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entropy Jan 26, 2006 12:49 pm

A restaurant in TLV called "CoffeeBar", which is actually a 5* amazing restaurant.

one of my friends told me he wanted us to go there, and I was like... "coffeebar?" I was very glad we went.

greggwiggins Jan 26, 2006 1:25 pm


Originally Posted by Jamarynn1
There was one in Detroit called "Nacho Daddy". Also a favorite hangout for personnel at the hospital I used to work at was called "The Recovery Room".

There's a local chain in Richmond, Virginia named "Nacho Mama's". And, in Detroit, there's an Irish pub named "O'Blivion's".

VA747 Jan 28, 2006 5:36 pm

Richmond, Virginia has "Comfort", a wonderful restaurant that serves great southern comfort food.... chicken, meat loaf, greens. Love to go there when I'm in town.

cblaisd Jan 28, 2006 6:11 pm

And on a related note :)

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=200851

flyingpharmd Jan 28, 2006 6:25 pm

We were in Panama, NY (near the NY/PA border in Chautauqua County - Jamestown area) and ate at a place called the Slurp and Burp because it was the only thing open.

Food was not memorable, but the place name was.

GoBucks Mar 4, 2006 11:47 am

Half Fast Subs in Boulder, CO. (Say it out loud if you don't get it)

redbeard911 Mar 4, 2006 2:15 pm

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry7520/4.0.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 UP.Browser/5.0.3.3 UP.Link/5.1.2.16)

Is Derek Jeter's Taco Hole still open?

Tsukiji Mar 4, 2006 2:25 pm

Cabbages and condoms in Bangkok Thailand.

http://www.gonomad.com/features/0011..._cabbages.html

sangster Mar 7, 2006 4:10 pm

Dirty Dick's Crabhouse...

I waitressed there for 1 summer and if I did not say "Welcome to Dirty Dick's Crabhouse"... hence leaving out the word 'Crabhouse' I would have been fired because the word 'crabhouse' made it a family restaurant :confused: ...

Mikey likes it Mar 7, 2006 5:04 pm


Originally Posted by Watchful
I did a double take when I saw the sign for this Chinese place in Honolulu (not far from the U of Hawaii)...

Fook Yuen

There's a restaurant of the same name in Burlingame, near SFO.

TravelLawyer Mar 7, 2006 5:31 pm

One of my favorite Hong Kong style cafes in the Los Angeles region is the Tasty House in the City of Industry.

Brutie Mar 8, 2006 4:21 pm


I was passing through Tracy, CA about 15 years ago and passed a place called Paco's Chop Suey - Mexican/Chinese food. I did not stop.

I'm in Brentwood, just 15 minutes from Tracy and I visit there often, I'm gonna check into it and see if its still there...LOL

Brutie Mar 8, 2006 4:32 pm


Originally Posted by BamaVol
I lived in Tracy for a couple years, left 6 years ago, and remember no such restaurant name. I'm sure it deservedly ceased operations. I did have the worst pizza in my life in Tracy in a pizzeria that adjoined an Indian restaurant with a common kitchen.

I also remember seeing a restaurant on Haight Street in San Francisco named Squat and Gobble.

I have a friend who delivers the food to the Squat and Gobble and he was telling me about it last year. Up until then I'd never heard of it and I think its a great name for a gay bar..lol

Arcolaio99 Mar 8, 2006 7:06 pm

Cheeky Monkey. Located in Newport, RI.

fromYYZ_flyer Mar 10, 2006 7:05 pm

www.engrish.com

"Pub Smell"
"Sex Pot"

KebaNYC Mar 10, 2006 8:51 pm

Mo' Pho Vietnamese

--Fort Lee NJ.

wurst Mar 16, 2006 6:56 am

huh
 
Cockyporters, it's a hamburger stand in Miamisburg Oh, small round (not square) burgers deep fried in a wok type device with pickles a thick slice of onion and mustard, Too Die For!!! It's in the center of the city in the round-a-bout, don't worry there's only one, and the locals probably don't know what a round-a-bout is, better stick to cirle in the town center. Couldn't get Wurst! :)

ExtrAAordinaire Mar 18, 2006 9:31 am

Pink Taco -- Scottsdale, AZ

spinnerman Mar 18, 2006 9:49 am

Chester Drawers -- Costa Mesa CA.

Craig6z Mar 18, 2006 10:59 am

When technically registered as the politically correct name, Al's Place, the restaurant is more commonly known as "Al The Wop's".

Total dive, in a 1890's migrant workers village on the California Delta.

http://www.locketown.com/als.htm

http://splendidtable.publicradio.org...tern_wops.html

TMOliver Mar 18, 2006 11:19 am

Quaint
 

Originally Posted by DaDOKin DC
Have you have eaten at or come across a restaurant with an unusual or funny name? Lots of time the name is more intriguing than the menu, and it is usually the thing you remember long after?


Buzzard Billy's Armadillo Bar & Grillo

and long ago, no resturant but performance venue of note...

The Armadillo World Headquarters

and once across the sea...

Nefer's Titty

Points Scrounger Mar 27, 2006 6:16 pm


Originally Posted by Craig6z
When technically registered as the politically correct name, Al's Place, the restaurant is more commonly known as "Al The Wop's".

