# Name my bar **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/61 "2005-08-03T07:40:58Z")
Darn, it looks like you’re going with Daybreak. I was going to suggest something with Hot Water in it. The building is a hot color, and your location has Water in the name. You can get into hot water at a bar, which is also a watering hole, and everybody always wants to go to the hot new place, that sort of thing. How cool would it be to say you’re in HotWater? But fine, you go with your pretty, ol’ Daybreak. Fiddlesticks-- I wanted to name a bar! ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/62 "2005-08-03T07:54:30Z")
**The Deep Watering Hole** ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/63 "2005-08-03T08:54:49Z")
> [@biddee](#): > > 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? The giant font is my doing. ;-\> I think you should call it \*\*The Big Gamble \*\*or **Cautiously Optimistic** , otherwise known as the C O. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/64 "2005-08-03T09:09:45Z")
If he’s so keen on Daybreak, how about “Dawn Patrol”? ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/65 "2005-08-03T13:27:28Z")
my favorite bar name is still **The Stumble Inn** ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/66 "2005-08-03T13:34:03Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > If he’s so keen on Daybreak, how about “Dawn Patrol”? “Okay… so who’s this Dawn and what’s she to you?” 🙂 If it is to be Daybreak, will you be offering some sort of breakfast, on weekends perhaps? Got a specialty? Motto: “Who will you be with at Daybreak?” “Daybreak… the best part of the day.” Just a thought. Good luck and keep us posted. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/67 "2005-08-03T13:57:32Z")
Well, it _is_ a bar, so maybe that motto should be: “Daybreak … the best part of the night.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/68 "2005-08-03T14:14:33Z")
How about **All Aboard** or **No Place In Particluar** “Where you going?” “No Place In Particular”. ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/69 "2005-08-03T14:15:37Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > If he’s so keen on Daybreak, how about “Dawn Patrol”? OMG! No way…LOL…one of the people we pity most in this world is named Dawn. She’s a very annoying girl who has managed to sleep her way through most of our friends and who, the night she got out of rehab she was back doing coke, claiming that now it was ‘under control’. She’s a silly little girl with major self-esteem issues and I can well imagine what would happen if we named the bar that. She’d think it was named after her and would be up there every night!! Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. They’re all really good. Unfortunately it’s still going to be Daybreak. ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/70 "2005-08-03T14:29:35Z")
> [@biddee](#): > > The t-shirts and baseball cap idea is a great one. I am a graphic designer so it will be up to me to design a good, classy looking logo, one that will travel well. I am also a very good cook and make the best burger in the world (according to all my friends), so I think the idea of cocktails and burgers at Daybreak in Antigua is hopefully one that will catch on. I also like the idea of sending emails to ppl in the States/UK with the weather info and freebie stuff. I just need to build up a good email database. > > We are not planning on serving fried food, does anyone think that is a problem? In other words, our burgers/hot dogs/sandwiches will be served with potato salad and/or a garden salad rather than fries. I would like our food to be tasty and light. I want it kept simple to keep costs down plus deep frying is dangerous and horribly unhealthy. We will probably only have me and one or maybe two other staff members during the day, a bartender and a waitress. I will prepare the food. At night, SO and another friend, who will either be a partner or employee, will do the bar. This is so exciting, I can’t wait to get it up and running! Have you ever worked in the restaurant biz? Yes, I do think that is a problem. You need to serve what your customers want, not what you want your customers to want. Fries go with burgers. Period. Plus, deep-frying allows for many other foods like egg-rolls, taquitos, fresh nacho chips, etc. Deep fryers aren’t that dangerous and you can use better quality oils - and even advertise it “Fries cooked in 100% baby seal fat.” If this is going to be a place serving food…Are you serious about being the only cook? You need to hire another cook, IMHO. Also, being touristy, drunks love a good burger at 11pm and another one at 4am. You can make a killing being one of the few places around that serves food late at night. Also, you working days, SO working nights…when will you have time for each other? I’ve helped start a tourist bar here and know most of the expat restaurant owners around town…it ain’t an easy business. Consistency, supplies, time, advertising, employees, etc can really wear you down. Lastly, I recommend investors sharing the risk. Most restaurants fail and you have seen 2 fail in that location…cover your ass. Do you know why the other 2 failed? -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/71 "2005-08-03T14:51:57Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Well, it _is_ a bar, so maybe that motto should be: “Daybreak … the best part of the night.” 🙂 “End the night at Daybreak” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/72 "2005-08-03T16:07:30Z")
What ever you do end up calling it, the tag line for the bar should be “The Place to Get 'Faced”. At the very least that should help you sell some T-Shirts. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/73 "2005-08-03T16:26:21Z")
> [@biddee](#): > > Here’s a [pic](http://community.webshots.com/photo/293590351/293590351uYwxIE) of the outside… Maybe it’s just me, but when I looked @ that 1st picture, I heard the words, _“I’m having an old friend for dinner”_. The first business name that came to mind: Littoral Libations ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/74 "2005-08-03T17:09:46Z")
Call it “Here”…where else could you possibly be? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/75 "2005-08-03T17:14:58Z")
> [@biddee](#): > > Oh, my fiance wants to name it Daybreak as it will most likely be open til daybreak every night. 'Til daybreak, eh? Call it “Beer Goggles” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/76 "2005-08-03T17:24:04Z")
> [@biddee](#): > > 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? Depends on the investors. A friend of mine dropped out of HS due to arguments with his Dad (pal wanted to become a sports trainer, dad wanted him to be a lawyer; both are genetically related to a ram, so they spent a couple years trying to break each other’s heads in and finally the son left HS and home as soon as he was legally old enough to); later my friend opened a bar; he had about 75% of the money and the other 25% came from his bro, who borrowed it from Dear Old Dad. When he saw that the bar was going real well (my friend’s picture was in the dictionary under “popular”, which helps when you’re a waiter), DOD decided that the business was going to be managed His Way, started dropping by every hour or so. They had a big row, my friend sold his part to DOD, bar went from packed to ghost town in the five minutes it took them to sign the papers. Other friends of mine have borrowed some of the money from the family, but they either treated it as a loan or made clear it was a “hands off” investment, and they may have put the terms on paper or not but they made sure to have witnesses who could be called in to referee. In these cases, no trouble at all. I like Daybreak. If I ever get a bar, I’m calling it the Zelona, but that’s because that comes out to BarZelona and I’ve got somewhere this image of using a very round, solid-looking typeface in dark blue for the other letters and a pink neon, very funky, very curvy Z. If I wasn’t sure I haven’t, I’d swear I saw something like that somewhere 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/77 "2005-08-03T19:27:44Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > Fiddlesticks-- I wanted to name a bar! “Fiddlesticks” is actually a pretty good name for a bar. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/78 "2005-08-03T20:18:17Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > \my friend sold his part to DOD, bar went from packed to ghost town in the five minutes it took them to sign the papers. > \ Well, what do you expect when the Department of Defense gets involved in a bar? Sorry. I really like the names with Deep Water in them. The Deep Watering Hole is great. I love the image I get when I hear names with Deep Water in it. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/79 "2005-09-04T15:01:08Z")
Signing in with a late entry … **Shirley Ujest** might have [come up with a doozy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6542509&postcount=44), not realizing it: The Pearly Gates! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005/80 "2005-09-04T15:08:44Z")
The Pearly Gates! Awesome! I’m so smart and humble [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-bar/315005.md?page=5)