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and other fairly stupid store names.

― Jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

all of them

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

"Sambo's"

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Bra World

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 18:54 (twenty-one years ago)

DRESS BARN

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything called a Warehouse that isn't actually a warehouse.

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I find Krispy Kreme very Kreepy

― Jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 18:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"Tad's Wicker World"

Townsend, TN. Also home to the Nawger Nob.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

What is Nawger Nob? I would shop there.

― Huk-El (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Agreed on Krispy Kreme.

― Clarke B. (Clarke B.), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

You guys are thinking too much.

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

DAVID'S BRIDAL
JO-ANN FABRICS
MICHEAEL'S ARTS AND CRAFTS OR WHATEVER

― BRRRRR (ex machina), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 19:04 (twenty-one years ago)

ANNIE SEZ

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Tuesday Morning

Hobby Lobby

Home Depot

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

What baffles the shit out of me is that next door to the Dress Barn in Tupelo is an affiliated store: DRESS BARN FOR WOMEN. Seriously. It's a separate storefront.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

My personal favorite, which I saw at a mall in Lacey, WA about a month ago, is called:

BIG! LOTS!

And, no, I did not add the punctuation for emphasis.

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

They have Big Lots everywhere. It's where you go to get cheap Halloweeen costumes.

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Last time I was at Big Lots I bought a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch obviously meant for some Middle Eastern market (as everything on it was written in Arabic). I didn't eat it though.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 19:39 (twenty-one years ago)

There's one of those ghetto dept stores near my place called:
S & M CHILDREN'S WEAR.
Yeah!!! Boy's underwear HALF-OFF!

― dexySanders, Wednesday, 23 June 2004 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY
MACARONI GRILL

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Cheesecake Factory sounds like a pseudonym for bowels.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I just saw a tuesday morning for the first time, what a weird concept.

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

why would a restaurant play up the fact that their food is made in a factory? (even if it isn't.) why would that be appealing to customers?

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

(also see SPAGHETTI FACTORY, THE)

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

(or was that SPAGHETTI WAREHOUSE?)

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

also CHEVY'S FRESH MEX (which i think i just dislike on aesthetic grounds)

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Weans World

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:14 (twenty-one years ago)

TGI FRIDAY'S

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a place I drive past in Tennessee fairly often that apparently is called Beer Beer.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:18 (twenty-one years ago)

One of my agency's customers is a Port-o-Potty service called J0hnny 0n The Sp0t.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Therez alwayz this classic:
http://www.tokenasians.com/archives/news/bungholee.jpg

― vexyClampers, Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.wiredvideo.com/pics/megafucks.jpg

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Those belong on the great store names thread.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, we have bar not far from us called (yes, called) Coldest Beer in USA. Although that is obviously the most awesome name ever.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes. Yes, it is.

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Hair Cuttery. Though I like it cause it's exactly the sort of name my best friend would come up with.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Burritos As Big As Your Head

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Near the Grand Canyon, there's a place---the only food place open past 8PM within 50 miles---with the name We Sell Pizza.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

no way, nicka, is that real?!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

La bamba's burritos as big as your head? My brother got in a massive food fight brawl at one.

― Jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

omg heaven

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

La Bamba's in Champaign? That place sucked.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

there's one in kalamazoo, too.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

One in Louisville, used to be one in Lexington.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Their burritos delivered on what they promised. They were big. They were also kinda shit.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 20:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Wait, do you live in Louisville?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Nope. LEX VEGAS BABY! Um, that means Lexington.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

They sure did give you the shits.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Lex Vegas is the greatest fake name I've heard all year.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Lettuce Souprise You (groan). They aren't trying hard enough. How about "Lettuce Soup-rice Ewe"??

oops wrote: Near the Grand Canyon, there's a place---the only food place open past 8PM within 50 miles---with the name We Sell Pizza."

Close...it's actually called "We Cook Pizza and Pasta" - I'm not sure where I stand on this "complete sentence as restaurant name" thing.

nickalicious wrote: Last time I was at Big Lots I bought a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch obviously meant for some Middle Eastern market (as everything on it was written in Arabic). I didn't eat it though.

