Bad Business Names

[badgrammer]

I drove by a restaurant last night called "Stabby's Cafe".  It was closed (of course) so I couldn't go into get a closer look, even if I'd wanted to (but I don't think I do). It's not in the greatest of neighborhoods so...I guess that's appropriate.

[Steve in North Hollywood]

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.

You ain't wrong.

[Kim Kelly]

I keep getting emails about some place in the Design District of Miami called Emena Spa. I wonder if they do colonics.

[Nigel]

I mentioned it on the chat during that show but there is a gay bar in Chicago called "The Nutbush". I don't know if it started as a gay bar or if the name just attracted a certain clientele.

Back in college, I used to call businesses and do marketing surveys.  The only one I remember by name is a gay bar called "The White Swallow."

i searched nutbush just to make sure i wasnt throwing out an old one. it was in oak park though, not chicago (i think technically forest park, the street it's on splits the two towns.

it's closed now, i'm not sure exactly when it went out of business. it was on my route to and from high school. i never got the balls to go in, but i heard from someone (maybe my dad, actually) that it was like a completely seedy dive bar. like to the point where reasonable gay people wouldnt even want to go.

[Nick F]

I Feel Like Crepe is a crepe place here in town. It's near Eat My Martini and The Urban Thai. There's also an "artist consignment" store near those places called Repsycho.  Juggalo content?

[buffcoat]

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.

What, old, right?

[slipperyslope]

There was a franchise that opened some places locally,

"URBAN LOAF"


It was some kind of snack/sandwich shop I think?


But seriously. Urban Loaf was a name that made sure I never wanted to eat there.

[Wes]

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.

What, old, right?

I assume that, like any restaurant with the word Factory in its name, the food is produced by robots always on the verge of going out of control while Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" plays in the background.

[buffcoat]

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.

What, old, right?

I assume that, like any restaurant with the word Factory in its name, the food is produced by robots always on the verge of going out of control while Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" plays in the background.

Another 2-second bit of the Warner Brothers "factory" music plays in my head as an almost constant loop, along with other pieces of music - the drum solo from the Alive! version of "Parasite," and on and on.

I'm sure that loop is another bit of Raymond Scott-ity, but it's not part of "Powerhouse," and I kind of don't want to hear it again, lest it become even more nightmarishly clear.

[SwamiPat]

i saw a place called Rhythm and Beers. so bad it hurts.

[gravy boat]

i saw a place called Rhythm and Beers. so bad it hurts.

During a horrid, yet thankfully brief, stretch of NJ and Maxwell's history, Maxwells was bought by someone who turned it into a brewpup. I think they mostly booked cover bands. I am positive that two of their beers were called "Alternative Ale" and "Percussion Porter." That will never be forgotten.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

This also suits the "stuff you hate" and the "pictures you took" thread, but here's Wi Pie.



My wife pronounced it "wipey."

[SwamiPat]

i saw a place called Rhythm and Beers. so bad it hurts.

During a horrid, yet thankfully brief, stretch of NJ and Maxwell's history, Maxwells was bought by someone who turned it into a brewpup. I think they mostly booked cover bands. I am positive that two of their beers were called "Alternative Ale" and "Percussion Porter." That will never be forgotten.

the horror, the horror!

[bakersfieldchimp]

There’s a shop in the town where my ladyfriend lives that sells beads, and the name of the shop is “…a bead store”. That’s exactly how it’s written, ellipsis and in lowercase—it really smacks of low self esteem, if a shop can be said to have that. It also could be viewed as the response of anyone who was dragged in there without knowing where they were going ahead of time. “hey, where are we going? Someplace fun? Are we gonna go get ice cream…. Oh, I see. We’re going to …a bead store. I guess I’ll just wait in the car.”

On a similar topic, there’s a store nearby that specializes in scrapbooking stuff—it’s called “Scapbook Zone”, which is fine, I guess. Unfortunately (for them), the background on their had two colors, and as a result the “S” blended in with its background, making it look like the store was called “crapbook Zone”. It was a sad day (for me) when they got a new sign with a more discernable “S”.

[Nigel]

“hey, where are we going? Someplace fun? Are we gonna go get ice cream…. Oh, I see. We’re going to …a bead store. I guess I’ll just wait in the car."

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