# \*giggle\* \*snicker\* \*snort\* What NOT to name your restaurant **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387 "2007-01-02T05:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/1 "2007-01-02T05:44:21Z")
Driving around Arcadia after leaving Santa Anita racetrack, we spied this restaurant and HAD to get a picture of it. I bet you can figure out why. [Oh, the imagery this conjures up…](http://deathllama.com/Misc%20Photos/Found%20porn.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/2 "2007-01-02T05:48:18Z")
And you went there too, dintcha! Tris ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/3 "2007-01-02T05:50:20Z")
[Hentai Sushi and Grill](http://pics.livejournal.com/montrealais/pic/00001kt0/g1) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/4 "2007-01-02T06:01:05Z")
**Ruffian** , I hear they have a special on Cream of Sum Yung Gai (#69). ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/5 "2007-01-02T06:02:53Z")
They could have called it the Glory Hole or the Kum-n-Go…oh wait, those stores already exist. People should really ask around before choosing a name for their business. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/6 "2007-01-02T06:04:11Z")
Not quite the same, but also [delicious.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/79839173@N00/342060692/) ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/7 "2007-01-02T06:05:33Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] [Hentai Sushi and Grill](http://pics.livejournal.com/montrealais/pic/00001kt0/g1) [/QUOTE] What’s the dish of the day? Tentacle Sushi? Reminds me of a sign somewhere – might have been [engrish.com](http://engrish.com) – of a Korean restaurant named “Fuk Mi” ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/8 "2007-01-02T06:06:07Z")
[Long Wongs](http://search.cityguide.aol.com/phoenix/restaurants/long-wongs/v-101814117) There used to be one a couple of miles from me, but I never summoned the courage to go in since it looked pretty skeevy. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/9 "2007-01-02T08:02:52Z")
Cook at home instead, and buy your groceries at the Shun Fat Market on Atlantic Blvd in (what else?) Monterey Park, California. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/10 "2007-01-02T08:04:17Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] [Hentai Sushi and Grill](http://pics.livejournal.com/montrealais/pic/00001kt0/g1) [/QUOTE] ? What does “hentai” mean in whatever language it is that makes this funny or inappropriate? ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/11 "2007-01-02T08:12:38Z")
[QUOTE=CanvasShoes] ? What does “hentai” mean in whatever language it is that makes this funny or inappropriate? [/QUOTE] It’s slang for “Japanese anime pornography,” although Wikipedia says the Japanese themselves don’t use the word that way. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/12 "2007-01-02T08:28:56Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Reminds me of a sign somewhere – might have been [engrish.com](http://engrish.com) – of a Korean restaurant named “Fuk Mi” [/QUOTE] That restaurant actually merged with a German company to create the new chain, “Fuk Mi Hadder”. ---
**Author:** ![42Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/6bbea6/32.png) [@42Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42Geek)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/13 "2007-01-02T09:45:39Z")
is that NAMBLA’s favorite restruant? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/14 "2007-01-02T11:05:31Z")
[QUOTE=Tenar] It’s slang for “Japanese anime pornography,” although Wikipedia says the Japanese themselves don’t use the word that way. [/QUOTE] In Japan it just means “pervert”, and not in a cute, playful, sense. Porno anime is just called “adult anime”. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/15 "2007-01-02T11:46:58Z")
There is a takeaway place in Lincoln named **Legal Food**. I would get a picture if I could but [this is all I could find.](http://www.thefoodplace.co.uk/restaurants/11655/Legal+Food+in+Lincoln/) Mmm…tasty! ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/16 "2007-01-02T13:17:12Z")
While driving down Altantic Ave. in Brooklyn a few months ago, I saw a take-out Chinese joint named “Long Line Restaurant”. It was closed (out of business). Unfortunately I couldn’t do the camera phone thing while driving. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/17 "2007-01-02T13:17:25Z")
First off in the Northeast you can go to [Legal Seafood](http://shop.legalseafoods.com/?source=google&page=homepage/pd/1). There is a mini mall near me called the Bang Luck Plaza. Sounds like a great place for a first date. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/18 "2007-01-02T13:19:03Z")
[QUOTE=Ruffian] Driving around Arcadia after leaving Santa Anita racetrack, we spied this restaurant and HAD to get a picture of it. I bet you can figure out why. [Oh, the imagery this conjures up…](http://deathllama.com/Misc%20Photos/Found%20porn.jpg) [/QUOTE] **Ruffian** , opening a file named like that can get you _noticed_ at work. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/19 "2007-01-02T15:02:42Z")
Noted, Bosda. I changed the file name to something more benign to keep everyone work-happy in the New Year. New linky link: [Unfortunate name](http://deathllama.com/Misc%20Photos/Unfortunate%20name.jpg) “Found porn” was a section in _Maxim_ magazine for pictures just like that one, thus the name choice. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/20 "2007-01-02T15:08:29Z")
Not in the samwe league as these, but down near Tom’s River, N.J. there’s a Chinese Restaurant inexplicably named **Hey Birds** Every time I pass it I get Hey Jude running through my mind. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387.md?page=2)