# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/161 "2014-07-17T20:43:03Z")
I think the idea of breakfast soup is weird all around. It’s confusing the concept. Soup/Stew/Chowder at breakfast is uncommon. Porridge has a negative connotation to college age kids. Plus, a thick, potato-based soup is going to look a lot like gravy. It’s going to be unappetizing to walk in and see people eating what looks like bowls of gravy. Even if it’s fantastic, it’s going to take too much explaining to overcome the weird perception. I think you should hold off on the soup for now. Add it once you become successful. While it sounds delicious, I don’t think soup will help you in the beginning. Rather, it could hurt your success. It may give people a negative first impression and they may not come back. I think you will do very well to focus on biscuits and things that go with them–bacon, eggs, sausage, chicken strips, etc. Give people a strong first impression of what you are about and branch out later. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/162 "2014-07-17T21:03:37Z")
I’ve been thinking about this breakfast soup idea since this thread started. I find it intriguing. With that said I suspect it would be a niche product at best until one of the following occurs 1. You promote it (give out little Dixie cup samples when customer sit down maybe?) 2. A food reviewer goes ape shit for it. 3. Enough students like it that word of mouth kicks in (see #1) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/163 "2014-07-17T21:37:21Z")
Don’t know if its been mentioned already (no time to read 4 pages), but if I opened a breakfast joint, I’d call it “Rise and Dine”. ---
**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 17, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/164 "2014-07-17T21:41:34Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > Plus, a thick, potato-based soup is going to look a lot like gravy. It’s going to be unappetizing to walk in and see people eating what looks like bowls of gravy. Even if it’s fantastic, it’s going to take too much explaining to overcome the weird perception. While I despise country/sausage/white gravy (yes, yes, I realize I have just put myself beyond the pale), you’re crazy if you think people who generally like said gravy would be repulsed by people eating bowls of it. Also, the idea that people can’t figure out that they are eating bowls of, essentially, potato soup seems a little weird. If I go into a restaurant and don’t know what something is, I look at the menu or ask somebody. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/165 "2014-07-17T22:18:31Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > While I despise country/sausage/white gravy (yes, yes, I realize I have just put myself beyond the pale), you’re crazy if you think people who generally like said gravy would be repulsed by people eating bowls of it. > > Also, the idea that people can’t figure out that they are eating bowls of, essentially, potato soup seems a little weird. If I go into a restaurant and don’t know what something is, I look at the menu or ask somebody. I like gravy on biscuits but I’d think it would be gross to eat a bowl of gravy. It’s like how I like syrup on pancakes but it would be gross to eat a bowl of syrup. If I go into a random restaurant I’m not going to necessarily think someone eating a bowl of white stuff is gravy. But if I go into a biscuit restaurant, I’m going to think it’s gravy because I’m expecting to see gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/166 "2014-07-17T22:30:40Z")
If I walk into a restaurant and see multiple people eating a bowl of something, I’m going to order it. I’m also going to assume it’s soup, because that’s what is usually served in bowls in restaurants. I’m not going to think people are eating bowls of gravy, especially after I see soup on the menu. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/167 "2014-07-17T22:39:17Z")
**Live Nude Girls** is a name that catches the eye. And honestly, I’d be pleasantly surprised to walk in and have the opportunity to eat biscuits. ETA: drunken post. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/168 "2014-07-17T22:44:16Z")
> [@Kiber](#): > > If the soup is a chowder consistency - could you top it with a thin slice of biscuit? I’m thinking - take one of your biscuits, cut it in half horizontally, and lay over the top of a cup of breakfast soup. It would give it a unique flare, look kinda like French onion soup or maybe chicken pot pie, and fits a meal into one container. Basically - what I’m saying is - needs more biscuit. sliced thin, honey added, and then deep fried. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/169 "2014-07-17T23:16:42Z")
