# Need a clever Business Name Fast
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 20, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849 "2013-12-20T21:14:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/21 "2013-12-21T01:37:25Z")
The Four Seasons, or The Four Seasonings. You have a festive party at every solstice and equinox where only part of the signage changes.
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### Author:  [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/22 "2013-12-21T01:38:39Z")
Lick and Slurp
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/23 "2013-12-21T02:20:51Z")
Seasons Eatings
mmm
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### Author:  [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/24 "2013-12-21T03:18:03Z")
> [@randompattern](#):
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> Lick and Slurp
That would be on the after dinner/closing menu.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/25 "2013-12-21T03:25:48Z")
Taking Stock
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/26 "2013-12-21T05:54:14Z")
Hot Bowl/Cool Cup
On the sign, the phrases are bottom to bottom, and the sign is flipped twice a year.
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/27 "2013-12-21T06:55:28Z")
Two signs: _The Hot Bowl_ and _The Cold Bowl_, and you throw a promotional party when the switch is made to serve the last of the old and the first of the new.
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### Author:  [@all\_timestamps\_displayed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/all_timestamps_displayed)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/28 "2013-12-21T08:52:32Z")
Scoop n Soup
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### Author:  [@AlaskanMatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlaskanMatt)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/29 "2013-12-21T11:24:00Z")
**Sweet N Savory**
_seasonal ice creams and soups_
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/30 "2013-12-21T12:52:04Z")
If you encounter any hurdles when acquiring necessary licensure, you could go with **Barely Legal**. It’s worked in other areas of commerce.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/31 "2013-12-21T13:17:42Z")
Two Kinds of Stuff in a Bowl
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/32 "2013-12-21T14:02:54Z")
I don’t have any great suggestions, but I gotta say “Ice Cream Soup” is unappealing bordering on gross to me. Reminds me of dirty, sticky children. I wouldn’t want to go to a place called that.
I like “Scoop and Ladle” and “Spoons”.
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/33 "2013-12-21T14:07:10Z")
My only concern is what if you change what you offer? What of ice cream or soup don’t become your major item years from now. Do you want a more flexible name?
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### Author:  [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/34 "2013-12-21T18:37:17Z")
Hot Cold and Delicious
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/35 "2013-12-21T19:51:19Z")
Soupercool
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### Author:  [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/36 "2013-12-21T20:37:11Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#):
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> My previous thread helped me narrow down what food I want to primarily be selling in the summer vs. winter months in my resort town (ice cream and soup respectively). I’ll also have appropriate beverages and snacks to go along with ice cream and soup. Now all I need is a good business name!
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> I was thinking something simple like “Ice Cream Soup”… but I bet there are better names out there.
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> So what would you call a take out shop that sells mainly ice cream cones in the summer months and hot delicious soup in the winter months?
I think the more important thing is what brand are you going for? Like, what’s your ‘thing’? I think you have to look at the theme of your shop and then work from there. If it is in a resort town (like, a high end classy town?) I suggest something that sounds sophisticated. You also want something, I believe, which will stand out and be catchy, and easy to remember.
I don’t have any name ideas right now but I think that the above may help you.
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### Author:  [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/37 "2013-12-21T21:06:46Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Two signs: _The Hot Bowl_ and _The Cold Bowl_, and you throw a promotional party when the switch is made to serve the last of the old and the first of the new.
I like this idea … this allows two “going-out-of-business” sales and two “Grand Opening” events each year.
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### Author:  [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/38 "2013-12-21T21:13:01Z")
> [@AlaskanMatt](#):
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> **Sweet N Savory**
> _seasonal ice creams and soups_
Best one yet.
Tells people what they’re getting, but can still work if the menu expands
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/39 "2013-12-21T21:31:11Z")
Unless I am mistaken, the OP will be selling soup in the winter and ice cream in the summer, so any single name that suggests that both products are currently available might be a problem.
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### Author:  [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-business-name-fast/676849/40 "2013-12-21T22:05:23Z")
There was a place in Chicago that did just what you propose to do. It was called “Soups and Scoops.” The always had both, but much more of the one that was seasonally appropriate.
I doubt if they’ll mind if you steal the name. They went out of business after about two years.
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