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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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:
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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?
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And does anyone remember the Ayd’s Diet Plan?
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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.
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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. 
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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!