My undergrad mascot was The Spartans. However, the on-campus student business might have done well to think of a better name than “Spartan Services.” Unless they were really going for the no-frills image.
I recall that the old “National Lampoon” magazine had a section on weird business names…one stuck in my memory-…a “Crummy Funeral Home”.
Great name-have your loved one planted by Crummy!
My grandparents used to live in Clearwater, FL where there was a funeral home named Moss Feaster. Moss Feaster! I mean, I get that Mr. Moss and Mr. Feaster are business partners, but one of y’all’s got to change your name.
Citarella (a retail and wholesale market in New York/Long Island) opened a wholesale fish market a few years ago. I was behind one of their trucks the other day.
I figure a name like that is enough to turn a vegetarian into a vegan pretty quickly.
There was “Belcher’s Liquors” and “Carnal Garage” in Kentucky. I also could have sworn I saw a “Vinyl Solutions” somewhere, though possibly that was the result of confusing a vivid nightmare with real life.
Where I come from the Town Pump is the lady you refer to as Town Bike. I used to see a liquor store named Town Pump; unfortunate, I always thought.
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.
If you’re ever in our area and find yourself in need of some fasteners, Screws Unlimited is the place to go.
Drug Palace
Payne Furniture
There’s a company down the road that does analysis techniques, or technology. So they named their company Analtech.
I’ve never been brave enough to google them to see if they have a website. They do, however have a sign at the delivery door that says “Analtech receiving dock.”
I know of a place called Condom World. Best name since Snakes on a Plane.
There’s a Thai place on Touhy in Niles, IL (NW Chicago Burb, near Skokie) called Thong Thai. I giggle every time I drive past.
In a town near me is a hairstylist who calls the place “The Best Little Hairhouse In Town”. Yeah, cute take on that Dolly Parton movie, but how did the owner never predict that vandals would constantly spraypaint the sign to the name of the movie?
(1) One in particular stands out to me, because it actually grew into a national chain: Dress Barn.
Dress Barn.
Dress.
BARN.
Maybe they were popular with women who liked to shop for dresses, then go grab lunch at The Feeding Trough or something.
(2) Until fairly recently, there was a day care facility near my neighborhood called Kidz Stop. The logo was a stop sign with the word Kidz in some fancy font emblazoned thereon. Thing is, that wasn’t technically the full name- on the sign, the rest of the name appeared in smaller block letters beneath the logo. The rest of the name was Learning Center.
So, yeah, let’s send our children to Kidz Stop Learning Center.
I like Ben Rich Jewelry. Yeah, I was rich until I went into the jewelry store.
Also, I cringe when I drive by the Drury Inn. Sounds awful.
A gas station/convenience store chain: Pump ‘n’ Munch
If nothing else, they should reverse the order!
The Cao Dung Beauty Clinic near me. Ask for the special.
Legible just means that it’s readable, not that it’s correct.
At least Kum ‘n’ Go has the order right.