WHEW. Food from Big Lots is a bit dubious, methinks. It is a good place to get weird, unpopular toys though. It is also the saddest retail store ever (not counting thrift stores).

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I got some Hebrew Trix there once.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)

That sounds like it would be a great name for a Telaviv brothel!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)

.it's actually called "We Cook Pizza and Pasta"

They must've upgraded! Now they sell pasta AND pizza AND cook it!

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:05 (twenty-one years ago)

wait, they do sell it, don't they? The name isn't too clear on that.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:05 (twenty-one years ago)

No. They only employ the barter system, unfortunately.

http://www.kaibab.org/tr991/tusayan/pizza.jpg

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Doggie Styles

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude, I love Hobby Lobby, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Michael's (the arts & crafts people), and Tuesday Morning! I would love Home Depot too but their service is shit, so I love Lowe's instead.

I hate Big Lots, though. Every single one of the ones I've been in have this creepy aura to them, as if you're looking at things that were never meant to be sold to the public in a store space that was never meant to actually be a store. I prefer the Dollar Tree, which is well lit, organized, and filled with things I actually like looking at.

I used to have a REALLY BIG issue with the name La-Z-Boy when I was little. Imagine a little girl strapped into the back seat, looking out the car windows and groaning whenever we passed a La-Z-Boy retailer. "What, is that supposed to be a 'Lahz Boy'? How idiotic! Why don't they just spell out the whole name? It wouldn't be hard to do!"

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 23 June 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a coffee shop in Toronto called Coffee, Tea, or . . . Me.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 24 June 2004 02:29 (twenty-one years ago)

omg Hobby Lobby is hilarious

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 24 June 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

wean's world

thistle do nicely

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 24 June 2004 03:21 (twenty-one years ago)

pizza ranch

― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 24 June 2004 03:22 (twenty-one years ago)

pump'n'munch

― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 24 June 2004 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a Cafe in Pearl Beach call Sit and Chat's. I f***ing hate that name.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 24 June 2004 03:42 (twenty-one years ago)

there's a diner in Lenoir City called the Chat and Cheese

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 24 June 2004 03:44 (twenty-one years ago)

That's just as bad.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Thursday, 24 June 2004 03:48 (twenty-one years ago)

It is awful. Actually, it was formerly known as the Chat and Cheese. They recently changed the name to...

"Diner"

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 24 June 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Theres a barbers down the road from me called Edward Scissorhands, which is so obvious it's lame.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 24 June 2004 04:26 (twenty-one years ago)

why would a restaurant play up the fact that their food is made in a factory? (even if it isn't.) why would that be appealing to customers?

Nevertheless you do get a cool Simpsons joke:

-----
Hibbert: All right, where would you kids like to eat tonight?
Kid 1: The Spaghetti Laboratory!
Kid 2: Face Stuffers!
Kid 3: Professor P. J. Cornucopia's Fantastic Foodmagorium and Great
American Steakery!
Hibbert: [chuckles] Well, what about this place? [stops the car] "Moe's".
[inside, the usual crowd sit around at the bar]
[Hibbert opens the door]
Barney: Aah! Natural light! Get it off me...get it off me!
Hibbert: Oh, I'm sorry: I thought this was a family restaurant.
Moe: Oh, it is...it is. Just uh, uh, pull them stools up to the pool table.
Kid 2: Daddy, this place smells like tinkle.
Hibbert: Mm hmm. I think we'll just go to the Texas Cheesecake Depository.
-----

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 24 June 2004 06:48 (twenty-one years ago)

All "wok" pun name restaurants need to go. "Wok And Roll", "Wok On", "Long Live Wok"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 24 June 2004 06:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Even "What You Woking Bout, Willis"?

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 24 June 2004 06:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Especially that one!

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 24 June 2004 06:59 (twenty-one years ago)

"Take a Wok on the Wildside"? "A Closer Wok With Thee"?