> [@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. Hmmm…sounds as if a little wetworks are in order… But, to the main: [YouBiscuit.com](http://YouBiscuit.com) The Biscuit App iBiscuit Sunrise Biscuit Co. Biscuits 2 Die 4 ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/170 "2014-07-18T00:53:35Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, I’m down with “breakfast chowder.” That works. +1, and in fact I thought of it myself back on the second page and turned over to find it had already been suggested. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/171 "2014-07-18T13:10:14Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > . . . Also, according to Urban Dictionary? No way I can call it the Biscuit Basket, or (worse,) Ma’s Biscuit Basket. I draw the line at a restaurant name that has a UD definition. . . . LOL I don’t blame you. It never occurred to me to check UD. People are such perverts. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/172 "2014-07-18T14:15:36Z")
What about something that doesn’t have biscuits in it? The Nook. I’m thinking of all the college places that I used to go to - The Villa, The Tavern, Main St. Cafe, Continental Divide, Jabberwocky, Biltmore… the name really had little to do with it. ---
**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 18, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/173 "2014-07-18T18:10:30Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > I’ve been thinking about this breakfast soup idea since this thread started. > I find it intriguing. > With that said I suspect it would be a niche product at best until one of the following occurs > > 1. You promote it (give out little Dixie cup samples when customer sit down maybe?) > 2. A food reviewer goes ape shit for it. > 3. Enough students like it that word of mouth kicks in (see #1) I’m already planning ahead on advertising/pr: Before the doors open, there will be some free sample blitzes (at the weekly farmers market, the monthly First Friday shindig downtown, at the big student apartment housing complexes,) probably cater a Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting, drop off a Basket o’ Biscuits at the student newspaper office, the local newspaper office, etc. Invite the movers and shakers to a soft opening, do the whole CofC photo op with the mayor cutting the ribbon at the grand opening, and so forth. We have a reasonable advantage here with the locals - we know 'em all, and I’m related to half of them! ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/174 "2014-07-18T21:01:59Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > … Basket o’ Biscuits … See, there it is again! ‘The Biscuit Basket’. ---
**Author:** ![Absinthe\_Anecdote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absinthe_Anecdote)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/175 "2014-07-18T21:17:49Z")
I’m wondering why someone hasn’t tossed out Disco Biscuits since they keep harping on the double meaning of Biscuit Basket. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/176 "2014-07-18T21:29:14Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > I’m already planning ahead on advertising/pr: Before the doors open, there will be some free sample blitzes (at the weekly farmers market, the monthly First Friday shindig downtown, at the big student apartment housing complexes,) probably cater a Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting, drop off a Basket o’ Biscuits at the student newspaper office, the local newspaper office, etc. Invite the movers and shakers to a soft opening, do the whole CofC photo op with the mayor cutting the ribbon at the grand opening, and so forth. We have a reasonable advantage here with the locals - we know 'em all, and I’m related to half of them! Now all you need is Diners, drive-ins and Dives to stop by. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/177 "2014-07-18T21:29:14Z")
How about Ma’s Breastaurant? What? I meant it as a contraction of… oh nevermind. ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/178 "2014-07-19T05:52:30Z")
I thought the OP and others might be amused by this restaurant name, and scroll down to the “Slut” dish. [Eggslut](http://www.eggslut.squarespace.com/menu/) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/179 "2014-07-19T12:50:03Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I thought the OP and others might be amused by this restaurant name, and scroll down to the “Slut” dish. > > [Eggslut](http://www.eggslut.squarespace.com/menu/) Damn, that menu looks awesome. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094/180 "2014-07-19T13:10:14Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I like the ‘Ma’s’ angle, but Ma’s Biscuits is too plain and not memorable enough. > > How about **Ma’s Wicked Biscuits**? > > Memorable, not too cutesy/punny, has a good run of hard consonants. > mmm If you’re in New England, that would have to be **Ma’s Wicked Good Biscuits**. I have no name suggestions, but have been hit by a real strong craving for biscuits with sausage gravy. Mmmm… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-restaurant-ideas-for-name/693094.md?page=10)