# Name my bar
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 31, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005 "2005-07-31T12:56:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/1 "2005-07-31T12:56:05Z")
We have found premises for our bar and will probably sign the lease next week. It’s a huge space with a wonderfully large balcony overlooking the Deep Water Harbour and so now we need a name for it. Any suggestions?
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### Author:  [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/2 "2005-07-31T12:59:22Z")
Oh, my fiance wants to name it Daybreak as it will most likely be open til daybreak every night.
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### Author:  [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/3 "2005-07-31T14:01:54Z")
What kind of bar is it? I’ve always wanted a Dance Club type bar. I will name it “Club Baby Seals”
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### Author:  [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/4 "2005-07-31T14:37:03Z")
Here’s a [pic](http://community.webshots.com/photo/293590351/293590351uYwxIE) of the outside of it and you can see it in the background of this [pic](http://community.webshots.com/photo/105055275/105055275YccBoB) taken from the deck of a cruise ship. It’s the yellow building with the green roof.
It will be a regular bar with probably grilled lunches on cruise ship days and two pool tables, a dart board, cheap and cheerful. I want to get a sail with the logo to shade the deck. Something that will be visible from the cruise ship deck to attract all those lovely tourists!
BTW, if it had been a club, Club Baby Seals is the best name ever!
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### Author:  [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/5 "2005-07-31T15:13:11Z")
First of all–congratulations and best of luck. As for a name, I suggest Hiyo Pals.
I like Daybreak also.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/6 "2005-07-31T15:20:29Z")
Well personally I think you should call it the **Aren’t I a Lucky Bastard Compared To You Bar**
Begrudging congrats.
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/7 "2005-07-31T15:22:49Z")
_Professor Biddee’s Funtime Factory–O-Rama. With Beer._
If not, then yeah, I like “Daybreak” too.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/8 "2005-07-31T15:25:53Z")
**Kokomo**. And make sure the Beach Boys song is on the juke.
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### Author:  [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/9 "2005-07-31T15:28:40Z")
**The Safe Harbour** (a sensible pun)
**All Night Long** (describes a feature)
**Ye Olde Tavern** (pseudo historic)
**The Tourist Trap** (just for laughs)
**Daybrake** (there’s nothing like a mistake to bring in punters. “Did you know it’s spelt Daybreak?” Why, that’s alert of you! Can I get you a drink to celebrate?"
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### Author:  [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/10 "2005-07-31T15:30:57Z")
Callahan’s crosstime saloon?
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/11 "2005-07-31T15:32:19Z")
Pickabar.
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### Author:  [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/12 "2005-07-31T15:33:46Z")
The Shoal?
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### Author:  [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/13 "2005-07-31T15:46:28Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
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> **Kokomo**. And make sure the Beach Boys song is on the juke.
I like Kokomo, only problem is there is already a boat tour called Kokomo Cats on the island.
I like the idea of Daybrake but I can just imagine the flak from our friends as well as the ppl who would think that it was a mistake by the sign company (been known to happen fairly frequently).
Thanks for the congrats. I know a number of bars that have failed in that location in the past few years so I’m cautiously optimistic about our chances of having it work. It’s a big gamble, so pretty scary but it is a once in a lifetime opportunity and if we can make it work (and we have some great ideas and a lot of support), hopefully one day we will be fairly well off.
Here’s the deal though, I have enough money to do it on my own (an inheritance), but I have a couple of interested investors. Is it better off doing it myself and then keeping all profit (and absorbing any loss) or sharing both?
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### Author:  [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/14 "2005-07-31T15:57:38Z")
The Strand
The Dockyard (to capitalize on another local attraction, if possible)
1/11…independence day
This one may be more suitable for a hole in the wall pub and not a vivacious dance bar, but if I’ve always wanted to have my own bar and name it The End O’ The World.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/15 "2005-07-31T16:04:05Z")
> [@biddee](#):
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> Here’s the deal though, I have enough money to do it on my own (an inheritance), but I have a couple of interested investors. Is it better off doing it myself and then keeping all profit (and absorbing any loss) or sharing both?
Share the risks and share the profits. If all goes well (as you hope it does) you are letting others share the wealth. If things go badly you don’t slide down the tubes entirely.
As to the name I guess “Deep Water Bar” has been taken or I would grab it. There are lots of songs called “Deep Water” including an Aussie one by Richard Clapton and I would play them all each day.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/16 "2005-07-31T16:06:08Z")
Oh and [www.deepwaterbar.com](http://www.deepwaterbar.com) is still available.
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/17 "2005-07-31T16:20:40Z")
Using your 2 photos as inspiration, I suggest **The Palm and Rainbow**.
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/18 "2005-07-31T16:34:47Z")
_The Bar of Gold_ has always tickled my fancy.
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### Author:  [@ladydisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladydisco)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/19 "2005-07-31T16:37:55Z")
I’ve considered this as a band name, but it would be a fun bar name too: **The Drunk Uncles**
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### Author:  [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/20 "2005-07-31T16:38:01Z")
I suppose “Biddee’s Biddette” is already taken? 😉
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