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Annapolis has "The Crabcake Factory", which brags of the biggest crabcake in town -- only they don't use blue crab meat, but nearly completely flavorless crab meat from Thailand. So you get a big chunk of chewy fried, which is apparrantly all some folks want.

Annapolis also has (had?) the record store Oceans II; there is no Oceans I. My mother thought the place was called "Oceans Eleven"; no, the owner explained -- "there's an ocean here, and another ocean over there, and we're between the Oceans Two." Ah, the 70s.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Why the fuck would a place in Annapolis use crabs from Thailand?

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Profit, baby, profit.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:11 (twenty-one years ago)

It seems so ridiculous. Like...like...like living in Indonesia and having jackfruits flown in to you. Yes, exactly like that.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:13 (twenty-one years ago)

"Wokka Wokka Wokka!!!"

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:16 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a shop in the Skelmersdale Concourse called, "You'll Easy Save"

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Ruth's Chris Steak House. Who owns it? Ruth or Chris? Does Ruth make steaks from Chris? Why can't they pick one name! Gah!

Snappy Snaps

Piggly Wiggly (Actually I like that name...are those still around? or have they been swallowed by wal-mart?)

There was a Big Lots near my old house in Denver. I was too apprehensive to go in though.

― sgs (sgs), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:20 (twenty-one years ago)

There was a chain of video stores called Pic-A-Flick video. We always used to call it Pick-N-Flick Video.

Now that one of the Pic-A-Flicks near us is closed, it has been taken over by a flower shop who opted to retain the "Pic" part of the stores's title and are now called Pic-A-Flower.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Ruth's Chris Steak House. Who owns it? Ruth or Chris? Does Ruth make steaks from Chris? Why can't they pick one name! Gah!

There was discussion about this on a local radio show but I can't remember what the deal with it was. I think Ruth bought Chris's steakhouse, but don't quote me on it.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Piggly Wiggly is still going strong. They used to be here locally, or at least that's what my mom tells me, until they, like every other national grocery store chain, departed the area. The power of H-E-B, baybee.

I too was once confused re: "Ruth's Chris Steak House" but then I suppose I got used to the name and stopped being confused. Eh.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the grammar of it bothers me more than anything else. If Oops is correct, and the original name was Chris's steak house, you'd think it would be 'Ruth and Chris's steak house'! I suppose having 'and' in there was just too much for the new name. As it is I imagine Ruth making steaks out of some poor meaty shmuck named Chris.

I also hate the name Frugal Fannies. Oh how the Brits would laugh, etc.

(Dee, what's H-E-B? There were Piggly Wiggly stores in Texarkana until they were replaced with Albertson's. I always thought they were a southern thing since I never saw any anywhere else. I liked all the 'g's in the name.)

― sgs (sgs), Thursday, 24 June 2004 07:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Nobody Beats The Wiz

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 24 June 2004 08:27 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a furniture shop in Cleethorpes which is presumably owned by a Mr Ching and a Mr King. It's called Kerr-Ching.

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 24 June 2004 11:11 (twenty-one years ago)

There's one ridiculously good Thai restaurant here creatively monikered Pad Thai.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:31 (twenty-one years ago)

There was a "Posh Spice" in Henley, until recently.

And a curry house in south birmingham called "The Shirley Temple"

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

there is a Chinese restaurant in Oxford which used to be called Friends, then became Wok 21, becoming Wok 22 the year after and Wok 23 after that. It has now changed its name again, but I think the numeric Wok sequence has been abandoned.

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

King Soopers

― Homosexual II, Thursday, 24 June 2004 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.b3ta.com/images/challenge/rebranding.jpg
Yes I know it's not real... shame though.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 24 June 2004 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Pies and Thighs in Grafton, Massachusetts.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 24 June 2004 13:13 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.interestingideas.com/roadside/names/things1.jpg

Because "Junk and Shit" was already taken?

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 24 June 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)

What's the deal with the mushroom?

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 24 June 2004 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)

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