# Are The World’s Pub, Bar, & Cafe Owners Plagiarizing Screen Names From The SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 18, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532 "2004-11-18T20:31:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/1 "2004-11-18T20:31:04Z")
This could be the biggest mystery since someone was killing the great chefs of Europe! Hmmmmm…These are just a few of the screen names I saw on the board today that just happen to share a moniker with a drinking establishment. I bet there are a whole lot more. Coincidence? I think not. Hiccup. I don’t know about you, but I want one of those little © symbols after my screen name. [ul][li] **Auntie Em** : [Auntie (E)m’s Bar & Lounge](http://www.licktheweb.com/articles/events/pageant02.html) - (In my hometown of) Seaford, **New York** [/li]\*Auntie M’s Bar and Lounge, similarly, has come a long way-- proving itself to be the little bar that could. Not content with being just another Long Island gay and lesbian watering hole, the owners of Auntie M’s never ceased to stick to their “There’s no place like home” philosophy with their customers and the GLBT community.\*They used to keep a pair of pumps with red rubies in a glass case behind the bar. If you wear a size 11EE, I can speak to the owners; Tommy & Dean and ask them if they wanna donate them to you. [li] **Astro** : [Astro Bar](http://www.professionalaudio.com/steveclark/party/deutschland/berlin/h-astro-bar.htm) – Berlin **Germany** _Spacige Zeiten im Friedrichshain. Die Astro-Bar ist eine originelle Lounge im Captain-Future-Look_’Captain-Future look’ as opposed to ‘Jetson-Future look’[/li] [li] **Bricker** : [Bricker’s](http://www.knowledgecontrol.com/6959/1037/6080/1139/3410/Bar__Grille/General_General_r.html) – Greenfield, **Massachusetts** \*Greenfield, Massachusetts Bar Grille Dining[/li]Bricker’s Rt 2& Colrain Road Greenfield, MA 01301 Phone: 413-774-2857 \*Sorry, their link is down – perhaps they’re closed until the start of the ski season. [li] **Eve** : [Eve’s Hotel Bar & Diner](http://www.hotelsjordan.com/amman/dana_plaza/) - In the Dana Plaza Hotel, Amman **Jordan** \*Relax, unwind and enjoy your favorite cocktails and drinks at Eve’s Bar & Diner. For pastries or a quick snack during the day or late at night, the Expresso Cafe right at the lobby is there to serve you. \*Probably would have been appreciated more if wasn’t in a more exotic locale; like Casablanca Morocco. [/li] [li] **Francesca** : [Francesca’s Espresso Bar](http://www.digitalcity.com/boston/entertainment/venue.adp?sbid=106532523&type=overview) – Boston, **Massachusetts** [/li]_Francesca’s has lots of regular fans who not only patronize the coffee bar, but who also enjoy the cafe fare. Soups, sandwiches and light bites are available along with the requisite pastries, bagels and biscotti_ Well, it don’t look like a slop-shoot. It’s more like a classy joint for tea totalers in need of a little caffeine pick-me-up. [li] **Manhattan** : [Manhattan Bar & Grill](http://www.manhattanbarandgrill.com) – Sarasota, **Florida** _Home of Sarasota’s Best Martini / Children’s Menu / $6 - 10 daily Lunch_Something’s not matching up there. Anyway, there’s one in Shanghai too - but one looks like it has better burgers and even might make a nice venue for the next Floridope Fest.[/li] [li] **Meek** : [Meeks](http://smallbusiness.dnb.com/company-information-product-list.asp?prodid=&catalog=&key=106815801&itemName=MEEKS+BAR+%26+GRILL&country=US&city=LEXINGTON&addr=111+YAZOO+ST&state=MS&zip=39095-3618&trade=&TelNbr=6628344284&cm_mmc=Online+Media%2ASwitchboard%2ACompany+Search%2ACompany+Search) - Lexington, **Mississippi** [/li]_MEEKS BAR & GRILL 111 Yazoo St Lexington, MS 39095-3618 Phone: 662-834-4284_From the link above, you can get a comprehensive D&B credit report on Meeks for a mere $122. [li] **Opal** : [Opal’s Bar & Grill](http://www.doniphan.ypcity.com/ypserver.dll?bk=2514%26s%3D1&go=Beauty%20Salons#0) - Poplar Bluff, **Missouri** [/li]_Poplar Bluff Yellow Pages