Restaurant Names

razzar · May 10, 2004

There used to be a Chinese place near us called the "Fukien Gourmet." Name has since been changed to the Hunan Gourmet. Probably too many smart-a**ed kids calling up.

wilewil · May 10, 2004

In Montreal we used to eat at the restaurant named in english Mother Tucker's or not so suggestively in french Chez la Mer Tucker. Was OK roast beef kind of place in a large old mansion. Had one of the biggest salad bars with good variety around.

I understand they have closed.

Edited May 10, 2004 by wilewil (log)

reesek · May 10, 2004

The best restaurant name is Hooters.
They serve food there? I thought it was just a place to see and be seen.

people go to hooters to be seen?? :shock:

rich · May 10, 2004

Everytime I see 'El Bulli' I think E Coli! Like the main course at Sam & Ella's Diner!

The first time I saw the name El Bulli I thought it was the restaurant associated with the Bully Hill winery in the Finger Lakes.

But as I became more sophisticated I found out it was run by the parents of those children who terrorize the smaller kids at school. :wacko:

rich · May 10, 2004

The best restaurant name is Hooters.
They serve food there? I thought it was just a place to see and be seen.
people go to hooters to be seen??

Just the waitresses.

ruthcooks · May 10, 2004

Worst: Flo's Kitchen and Discount Shoes, somewhere in Florida yesteryear

Sweatt's Barbeque, in Nashville (supposed to be wonderful, but I could never get past the name)

Best: I've never been there, so don't disillusion me, but The Rainbow Room has always conjured up romantic dining with dancing and candlelight. (Ballroom dancing was my passion in life for a seven-year period not too long ago.)

rich · May 10, 2004

Best: I've never been there, so don't disillusion me, but The Rainbow Room has always conjured up romantic dining with dancing and candlelight. (Ballroom dancing was my passion in life for a seven-year period not too long ago.)

I won't disillusion you. Nice name, great bar, terrific view - go for a drink and make dinner reservations somewhere else. (Citarella is right down the block.)

evilcartman · May 10, 2004

I alway thought Dirty Dick's Crab House was pretty funny. Their slogan is something like, "I got my crabs at Dirty Dicks!" :laugh:

Edited May 10, 2004 by evilcartman (log)

Dahomechef · May 10, 2004

There used to be a little lunch-and-takeout place in Corte Madera called "Tote Cuisine". Always got a kick out of that one, but gone now.

cakes · May 10, 2004

There was a resteraunt we stumbled across in Hollywood, FL. El Burro (the ass). We had a great meal. It was Cuban food and cooked by Columbians. Very nice time, I doubt that it still exists.

Cakes

chefbaker · May 10, 2004

There a couple of bar cafes around NZ called "coyote" and in Auckland itself a "coyote bar", everytime I hear the names I picture half naked girls dancing on the bar. Nothing like a movie to name your establishment after.

Gifted Gourmet · May 10, 2004

Hard Wok Cafe? (Chinese without the celebs!)

and the by now infamous "He's Not Here" bar in Texas .. think it may be a chain! :laugh:

phaelon56 · May 10, 2004

Latte Da (coffeehouse chain)

That's also the name of one of the better restaurants in Key West FL but they spell it as La Te Da.

House of Poon, Rochester NY

I can't help but asking what beverages they serve - do they have the stuff that astronauts drink? :laugh: :wink:

My favorite here in the Syracuse area seemed innocuous enough to me until a Jewish colleague who had moved here from Long Island pointed it out as a poor choice if your customers know the phonetic pronunciation of some basic Yiddish words. It's a local submarine sandwich shop chain named after the initials of the original partners - named: Jreck Subs. My friend's comment - "so they serve what... a shit sandwich?"

Betts · May 10, 2004

In Florida - Stuff a Belly Diner and it's not any better than you can imagine.

petemelb · May 10, 2004

There's a place about an hour out of Melbourne (Australia) called:

"The Wooden Swallow"

It took me a while to get it, still makes me chuckle.

SKinCA · May 10, 2004

Long ago in a galaxy far, far away I worked as a server at a fish restaurant in Manhattan called The Butterfish Hole.

Bet you all can guess what the servers called it..... :biggrin:

purplewiz · May 11, 2004

We B Sushi, formerly in Sunnyvale, CA (ate there once, it wasn't outstanding, but it wasn't wonderful). They had to change their name from "Sushi R Us" because of that toy store chain....

The Hungry Heifer in Castle Rock, CO. Never been there, but they advertise on the "food" sign for the exit.

The Frog and Peach, Vancouver, Canada. The food was great, but my dining companion and I spent a lot of the dinner giggling, remembering the old comedy routine "frog a la peche, and peche a la frog".

Marcia.

chromedome · May 11, 2004

My hometown of Halifax, NS, boasts a few offbeat names...

Lawrence of Oregano

Alfredo, Weinstein, and Ho (what, doesn't every town have an Italian/Jewish/Chinese joint...with a magician on staff to entertain during dinner?)

The Tickle Trunk (the Canadian equivalents to Mr. Rogers and Captain Kangaroo were The Friendly Giant and Mr. Dressup...and Mr. Dressup's "dress up" stuff came out of what he called his "Tickle Trunk")

Your Father's Moustache

But my favourite east-coast eatery name was a roadside diner near the small Newfoundland town of Pinchgut, called (inevitably) Pinchgut Diner.

mongo_jones · May 11, 2004

The best restaurant name is Hooters.
They serve food there? I thought it was just a place to see and be seen.
people go to hooters to be seen??
Just the waitresses.

you mean it isn't a chain for the discriminating owl-spotter?

mongo_jones · May 11, 2004

not to veer away from zany and funny restaurant names but one of the most beautiful names is that of the chinese restaurant at the taj palace hotel in new delhi: the teahouse of the august moon. haven't eaten there in more than 10 years but the food was pretty good and the decor stunning.

back to the zany: there's a bbq place in the san fernando valley north of l.a called uncle hoggly woggly's tyler, texas barbecue

crappy name: olive garden--don't olives grow in groves? i hate that name so much i can't bring myself to eat there either.

britcook · May 11, 2004

We have a local Thai place at number 42 in the street which is called "Thai For Two", which I always thought was fairly neat.

bleudauvergne · May 11, 2004

There's a place around the corner from my apartment which has a sign with big letters in English: "PRESERVATION HALL". Whenever someone comes to Lyon to meet me and has never been in my neighborhood, I tell them to meet me there for a beer - :biggrin: I also pronounce it like this: "PRESERVATION HALL" with a radio DJ's accent. For some reason it strikes me a hilariously funny. :laugh:

CompassRose · May 11, 2004

I hate those "funny" chain names that are suddenly springing up all round here: Philthy McNasty, Crabby Joe's. They are strangely popular, particularly for work-related shindigs. Just adds to my stand-offish snob reputation, because I will not go there.

There was (maybe still is) a Chinese place in the east end of Ottawa called Hung Fatt. That always provided a big laugh in high school.

mesmerize138 · May 11, 2004

My personal favorite: The Stinking Rose in San Francisco.

And my least favorite: Pu Pu Hot Pot in Cambridge, MA.

:laugh:

NulloModo · May 11, 2004

I recall seeing either in London, or on engrish.com, can't remember where, a Chinese place known as 'Pumpkin Poo'

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