# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/61 "2007-11-23T02:05:10Z")
Northern WI sports the Kro Bar. I’ve seen a Wytts End. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/62 "2007-11-23T02:36:59Z")
Des Moines, IA, home of probably 100 shithole bars, used to have a particularly low-rent looking establishment called **Vicky’s Pourhouse**. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/63 "2007-11-23T02:40:40Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > There’s a pub in Toronto called The Library. > > “Yes, Mom, I’m doing my schioolwork. I’m just about to go to The Library.” There are a number of bars in US college towns called The Library, too. Off the top of my head, I know there’s one in LA, another one in San Luis Obispo (Cal Tech), one in Tempe (Arizona State University) and I think there’s one here in San Diego, too (UCSD/SDSU). ETA: Apparently a few others, too… > [@Cluricaun](#): > > There’s a dive bar in Aurora IL called “Alibi” that I always thought fitting. One here, too, though I think it’s in a bit nicer neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/64 "2007-11-23T02:43:21Z")
There’s one on the Lower East Side called “The Hairy Monk.” Whiskey tango foxtrot? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/65 "2007-11-23T03:23:41Z")
Used to be one in Jackson near all the downtown hospitals - called **The Recovery Room**. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/66 "2007-11-23T03:39:37Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] There’s also two bars in the Patpong red-light district called Pussy Collection and Super Pussy. [/QUOTE] [Insert obligatory joke about liquor in the front, poker in the rear.] ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/67 "2007-11-23T03:59:11Z")
There is or used to be one in Oakland called **The Hollow Leg** ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/68 "2007-11-23T04:36:21Z")
Not much to add. We have our own Branch Office. ---
**Author:** ![RedRosesForMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RedRosesForMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedRosesForMe)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/69 "2007-11-23T04:37:17Z")
We’ve got a gay bar here called **Georgie’s Alibi** , established back when gay men were still in the closet and had wives and kids back home. And my BF used to bartend at a gay bar called the **Back Room Bar**. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/70 "2007-11-23T04:55:52Z")
A Bar in Annapolis remembers the great patriot and sailor, Admiral Fell with The Admiral Fell Inn. In San Francisco in the Bank of America building there was a place called the Bar of America. The Bank sued them, humorless as they are. When I open a bar it will be The Bar of Gold. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_loblaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@bob\_loblaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_loblaw)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/71 "2007-11-23T07:17:57Z")
got some good ones in toronto. – _amnesia,_ which is across the street from _insomnia._ – _philthy mcnasty’s._ – the _bovine sex club._ – _andy poolhall._ – the _communits daughter._ – _not my dog._ – _ted’s collision._ and more i’m not thinking of right now. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/72 "2007-11-23T16:36:13Z")
In Minot, ND, our local usual hangout was **The Blind Duck** , and was the happenin’ joint in town. A few years later the ‘scene’ changed as some other bars tried to open up, but then the owners of the Duck opened **The Udder Place** (apparently, a drunk cow). Good times indeed! Tripler Oh yes, I have fond memories of the **Duck**. . . [sub]of what I actually can remember. . .[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/73 "2007-11-23T22:11:02Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] A Bar in Annapolis remembers the great patriot and sailor, Admiral Fell with The Admiral Fell Inn. [/QUOTE] ::blinks:: There’s no Admiral Fell Inn in Annapolis. I think someone’s been pulling your chain. ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/74 "2007-11-23T22:32:12Z")
I saw a bar in Rochester, NY called **Tipsy McStagger’s**. I still get a huge kick out of that one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/75 "2007-11-23T22:49:24Z")
[QUOTE=Diomedes] ::blinks:: There’s no Admiral Fell Inn in Annapolis. I think someone’s been pulling your chain. [/QUOTE] No, but there is one in Baltimore. It’s a hotel, but I’m sure it has a bar in it. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/76 "2007-11-24T00:42:53Z")
Daffy’s and The Doghouse and right in between the two was the Chicken Ranch (Go-Go Bar). ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/77 "2007-11-24T00:49:39Z")
The Jolly Trolley ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/78 "2007-11-24T01:27:41Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] Used to be one in Jackson near all the downtown hospitals - called **The Recovery Room**. [/QUOTE] Sheesh, I just came in to tell about a bar with that name that I visited while in university, here in Topeka. It too was near our two major hospitals. The bar is now named “The Boobie Trap” ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/79 "2007-11-24T02:25:55Z")
Step Inn and as the saying went… stagger out. ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_kilii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lynne\_kilii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynne_kilii)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609/80 "2007-11-24T02:32:57Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] Dallas has a gay bar named JRs and a lesbian bar called Sue Ellens. [/QUOTE] Denver has a gay bar named JR’s, too. We have The Detour and C’s for the lesbians. I haven’t been on the full tour, but I’m working on it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-bar-names/424609.md?page=5)