# Bad Names, Business Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685 "2012-02-13T06:30:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/81 "2012-02-15T20:34:47Z")
Oh, I just remembered - when I was a kid we stayed in Gainesville, FL near the university hospital when my grandpa had his artificial hip redone. The restaurant across the street advertised (and this is maybe the early 90’s, okay, not 1951 or something) “Chinee Takee Outee”. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/82 "2012-02-15T23:03:54Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > For years, my favorite such name was a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant that was named > Foo King Chinese Food. Then they fixed their sign and it turned out the name was Food King the whole time…oh well. I’ve linked to this one before, but there was this [hole-in-the-wall](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dQuacLNyX8E/S4bUjXzx4FI/AAAAAAAADNw/FX0i6GWQTYA/s1600-h/Fook+King+copy.jpg) in the Bronx. No mistaking the name. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/83 "2012-02-16T00:23:54Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Just that their initials are actually ESV? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/84 "2012-02-16T13:50:01Z")
Speaking of Hole-in-the-wall Chinese places, there was a place in Howard Beach (I think) back in the late 90’s called “Soon Fat” The name changed rather quickly, i always wished i’d gotten a picture. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/85 "2012-02-16T14:00:10Z")
Glad others hate “Buy Buy Baby.” There was a local law firm in Indianapolis: Roach, Lynch & Belch, Attorneys at Law. Mr. Roach scurried off to form his own firm, leaving just Lynch & Belch, which sounds like a really screwed up convenience store. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/86 "2012-02-21T23:01:13Z")
Okay, I’ve got a new one: **Pale Rider Driving School**. I can only assume they were thinking of Clint Eastwood, _not_ one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse when they named the place… ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/87 "2012-02-22T01:14:13Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > **Curl up & dye** is a surprisingly popular name for hair salons, it seems. I knew of one in Milwaukee years ago, but a little googling reveals many more places are using this name. I think that was in ‘The Blues Brothers’ movie. ‘I. Yankum - Dentist’ - the Three Stooges. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/88 "2012-02-22T02:22:12Z")
Karson Kartage and Konstruction I swear that I’m not making that up. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/89 "2012-02-22T13:04:13Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > Tattoo parlour’s main signage read “Scorpian Ink”. Front window proclaimed “Proffessional tattooist”. Yes, a lack of spelling ability is what I’m looking for in a tattooist (although it may have been the signwriter to blame. Should’ve got Legible Signs). To be fair, Scorpion Ink is spelt correctly elsewhere on the premises and after a newspaper mocked them for the “Proffessional” sign they had their window redone. [That is](http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=2+Service+Street,+Traralgon,+VIC,+3844,+Australia&hl=en&ll=-38.19799,146.537248&spn=0.001855,0.003363&sll=34.742992,-77.428167&sspn=0.015657,0.026908&oq=2+Service+Street,+Traralgon+VIC+3844,&hnear=2+Service+St,+Traralgon+Victoria+3844,+Australia&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=-38.197998,146.537385&panoid=AT3RG23v7fj-QYXD6ZAQGg&cbp=12,345.29,,1,7.89) pretty bad. Extra points off for egregious use of [Papyrus](http://www.papyruswatch.com/). > [@kayaker](#): > > I have a teacup that I took from a Chinese restaurant in New York. I took the cup for the logo. Name of the place is (was) Empire Szechuan Valley. Their logo featured huge, red letters ESG. Was [this](http://www.empiretogo.com/AboutUs.tpl) it? I think the G stands for Gourmet in the name of the company, but it is pretty silly I agree. There used to be a sandwich shop near my local station called _Lovely Baps_, but its gone now. I think it was intentional, as the logo had a bun with a suggestively placed cherry on top. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/90 "2012-02-22T15:03:10Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Was [this](http://www.empiretogo.com/AboutUs.tpl) it? I think the G stands for Gourmet in the name of the company, but it is pretty silly I agree. BINGO!! Wow, that is amazing. In addition to the name thing, I was there in the evening and we didn’t realize we were going to be the last customers of the day. When we lingered and talked over tea, an employee played a very pornographic Chinese tape (singing, then moaning…). We took the hint and left. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/91 "2012-02-22T15:19:24Z")
There was a business in Toronto called “Federal Kash 'n Karry” but the font made it look like “Federal **Hash**'n Karry.” Didn’t help that my buddy and I were sitting behind it smoking a joint. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/92 "2012-02-22T17:19:47Z")
Machine shop in Watertown, MA: “Queen Screw”.😃 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/93 "2012-02-22T23:21:23Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Machine shop in Watertown, MA: “Queen Screw”.😃 Any relation to Nurse Ratched? ---
**Author:** ![Jasper\_Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/94 "2012-02-22T23:52:13Z")
Don’t know if they still exist, but for years I saw these signs on businesses in the Knoxville area: \*\*Gamble Car Repair Bogus Auto Parts Adcock Prosthetics\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/95 "2012-02-23T00:14:29Z")
Somewhere there’s a video place called MEGAFLICKS… ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/96 "2012-02-23T04:53:35Z")
Just around the corner from me is a tyre place called _Bursta Tyres_. Also not far away, a butcher’s shop: _B.J. Meats_. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/97 "2012-02-23T05:00:37Z")
And, in the San Bernadino mountains of California, the _[Deer Lick Car Wash](http://www.flickr.com/photos/guidotti/159046644/)_. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/98 "2012-02-23T05:04:25Z")
Oh, and I forgot to mention that in my home town (like the two mentioned in post #96), but long ago, there was a _Fook Hing Chinese Restaurant_. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/99 "2012-02-23T05:25:12Z")
Unlimited Head Jobs for an engine machine shop Holy Sheet for sheets Analgas for a company that dose gas analysis Hapnantang for an Indonesian restaurant ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685/100 "2012-02-23T05:38:24Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Oh, and I forgot to mention that in my home town (like the two mentioned in post #96), but long ago, there was a _Fook Hing Chinese Restaurant_. There still is in Victoria Aus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-names-business-edition/612685.md?page=6)