The other day I passed by a restaurant with the name “King Baguetteria”. Now, it’s true the baguettes are the most popular form of bread here in Viet Nam, and it makes some sense that a place that sells them might be called a baguetteria (mixing languages a bit). However, a good role of thumb when naming a restaurant is to avoid words that sound almost exactly like bacteria. :smack:
There is a low-income housing project in a nearby town that proudly calls itself, “The Pines.”
Which always gives me a bit of cognitive dissonance. I get that trees are supposed to be homey, and all. But when I see it, I still can only think of the old folk standard, “Black Girl,” with the version I know best having a chorus, of “In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines. I shivered the whole night through.”
Just doesn’t quite bring homey to mind for me.
Japan has so many sometimes I think I should take note of businesses with good names.
Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS.
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Well, they should keep their thumbs outta the bread! 
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In Dubai there is a business called “Drive and Walk Rent-A-Car”.
Near the Galata Tower in Istanbul a business has a large sign reading “We’re Sorry We’re Open”.
Some local Asians have their own beauty salon. “Chin Hair Design.”
My all-time favourite: Barren Investments.
Don’t forget my thread on that restaurant called “No Thai.”
And does anyone remember the Ayd’s Diet Plan?
FWIW, Ayds diet candies had that name long before GRID was recognized, let alone had it’s name changed to AIDS.
I don’t think it counts near as much when events make your name ironic, or disturbing.
That’s true, it was more a case of rotten luck. But definitely bad for business once the epidemic hit.
During the oil boom, there was a business here called “Twin Peaks Bra Shop”. Not surprisingly, it was a front for a whorehouse.
There’s a gas station here in town that is called “Xtreme Gas”. My two sons crack up whenever we pass by… 
Fat n Sassy. They sold plus size women’s clothing.
Geriatric Angels. Eldercare with a most disconcerting name.
One of the most successful and popular makers of bread, pastries and related products in Spain is BIMBO, a giant Mexican food corporation. They are the ones who introduced sliced bread in Spain.
And they are big… Apparently, among food corporations, they are #4 in the world after Unilever, Sara Lee and Nestlé…
Just my 2 eurocent!
JoseB
P.S.: Or you could visit the official U.S. site for…
BIMBO BAKERIES U.S.A. 
I never went in, but when I lived in the San Fernando Valley I used to drive past a place called I Can’t Believe It’s Fish. I don’t know what they had done to the fish…made it into ice cream cakes? high end sculpture? I’ve regretted not finding out since I moved away…
I love the Wankier Insurance Co. in Bloomington, IN.
Yeah, a lot of the Mexican groceries here stock BIMBO products. I really don’t see the point, as they’re basically the same thing as Wonder bread, from all that I can tell.
There is a very nice, upscale Japanese restaurant in Brookline, MA simply called Fugakyu.
The other day, I saw a truck with Overlake Oil printed on it. Got me to thinking, oil over a lake. That’s not a good thing.
My sister recently moved to Tacoma near an Italian restaurant called Il Fiasco. I so want to eat there one of these days!