# \*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:** 3
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/41 "2007-01-03T01:36:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] She had to correct the file name for the link. [Here’s the photo.](http://deathllama.com/Misc%20Photos/Unfortunate%20name.jpg) **AFG** : I doubt it’s the same picture you have, but there’s a Mom’s Taco photo on the **CollegeHumor** site. Since the page currently features some potentially NSFW clickable thumbnails, adjust this link accordingly: [http://www](http://www). collegehumor. com/picture:124014 [/QUOTE] Thank you! I need to pass this edifying info along to some pals in Pasadena and Monrovia. They need it, really. ---
**Author:** ![beandog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beandog/32/7604_2.png) [@beandog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beandog)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/42 "2007-01-03T02:40:27Z")
There’s a Mexican restaurant in the Phoenix area called the Pink Taco… [www.pinktaco.com](http://www.pinktaco.com) It might be a chain. I’m not sure. ---
**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 3, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/43 "2007-01-03T02:48:35Z")
[QUOTE=beandog] There’s a Mexican restaurant in the Phoenix area called the Pink Taco… [www.pinktaco.com](http://www.pinktaco.com) It might be a chain. I’m not sure. [/QUOTE] Wasn’t there a stink (erm, excuse the pun) about this a while back? It had a different name before proposing the name change that upset a bunch of people? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/44 "2007-01-03T02:49:24Z")
Not a restaurant, but I have seen billing statements from a hospital with this unfortunate misspelling: Inter **cum** munity. ---
**Author:** ![beandog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beandog/32/7604_2.png) [@beandog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beandog)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/45 "2007-01-03T03:04:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Wasn’t there a stink (erm, excuse the pun) about this a while back? It had a different name before proposing the name change that upset a bunch of people? Hmm, I’m not sure, but the Scottsdale city government did receive several angry and anonymous emails that objected to the restaurants name. The owners response was that if the restaurant were truly “vagina-themed” there would be “vaginas all over the walls.” (From wikipedia) Also according to Wikipedia, the owner of Pink Taco “offered $30 million for the naming rights to the Arizona Cardinals’ new stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The offer was subsequently rejected by the Cardinals, who dismissed the announcement as a joke and a publicity stunt. On September 28, 2006, Pink Taco launched a similar bid to rename the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans to the Pink Taco Dome. Owners of the Superdome said that negotiations have not yet begun, and Louisiana law states that any name change must be approved by the Louisiana State Legislature.” ---
**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 3, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/46 "2007-01-03T03:20:23Z")
_That’s_ what I was thinking of – the stadium naming. I didn’t know they’d made a bid on a second stadium, though. Don’t give up easily, do they? ---
**Author:** ![beandog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beandog/32/7604_2.png) [@beandog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beandog)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/47 "2007-01-03T03:38:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Don’t give up easily, do they? Ha. Apparently not. I don’t believe for one instance the owners are so clueless they don’t know the connotations of “pink taco”. And they are also apparently intent on world domination… or at least football stadium domination… Umm, and also, as I have never really posted on any message board before (and I’m sorry if this is a stupid question) how can I make my quoted test say “originally posted by…” like everyone else’s does? Or do I just type that in myself? (Also sorry if this was an inappropriate place to ask this.? ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/48 "2007-01-03T03:41:05Z")
Here we go! [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/100\_031451421.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/100_031451421.jpg) No idea if it’s the same pic **Sternvogel** is referring to. ---
**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 3, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/49 "2007-01-03T03:51:09Z")
[QUOTE=beandog] Ha. Apparently not. I don’t believe for one instance the owners are so clueless they don’t know the connotations of “pink taco”. And they are also apparently intent on world domination… or at least football stadium domination… [/quote] Oh, I’m quite sure they know precisely what Pink Taco is all about, just as I’m sure they wish they could get the rights to name a stadium with a retractable dome that opens from the middle. That they could paint pink. > [@beandog](#): > > Umm, and also, as I have never really posted on any message board before (and I’m sorry if this is a stupid question) how can I make my quoted test say “originally posted by…” like everyone else’s does? Or do I just type that in myself? (Also sorry if this was an inappropriate place to ask this.? You can either hit the “quote” button in the bottom right-hand corner of this message, or you can use the quote tags, like this: [quote=yappysod]Original text[/quote] (Take out the spaces inside the square brackets; they’re there just so they aren’t resolved into an actual quote box) ---
**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 3, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/50 "2007-01-03T03:52:25Z")
Doh. Change “quote button” above to “reply button” ---
**Author:** ![beandog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beandog/32/7604_2.png) [@beandog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beandog)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/51 "2007-01-03T03:58:32Z")
Thank you very much! ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/52 "2007-01-03T18:36:30Z")
I’m feeling left out! When I click on the OP link, all I get is an error message that the page can’t be found, and directing me to go to [deathllama.com](http://deathllama.com) and proceed from there. Hey, is this a conspiracy or something?! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/53 "2007-01-03T19:19:43Z")
Apologies if I’ve missed any earlier mentions, but I think the ideal name would simply be “ **The Y** ”. As in, “Boy, I feel like dining at the Y tonight”. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/54 "2007-01-03T19:20:44Z")
Oh, and [sure enough](http://www.ybargrill.com/)… ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/55 "2007-01-03T19:36:40Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] I’m feeling left out! When I click on the OP link, all I get is an error message that the page can’t be found, and directing me to go to [deathllama.com](http://deathllama.com) and proceed from there. Hey, is this a conspiracy or something?! [/QUOTE] The old file name was “found porn” in reference to a magazine section reserved for items just like this one. But that’s a file name that can trigger sniffers at work, so I changed it to something more benign. Maybe I should ask a mod to edit the OP? Anyway, [here’s the new linky link.](http://deathllama.com/Misc%20Photos/Unfortunate%20name.jpg) And BTW, “Mom’s Taco” is a TERRIBLE name. and TERRIBLY funny ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/56 "2007-01-03T20:18:31Z")
[QUOTE=beandog] There’s a Mexican restaurant in the Phoenix area called the Pink Taco… [www.pinktaco.com](http://www.pinktaco.com) It might be a chain. I’m not sure. [/QUOTE] The original Pink Taco is in Las Vegas, and expansion of the chain is planned. [Here’s an article](http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dining/articles/0422pinktaco.html) which is accompanied by several pages of predictably bawdy comments. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/57 "2007-01-03T20:26:25Z")
Hey, all these names are at least better than Restaurant. Seriously, in the town my sister used to live there was (it didn’t last long) a restaurant named Restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/58 "2007-01-03T20:51:19Z")
[QUOTE=Strinka] Hey, all these names are at least better than Restaurant. Seriously, in the town my sister used to live there was (it didn’t last long) a restaurant named Restaurant. [/QUOTE] Was it in The City? ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/59 "2007-01-03T22:11:25Z")
I’ve been to A Dong Market on Silverton Rd. in Salem. They sell Asian food and imports. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giggle-snicker-snort-what-not-to-name-your-restaurant/386387/60 "2007-01-03T23:06:40Z")
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