# Breakfast restaurant - ideas for name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094 "2014-07-14T19:00:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/81 "2014-07-15T14:34:16Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Wake-N-Bake This has my vote! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/82 "2014-07-15T14:47:52Z")
**The Biscuit Chisel** ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/83 "2014-07-15T14:48:31Z")
> [@orderfire](#): > > I think **Wake Up Mama’s** is _great_. Yeah, I like that name, as well. Local connection. Not punny or overly clever (sorry, I don’t like overly clever restaurant names. Save that for the hairdressers.) Straightforward. Memorable. I vote this. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/84 "2014-07-15T14:58:40Z")
The Fluffy Biscuit Biscuits And More The Biscuit And Gravy Train Fresh Hot Biscuits ---
**Author:** ![vd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b19c9b/32.png) [@vd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vd)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/85 "2014-07-15T15:03:41Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > What’s your mum’s first name? On this point, did her university fans know her by name? Or was “Ma” a nickname for her there? It seems to me you have an initial built-in customer base of former students if you make it obvious who is making the biscuits. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/86 "2014-07-15T15:07:20Z")
Something easy to remember: That Breakfast Place (Hey, let’s go to that breakfast place.) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/87 "2014-07-15T15:10:28Z")
I rather like the name of the restaurant that the Clampetts ran briefly on The Beverly Hillbillies: The Happy Gizzard Will make people say WTF and come check it out. Other options: There’s No Biscuits Like Home Biscuits That Breakfast Place Mister Biscuit Biscuit Masters People Biscuits ---
**Author:** ![Fluke\_Starbucker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3e96dc/32.png) [@Fluke\_Starbucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluke_Starbucker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/88 "2014-07-15T15:44:29Z")
Smothered n Covered The Wicked Biscuit Ma’s lil Biscuit Ma’s Wicker Biscuit Basket The Piehole Plug ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/89 "2014-07-15T17:06:03Z")
“the B” This would be distinctive, memorable, repeatable (we’re going to the B!). B could mean biscuit, or B could mean breakfast, or B could mean both (that’s your advertising copy…). With the lower case “the” it has graphic logo options. The large B could be a distinctive typeface, or artistically rendered. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/90 "2014-07-15T17:43:49Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > What do you know about Ma that the rest of us don’t? Only what’s been hinted. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/91 "2014-07-15T18:03:31Z")
The Dusty Biscuit 🙂 > [@](#): > > There were near-riots if Ma was on vacation and HER biscuits weren’t on the menu. This is a red flag for a restaurant. The technique has to be repeatable by other staff. What happens if Ma gets sick or goes on vacation? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/92 "2014-07-15T18:29:23Z")
I like really simple names for restaurants. There’s one near-ish here just called “Home.” So: Biscuit Gravy Butter Home Kitchen I like limited concept restaurants, but not limited concept names. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/93 "2014-07-15T18:30:50Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I rather like the name of the restaurant that the Clampetts ran briefly on The Beverly Hillbillies: The Happy Gizzard Will make people say WTF and come check it out. > > Other options: > > That Breakfast Place You got ninja’d by 3 minutes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/94 "2014-07-15T18:47:47Z")
If “biscuit” doesn’t have to be in the name, I second **Sunny Side Up**. It reminds me of waking up on the right side of the bed - which a good breakfast place can make you do. For the whole tired college student side of things, how about **Biscuits and Books**? Although that might make people think you’re a bookstore . . . Or, go for something simple: **The Biscuit**. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/95 "2014-07-15T18:50:29Z")
Morning Side Up ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/96 "2014-07-15T19:06:02Z")
Are you gonna serve waffles too? If so, a recent episode of _Maron_ gave me a great idea for a restaurant name. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/97 "2014-07-15T22:01:07Z")
Returning to answer a bunch of stuff, in no particular order - pardon me if I missed any, recovering from a migraine. Ma’s given name is Nancy. Half of the world calls her Ma or Aunt Nancy. No waffles - that would slow service down, I think, if you have more than two or three orders in a row. At least three people know the “secret” to Ma’s biscuits. No worries there. Seriously, it’s three ingredients - it’s all in the technique. I’m not telling any of Ma’s other secrets, but what you’ve heard on the streets may or may not be accurate! Re: speed of service - we’re looking at approximately 78 service hours per week, plus prep time and opening/closing time (cleaning, paperwork.) I think that will be manageable with our current opening staff until we have a better idea of our traffic patterns, cash flow, etc. (and we have two backups - my brother and a nephew - in case of emergency.) If we ultimately find a location with a drive-thru window, we’ll hire more staff prior to opening, though, because there’s no reasonable way to run three lines with the current tentative staff, unless no one ever has a day off. Fortunately, Ma and I have the same philosophy for hiring customer service staff: we can teach you how to put together a biscuit, we can fix a paperwork snafu, but we hire the person with the right personality, because it’s a lot harder to go back and “fix” it when a staff member is unpleasant to the customer. (And we have no problem “firing” a customer if that becomes necessary. I’d rather send that difficult person to the competitor than spend 80% of my time dealing with someone who just refuses to adhere to his end of the social contract. If there’s a genuine problem, we’ll apologize and do everything we can to fix it, but if you’re just determined to be unsatisfied? Go get your biscuit at McDonald’s, please.) As for business names - we can’t use Sunny Side Up or the Breakfast Club. Both of those are taken. I’m leaning more and more toward Wake Up Mama’s - it has a local connection, it’s not cutesy or punny, but it has a clever connection; it doesn’t tie us to one particular food product; and we can expand on the theme - blues music on the radio, decor can include vintage photos of the town, the university, sports memorabilia, or blues musicians. (Or southern rock, if we decide to go with the Allman Brothers connection vs. the blues connection. But I’d prefer blues.) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/98 "2014-07-16T02:05:35Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > At least three people know the “secret” to Ma’s biscuits. No worries there. Seriously, it’s three ingredients - it’s all in the technique. Ding ding! You can make biscuits out of most any fat/flour/dairy combination (along with the usual baking powder, etc.), but if you you don’t keep the fat cold, and you don’t know what it’s supposed to look like when properly mixed (shaggy), and you don’t cut them properly, you’ll have an inferior end result. Since you’re in the South, I’m assuming you use White Lily? I order it on line just for biscuit and pancake making. [King Arthur](http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/king-arthur-sir-lancelot-hi-gluten-flour-3-lb) also makes a high gluten/protein flour. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/99 "2014-07-16T02:06:29Z")
Rise and Shine Rise TLB - Tender Lovin’ Biscuit The Rolling Pin Gravy Train Buttermilk Rise Up Eat at Ma’s 450° (or whatever temp you bake your biscuits at) ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/100 "2014-07-16T02:32:08Z")
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