Heading Bars to Beauty Opal’s Bar & Grill Doniphan, MO 63935 (573) 996-7819_Poplar Bluff. It kind of has that rustic, artsy ring to it. [li] **Otto** : [Otto’s Restaurant & Bar](http://www.madison.com/otto/) – Madison, **Wisconsin** \*A comfortable spot to enjoy fine wines, spirits and specialty cocktails (including a wide selection of single-malt Scotch, specialty martinis and mircrobrews)… Otto’s features live jazz on the deck Thursday evenings during the summer, from 5:30 to 7:30._Sounds nice. Was gonna link Otto’s Sea Grill in Freeport, NY – but they’re a competitor on mine who sells canned soup.[/li] [li] **Zebra** : [Zebra Bar – Palace Hotel](http://www.palacehotelmelbourne.com.au/zebra-bar.html) – South Melbourne, **Australia** _With its original gold leaf throne in one corner and voluptuous red chaise lounge in the other, the zebra bar is a wonderfully decadent setting for any gathering. \*There’s one in almost every city in the world (including NYC’s UES). The Ritz Carlton’s Zebra Bar in DC tops the classy list – but Melbourne’s looks like a nice blend of class & decadence.[/ul][/li] You can just tell how busy we were at the office this afternoon, can’t ya? I decided to stop @ a nice, round, metric count of ten names. There’s gotta be at least 100 more. I hope someone puts a stop to this outright name theft before it reaches epidemic proportions. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/2 "2004-11-18T20:35:41Z")
Oh yeah? Some popular band decided it would be ‘cool’ if they ripped off my name! :mad: I THOUGHT OF IT FIRST DAMN IT! :mad: Now when people hear my screen name is Incubus for games and stuff, they ask, “oh, you named it after the band?” ARGHHHH!!! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/3 "2004-11-18T20:50:22Z")
These folks thought mispelling it would keep me from finding out! [Rogelio’s](http://www.deltaboating.com/dining.htm) ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/4 "2004-11-18T21:00:55Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > These folks thought mispelling it would keep me from finding out! [Rogelio’s](http://www.deltaboating.com/dining.htm) > [@](#): > > Can’t make up your mind between Chinese, Italian or Mexican food for dinner? No problem, Rogelio’s serves it all! Waiter! I’ll have the General Tso’s Chicken Parmesan, bring the Mrs. a plate of your Lo Mein & Meatballs…oh, and 2 Corona’s…with lime. Gracias. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/5 "2004-11-18T21:02:04Z")
[Lieu’s](http://yellowpages.superpages.com/supermaps/mapinit.jsp?SRC=portals&T=Greenville&S=SC&PP=N&STYPE=S&CID=00000493894&LID=0107897664&map.x=212&map.y=125&level=8&lat=034826955&lng=-082300732&POI1lat=034826955&POI1lng=-082300732&POI1name=Lieu%27s+Chinese+Bistro&streetaddress=1149+Woodruff+Road&city=Greenville&state=SC&zip=29607) Chinese Bistro ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/6 "2004-11-18T21:03:24Z")
You can go in ANY drinking establishment and order one of me. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/7 "2004-11-18T21:16:23Z")
> [@Bruce\_Daddy](#): > > [Lieu’s](http://yellowpages.superpages.com/supermaps/mapinit.jsp?SRC=portals&T=Greenville&S=SC&PP=N&STYPE=S&CID=00000493894&LID=0107897664&map.x=212&map.y=125&level=8&lat=034826955&lng=-082300732&POI1lat=034826955&POI1lng=-082300732&POI1name=Lieu%27s+Chinese+Bistro&streetaddress=1149+Woodruff+Road&city=Greenville&state=SC&zip=29607) Chinese Bistro > [@ccwaterback](#): > > You can go in ANY drinking establishment and order one of me. 😛 You don’t have to go to South Carolina to find a Lieu’s - they have at least _too_ of em in ANY British pub. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/8 "2004-11-18T21:23:37Z")
Hmmm…I wonder if any Irish Pubs are using my name without permission. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/9 "2004-11-18T21:25:34Z")
