# Is this a good name for a restaurant?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/21 "2016-08-30T17:34:14Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> “Eat at Logan’s Run and feel Renewed.”
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> “End your meal with a treat from our Carousel of Deserts.”
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> “We’re right next door to the New You beauty salon.”
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> And the place is overrun with cats.

A perfect world of pleasure for any celebration … except your 30th birthday.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/22 "2016-08-30T17:45:09Z")

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Well, the restaurant **Ruby Tuesday** is named after a song that’s nearly 50 years old (and is about a free spirit woman) and up until recently has been doing well\* as a national chain, though personally I’ve never eaten at one.

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  - I did read an article a few weeks ago that they’re closing 95 underperforming restaurants nationwide.

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-name-for-a-restaurant/763608/23 "2016-08-30T18:01:24Z")

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> [@Biggirl](#):
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> 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.

Especially since Belmont does not and never has hosted harness races.

Similarly, the shopping center on the grounds of Roosevelt Raceway, the former harness track further out on Long Island, has a sign showing a horse pulling a harness sulky…but has a jockey riding him.

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