Total dive, in a 1890's migrant workers village on the California Delta.

http://www.locketown.com/als.htm

http://splendidtable.publicradio.org...tern_wops.html


Sounds like a former iDine joint here in Seattle: Two Dagos From Texas.

I haven't seen any mention of "Gandhiji Bar & Grill" in NYC. That one has thrown my South Asian pals for a loop.

Green Dragon Mar 27, 2006 6:45 pm

There were two restaurants in Gainesville, FL that I used to love the name of:

Chinee Takee Outee (chinese food, duh)

and

Cluck U! (chicken place)

SanDer Mar 27, 2006 7:07 pm

Road Kill Cafe in Bartlett, NH
McKim's Pub in Seoul
and Tail o' the Pup (a rib joint) in Ray Brook, NY (west of Lake Placid on SR 86)
Pickles Place (home of the Atomic Burger) in Arco, ID

yosithezet May 2, 2006 1:51 am

Any motor sports fans will be familiar with Quaker State oil products. 30 years ago during the oil crunch some guys shut down a gas station and opened Quaker Steak and Lube. Visited one of them a few years ago and it was great. Careful of the Atomic Wings. You'll have to sign a release form to order them. ;)

sangster May 6, 2006 7:50 pm


Originally Posted by greggwiggins
There's a local chain in Richmond, Virginia named "Nacho Mama's". And, in Detroit, there's an Irish pub named "O'Blivion's".


Nacho Mama's has really good margaritas but yes it is a weird name!

southshoresbest May 7, 2006 2:54 pm

In Mass:
Bunghole Liquors, Peabody, Ma right next to a church
Clam Shaven, The sign orginally read Clam Haven, but somebody climbed up on the sign and painted an 'S' and painted a beard on one of the clams/ They used to have liks on http://www.marshfieldsbest.com but that was years ago

4thplz May 7, 2006 5:47 pm

Lynn's Paradise Cafe in Louisville, Kentucky

A very funky, groovy place :)

4thplz May 7, 2006 5:48 pm

Dinosaur BBQ in Sycracuse, New York.

One would think it would be a cutesy place from the name, but far from it.

Very cool, hoppin' place :)

Fredd May 7, 2006 6:05 pm


Originally Posted by ExtrAAordinaire
Pink Taco -- Scottsdale, AZ

I thought this was a cute name when I first saw it here. I guess my mind is just too clean, one accusation Mrs. Fredd has never made against me:

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dining/...2pinktaco.html

richmond3121 May 11, 2006 1:15 pm

In PDX: Bettie Ford Lounge , doing a big business in cocktails, with a 70s/hospital theme.

In Torrance, CA: Rice Queen Restaurant . I stopped and took a picture of it

In Bellevue, WA: What the Pho?

This year's birthday cake came from Yummy House, which isn't affiliated with Yummie Bites (which recently changed its name from UDublicious), near Seattle's UW.

rar indeed May 12, 2006 10:22 pm


Originally Posted by Luca T.
Already mentioned the FUK MI sushi in New Zeland? I wonder how they would answer the phone....

I've seen a restaurant by this name in Quito, Ecuador. Perhaps it's a hip and in name :p

silverthief2 Sep 25, 2006 12:52 pm

I'm not traveling there myself, but while making an itinerary for supervisor's trip to Guelph, Ontario, discovered there's a Chinese restaurant on the campus she's visiting called Wok-a-thon.

I've been LOLing all day and everyone believes I'm crazy (they're probably right :D ). What do y'all think? Funny? Not?

vedette Sep 25, 2006 1:01 pm

On a recent trip in Normandy, we came across "Auberge a la grace de Dieu" --

the "by-the-grace-of-God inn."

In Seattle, we have "Thai One On."

cactuspete Sep 25, 2006 1:25 pm


Originally Posted by laine
"Ho Lee Chow" chain of Chinese food in Canada

Similar to Hoe Kow Chinese restaurant in Doral, FL.

JFKLAX321 Sep 25, 2006 8:08 pm

Dicks in Myrtle Beach, SC.

----
I haven't been since a young young child, I recall it being funny but kinda gross. My family never went back to that beach or restaurant....

Taiwaned Sep 26, 2006 6:42 am

GLUTTONS was by my old neighborhood near Vancouver, GRUEL in Taiwan

FreakwentFlier Oct 2, 2006 7:48 am

Pittsburgh's Strip District was once the home of the "My Dung" chinese restaurant which closed many years ago.

Following up on the liquor store names, one of my favorites is the "Godloves Discount Liquors" in Hagerstown, MD.

In Barcelona the Omm Hotel house restaurant is Moo. Rooms are designed for style not usability, but the restaurant was nice.

Cheers,
Jeff

BobBHX Nov 1, 2006 2:20 am

There is a district of Solihull (just south of Birmingham, UK) called Shirley and one of the local chinese restaurants is called The Shirley Temple.

In Aberdeen there is a bar in a basement beneath an auctioneers called Under The Hammer.

refluxboy Nov 5, 2006 4:00 am

Some friends of mine went to the "Javan Restaurant" in Los Angeles a couple of years ago. Not ureasonably they were hoping to experience some Javan cuisine for the first time.

Turned out that Javan = Home in Farsi. My friends enjoyed a lovely meal and it turned out that the owners had never thought that the name of the restaurant might be misleading!


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