formed Names 2.0, e.g.

http://www.bonchovie.com/

http://i.imgur.com/g9JqTtV.jpg

Holy shit, that is completely real. Be sure to read the How We Got the Name part.

We offer 30-minute response times to get you moving again without undue delays, or as we like to say “We come Lickety Split”!

You might say these guys are all in on the Camel Tow concept.

I remember these trucks. They were real too.

http://civilwartalk.com/attachments/campbell-express-jpg.31163/

Starting to think Toronto might be a hotbed of poorly named businesses, judging from comments above

Long live The Beer Store

that makes up for some of the others

good one Sweden:
http://i.imgur.com/pZMIlO2.jpg?1