# Bizarre Bar Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609 "2007-10-30T18:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tibidabo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@Tibidabo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibidabo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/41 "2007-10-31T13:49:27Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Was that a gay bar, then? [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure they both are ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/42 "2007-10-31T14:02:19Z")
In Trumansburg, NY - near Ithaca - there’s an establishment known as [The Rongovian Embassy](http://www.rongo.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/43 "2007-10-31T15:06:15Z")
The last time I was in Perth, I happened to pass a pub called The Wet Shag. It was a bit disappointing that they only served beer. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/44 "2007-10-31T15:09:54Z")
[The Ego Bar](http://flickr.com/photos/jmrocher2001/434993358/in/set-72157602120808268/) in Meguro. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/45 "2007-10-31T16:04:02Z")
Whenever we’re going up to the Poconos, we always pass by Bud’s Pub & Grub. I’m convinced that it’s impossible to say the name of the place without sounding like Larry The Cable Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/46 "2007-10-31T16:45:26Z")
[QUOTE=Lucky 13] There’s a bar/restaurant in West L.A. called Father’s Office. It’s famous for its blue cheese burger. [/QUOTE] And a fantastic beer selection. Also, there is a Lucky 13 near my place, one of the best bars in SF, also with a great beer selection. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/47 "2007-10-31T17:05:44Z")
How about the gay bars in Chicago? The Man Hole and Cocktail? There were some others too I think. Was one The Ram? ---
**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/48 "2007-10-31T17:14:49Z")
There’s a pub just north of Manchester called the “Same Yet”. Apparently it used to have a more orthodox name, but sometime in the Victorian era the proprietor had the sign repainted. The sign painter asked how he wanted the sign done, and the landlord, in a hurry, said “Paint it the same yet”. The signwriter took this too literally! ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/49 "2007-10-31T17:21:11Z")
There was a bar in the next town called “The Office”. There was also one in that same town called “Dirty Nelly’s”. There was (is?) a bar in Buckhead (Atlanta) called, simply, Bar. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/50 "2007-10-31T18:05:32Z")
In NYC on Third Ave and around 35th street is a sports bar called ‘Third and Long’. There’s always Poncho’s Happy Bottom Riding Club, but it isn’t there anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/51 "2007-10-31T18:19:22Z")
Palatine has a Durty Nellie’s (as Clar mentioned,) an Office, and it USED to have a Judge’s Decision (not sure if that is still around or not.) ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/52 "2007-10-31T18:41:24Z")
Growing up, there was the _Dew Drop Inn_ and the Garglehaus (complete with umlaut). Having lived near boystown for a while, let’s see how many gay bar names I can remember (great names!) [ol] [li]Manhole[/li][li]Cocktail[/li][li]Manhandler[/li][li]Little Jimmy’s[/li][li]Buddie’s[/li][li]Tomcat (lesbian bar in Andersonville)[/li][li]Cell Block[/li][li]Girl Bar (lesbian bar)[/li][/ol] -Cem ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/53 "2007-10-31T18:54:53Z")
[Whiskey Dick’s](http://www.whiskeydicksbar.com/). ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/54 "2007-10-31T19:16:35Z")
In the small town of [Bliss, Idaho](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bliss%2C_Idaho), just off the interstate, there’s a place called “Don’t Ask Bar”. I figure it’s for people who, when someone wants to know where his buddy is headed he says, “don’t ask.” ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/55 "2007-10-31T20:55:25Z")
An awful dive bar in South River, NJ. And yet, one of my favorites - **My Dad’s Place**. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/56 "2007-11-01T02:08:02Z")
I’m not sure this is a bizarre name, but I just want to mention **The Cooler** , the diviest of dives in my home town. It was a former meat cooler. It was a squat, almost-windowless cinder block building. They handed out enormous glasses of whiskey for, like, a dollar. Their decoration scheme, such as it was, consisted of the accoutrements of the former establishment. Primarily, this meant giant meat hooks hanging from the ceiling. The crowd in the place skewed a little to the rough side. But, you couldn’t beat it for cheap booze. Too bad they tore it down a few years back. ---
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/57 "2007-11-01T20:10:55Z")
I’ve always liked the name “The Quaff” here in KC. In Olathe, KS there is “The Job Site” In northern Ohio, along route 2 I think, there was “The Half Fast Inn” (half-assed inn) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/58 "2007-11-03T05:46:39Z")
I almost forgot about this one, but was reminded when I walked past it last night (Friday night). In the Patpong red-light district is a gay bar called Screw Boy. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/59 "2007-11-03T14:37:33Z")
Dallas has a gay bar named JRs and a lesbian bar called Sue Ellens. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/60 "2007-11-23T01:13:11Z")
I thought of another one after pulling out my T-shirt from the place. In Siem Reap, Cambodia, is the Angkor What? Bar. (Siem Reap is the town close to the Angkor Wat ruins.) Siem Reap also has a guesthouse-restaurant-bar complex called the [Dead Fish Tower Inn](http://www.talesofasia.com/cambodia-deadfish.htm). Their website AND a sign on premises proudly proclaims: “We don’t serve dog, cat, rat, or worm!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609.md?page=4)