# Is this a good name for a restaurant? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2016, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608 "2016-08-22T08:59:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/1 "2016-08-22T08:59:45Z")
I ran across this place and the name seemed odd for a restaurant: [Logan’s Run “Family Fare, Friends and Fun”](http://www.logansrunrestaurant.com/) Considering the source of the name, state-sponsored murder is not what I associate with friends and fun. Or is there some other, less dystopian, use of the phrase Logan’s Run? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/2 "2016-08-22T09:14:24Z")
The site says the restaurant is owned by a man named Scott Logan. The name “Logan’s Run” may indeed be a play on the movie title, but I wouldn’t have any second thoughts about eating there based on the name alone. My hometown had a restaurant called the Terminal Cafe. Now that’s an unfortunate name. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/3 "2016-08-22T09:18:19Z")
The movie is the only time I’ve heard that phrase. But that movie came out 40 years ago. A 50 year old may have never heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/4 "2016-08-22T10:30:24Z")
It’s better than the donut shop around here that’s named Glory Hole. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/5 "2016-08-22T11:53:51Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > It’s better than the donut shop around here that’s named Glory Hole. Is that the place where guys are constantly walking out of the restroom with a puzzled look on their face? ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/6 "2016-08-22T11:55:16Z")
Most of the general public have likely never heard of Logan’s Run so it probably has no associations. Me, I’d eat there just because of the name and associations - especially with the tagline “friends, Family, Fun.” Too perfect. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/7 "2016-08-22T12:03:52Z")
Just don’t go looking for sanctuary in there. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/8 "2016-08-22T14:42:16Z")
If they ever have a problem with food-related gastroenteritis I can imagine people thinking of the place as **Logan’s Runs**. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/9 "2016-08-22T14:50:19Z")
Do they serve fish, plankton, sea greens and protein from the sea? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/10 "2016-08-22T14:51:22Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Just don’t go looking for sanctuary in there. “Eat at Logan’s Run and feel Renewed.” “End your meal with a treat from our Carousel of Deserts.” “We’re right next door to the New You beauty salon.” And the place is overrun with cats. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/11 "2016-08-22T16:28:07Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > My hometown had a restaurant called the Terminal Cafe. Now that’s an unfortunate name. **[Whacks Cochrane with umbrella]:** Don’t say “terminal” to an old person! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/12 "2016-08-29T07:42:52Z")
Are people older than 30 even allowed to go inside the restaurant? Or, if they are “the book is always better than the movie” snobs, people older than 21? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/13 "2016-08-29T07:55:57Z")
Kind of reminds me of “Old Yeller” dog food. Why the heck would you name your dog food that?! That’s gotta be like the saddest dog food in the world! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/14 "2016-08-29T08:06:40Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > If they ever have a problem with food-related gastroenteritis I can imagine people thinking of the place as **Logan’s Runs**. My first thought too. Worst restaurant name, as far as I’m concerned, is a place of the far Northeast side of Indy (past the ritzy side, where it gets seedy again) called D&C Pizza. “The secret’s in the sauce.” No, it doesn’t really have that motto, but I can’t help adding it mentally every time I see it, or an ad for it. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/15 "2016-08-29T08:08:57Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Kind of reminds me of “Old Yeller” dog food. > > Why the heck would you name your dog food that?! That’s gotta be like the saddest dog food in the world! Yeah. I never, ever bought that. Bad dharma. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/16 "2016-08-29T08:36:24Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > **[Whacks Cochrane with umbrella]:** Don’t say “terminal” to an old person! :mad: Sorry, Aunt Blabby. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/17 "2016-08-29T18:41:18Z")
It’s better than Soylent Green. “Come on down. We’re all about people!” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/18 "2016-08-29T18:57:41Z")
I live in Elmont, home of Belmont, the race track. There is a steak bar and grill called Trotter’s. There is no interpretation I can think of that’s good. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/19 "2016-08-29T19:47:11Z")
I once saw a Greek restaurant called Tantalus. Not sure if they were commenting on the food or the service, but a bad name all around. [Obligatory reference.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus) ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/20 "2016-08-29T20:16:13Z")
That’s as bad as “Children of the Corn” brand corn bread. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608.md?page=2)