# How about well-conceived shop names? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 23, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158 "2010-01-23T20:23:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/21 "2010-01-24T08:38:26Z")
**Get Stuffed Catering** operates out of Dural in Sydney. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/22 "2010-01-24T09:06:05Z")
There’s a place nearby called “Mushi Mushi Kosher Sushi.” I cqan’t decide if that’s awful or terrific. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/23 "2010-01-24T14:58:22Z")
**We Will We Will Rock You** - sheetrock contractor. **Higher Grounds** - gourmet coffee supplier. ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/24 "2010-01-24T15:10:26Z")
In my brother’s town there’s a chimney sweep service called “Up Yours”. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/25 "2010-01-24T17:19:28Z")
There’s a handyman around here named Bob Weaver. His biz has grown enough that he’s running 5 to 10 trucks and workmen. He calls his outfit Leave It to Weaver. In St. louis since the 1930s there is a restaurant near downtown called the “Eat Rite Diner” [Google Maps](http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=%22eat-rite%22+diner+louis&fb=1&gl=us&hq=%22eat-rite%22+diner+louis&hnear=Wentzville,+MO&cid=13216784081287067003) There are lots of joints around the country called “The Good Eats” or similar. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/26 "2010-01-24T21:20:07Z")
St. Louis claims [Yuckos](http://www.yuckos.com/), the doggie pooper-scooper service. ---
**Author:** ![Lottie\_D\_Urberville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@Lottie\_D\_Urberville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lottie_D_Urberville)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/27 "2010-01-24T21:43:24Z")
I know of a Vietnamese restaurant in Orange county called “What The Pho”. There’s also one called “Pho King” somewhere in Oakland. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/28 "2010-01-24T21:43:24Z")
My favourite local fish and chip shop is called, _The Codfather_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/29 "2010-01-24T22:24:37Z")
A now-defunct flower shop in my town was named **Plantasia**. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/30 "2010-01-24T23:23:54Z")
There’s a local chimney sweep/window washing company called “Haul Ash.” Not bad. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/31 "2010-01-24T23:51:59Z")
There was a short-lived hot wings restaurant in Gainesville, FL, named Mother Cluckers. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/32 "2010-01-25T00:31:49Z")
We have a dog grooming shop nearby called “Doggie Style” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/33 "2010-01-25T00:48:52Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > There’s a local chimney sweep/window washing company called “Haul Ash.” Not bad. There’s a cigar store around here called “Nice Ash.” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/34 "2010-01-25T02:14:43Z")
I don’t have kids, but I’m tickled by the name of a kids’ furniture store in Hampton “The Peek-a-Boutique.” ---
**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:** [January 25, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/35 "2010-01-25T03:23:49Z")
We’ve got a dog grooming place here called **Under One Woof**. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/36 "2010-01-25T05:59:28Z")
Yeah, “ash” does lend itself to bad puns, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/37 "2010-01-25T11:39:58Z")
> [@MentalGuy](#): > > When I was in college, there was an establishment nearby named Wok - n - Go. “I know it’s only Wok-n-Go, but I like it!” Now gone, probably for the best. There is (was?) a hair salon in Greensboro called Hairport '77. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/38 "2010-01-25T12:20:57Z")
> [@Dervorin](#): > > I know a furniture store called “Sofa So Good”, which always amuses me. > [@Ponch8](#): > > There are several Vietnamese restaurants in America named Pho King. To get the joke, you have to realize that pho is pronounced “fuh.” Don’t know where it is, or was, but I’ve heard of a combination of these two – called “Sofa King.” Their motto? “It’s Sofa King Good!!” 😃 > [@jayjay](#): > > There’s a hair salon across the street from my childhood church called “Curl Up & Dye”. Not a real place, but I’ve always dreamt there **should** be a hairdresser’s named “In **d** igo Montoya,” whose motto would be “Prepare to dye!” ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/39 "2010-01-26T01:21:20Z")
There’s local cheese shop called _C’est Cheese_. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158/40 "2010-01-26T01:33:11Z")
A doggie day care named ‘Yappy Trails’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-well-conceived-shop-names/526158.md?page=3)