Well waddaya know…[Hal’s Bar & Grill](http://www.halsbarandgrill.com/). Unfortunately, it seems like the kinda artsy-fartsy place that I wouldn’t be caught dead in. They have a review from Zagat on the site. I want to know who spilled a box of quotation marks on it: > [@](#): > > The bartenders are some of the nicest ever, so “people of all ages” “gather like flies” in this “upscale” “hangout” “on the hippest street” in Venice; “local artists”, “young professionals” and “divorcées” “meet” here at “martini time” and, hopefully “get the digits” from each other. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/10 "2004-11-18T22:52:15Z")
**raz** – Raz’s Bar and Grill, Nashville, Tennessee Got “A” marks in food, service, cleanliness, and hospitality. [Atmosphere merited a “B”, as did value.](http://www.savvydining.com/US/TN.html) Possible site for Music City Dopefest. **Maureen** – Maureen’s Bar, Coolaney, County Sligo, Ireland This traditional Irish drinking establishment is attached to a four-bedroom residence. If you enjoy [[www.irelandwestproperty.com/default.asp%3Fnc%3D2028%26id%3D198+%2B+"Maureen's+Bar"&hl=en&ie=UTF-8](http://www.irelandwestproperty.com/default.asp%3Fnc%3D2028%26id%3D198+%2B+%22Maureen%27s+Bar%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)]fishing]([http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:-N\_cS2SoTHYJ:](http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:-N_cS2SoTHYJ:)[url) or hill walking, check this place out on your next visit to the Emerald Isle. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/11 "2004-11-19T01:44:29Z")
[http://www.thefoodplace.co.uk/details/29329/](http://www.thefoodplace.co.uk/details/29329/) ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/12 "2004-11-19T01:50:27Z")
[Fuck](http://phonebook.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Bars+&+Pubs/S-ND/T-Grand+Forks/) ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/13 "2004-11-19T01:55:09Z")
[Garfield’s Restaurant & Pub](http://www.garfields.net/). They even opened their first restaurant the year I was born! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/14 "2004-11-19T02:57:54Z")
Not just my name but they stole my furniture as well! Bastardos! ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/15 "2004-11-19T03:15:40Z")
Uh oh. Do a search on **Antigen** and **restaurant** and you find a bunch of stories about people getting Hepatitis or Norwalk virus from onions and things. I’m a good cook! Really! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/16 "2004-11-19T03:37:38Z")
**Ruby’s Roadhouse Bar & Grill** [http://www.rubysbarandgrill.com/](http://www.rubysbarandgrill.com/) Ruby’s Roadhouse Bar and Grill Jct. Hwy 40 & 53 Bloomer WI 54724 Phone: 715-568-2687 or 866-222-3699 And it’s claim to fame… 24 hour Quik Trip convenience store and a modern 30-room Bloomer Inn and Suites right next to us. And the Australian version, enjoy **Ruby’s Bar** [http://www.thecumberland.com.au/pages/rubys.html](http://www.thecumberland.com.au/pages/rubys.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/17 "2004-11-19T03:45:13Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > You can go in ANY drinking establishment and order one of me. 😛 You know how sometimes you read something, and it makes you realize something you had no idea about, and how the flash of epiphany is sometimes so bright it _hurts_? That just happened to me. I never made the connection before. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/18 "2004-11-19T03:50:09Z")
Don’t even get me started… ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/19 "2004-11-19T04:00:59Z")
[I don’t know who this “Ty” person is though…](http://www.sabrain.com/pub.asp?id=131) ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532/20 "2004-11-19T04:12:45Z")
It’s also the mattress conspirators as in Simmons Mattresses. And there was a David Simmons who went way, way up in a balloon forcing me to explain to my cousin that although I might be a fool, I’m not a damned fool. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-world-s-pub-bar-cafe-owners-plagiarizing-screen-names-from-the-sdmb/275532.md?page=2)