# Post the coolest/wierdest pub/bar names you've come across here: **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876 "2001-11-06T22:09:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/41 "2001-11-07T16:48:29Z")
**The Irish Jury, Part 2** _The Beggar’s Bush_ (although it’s only just occurred to me that there’s anything funny about this name) _The Wel-Cum-Inn_ I swear that’s how it’s spelled. It’s the only reason to stop in the metropolis of Newtownstewart, County Tyrone. _Askel MacTurcaills of Hoggen Green_ If you want to know how to get to it, take a left turn at Narnia and ask the first goblin you meet. _Thingmote_ Apparently this is old norse for ‘meeting place’. I think it loses something in the translation. _Life_ Death PS Sorry - this just sorta morphed into a post on worst pub names. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/42 "2001-11-07T17:14:50Z")
We used to go to a bar that was called **The Office** too. The name got changed 3-4 years ago and now it’s **Willies**. We also had a restaurant/bar that was called **The Pink Taco**. There were a few people who thought the name was offensive and started a campaign against it and tried to get it to change the name. It went out of business about 6 months later. The name was really funny but the food sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Formerly\_Bandersnatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e36b37/32.png) [@Formerly\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Formerly_Bandersnatch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/43 "2001-11-07T17:22:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pesch \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > > \*\*There used to be a place called **The Ruptured Duck** in Poulsbo, WA. (Dunno if it’s still there.) I thought that was the funniest thing I’d ever seen, until later I found out it’s a reference to WWII B-52 bomber crew insignia or something like that. \*\* > > “The Ruptured Duck” was an insignia given to servicemen at the end of WWII who were about to be mustered out. It allowed them to wear their uniforms for 30 days after discharge, and told MPs of their status. It consisted of an eagle straddling the ring that surrounded it.\*\* [hijack] “The Ruptured Duck” was also the name of Ted Lawson’s B-25 that he flew in Doolittles attack on Tokyo in April of 1942. And IIRC, they trained somewhere in the Washington St area. [/hijack] My favorite bar name was FD McNasty’s. Opened in Smryna, GA in 1972. Great place. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/44 "2001-11-07T17:33:02Z")
Er, translated from French… “Here better than there”, little shady cafe-bar-bistro facing a jail, next to Paris! ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/45 "2001-11-07T17:47:05Z")
I have a friend that opened a bar, (that he closed after a few months) called “wherever”, when we used to go out we’d ask “Where do you want to go?” “I don’t care… Wherever” ---
**Author:** ![ShrekLookAlike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@ShrekLookAlike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShrekLookAlike)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/46 "2001-11-07T18:08:58Z")
[hijack] I once worked in a restaurant where there was a waitress (Vicki) who, shall we say, was a bit skanky. The kitchen staff figured she should open her own establishment called _ **Vicki’s Legs** _ and the advertising slogan would be: “Vicki’s Legs - open 24 hours - all the crabs you can eat $1.95 - semen and other Naval personnel welcome.” [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![uberDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f04885/32.png) [@uberDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uberDave)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/47 "2001-11-07T18:35:46Z")
Its where I had my first pint in England. The **Tyrppe to Jerusalem Inn** in Nottingham, England. Said to be the oldest tavern in England, its built into the base of the castle. Damn, I sound like a travel guide. Cool place though. Also was at The Last Drop in Edinburgh, previously mentioned. Man, I want to go back. ---
**Author:** ![thermalribbon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@thermalribbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thermalribbon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/48 "2001-11-07T19:12:24Z")
\*\* The Smiling Skull in Athens Oh.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/49 "2001-11-07T19:22:30Z")
The Bung Hole in London on High Holburn Street. Yeah, I know that a bung hole is part of a cask, but I also know what else it means. Makes me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![Baron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@Baron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/50 "2001-11-07T19:42:15Z")
In DC, there’s Madam’s Organ (In the area known as Adams Morgan)… ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/51 "2001-11-07T19:51:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fiendish Astronaut \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Crusoe \* > > \*\*My favourites, though, are two very cool pub/bars in London – the oddly-named **Positively Fourth Street** near Warren Street tube, and the outstanding **Monkey Chews** at Chalk Farm. \*\* > > Monkey Chews? I live in Chalk Farm. Is it still around, and where is/was it? Surely ‘Monkey Cheese’ would be more humerous and memorable. But then, who frequent it? > > Our local is called The Enterprise. Pretty cool until Star Trek starting producing an overly sentimental version called the same thing. Ther’s a pub up the road in Camden Town called The Purple Turtle as well. Haven’t been in there yet, but The Enterprise rules! \*\* I really like the Enterprise. I was forced (!) to stay in there the other week; someone stabbed someone else outside and hid in there, and the police forced everyone to stay until they found him. The Purple Turtle is a chain, and I haven’t tried the one in Camden. The Monkey Chews opened 1998/1999ish on Queen’s Crescent, just by the dodgy estates, and it’s superb. Dark, red-lit, DJs on a Sunday afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/52 "2001-11-07T19:54:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by straykat23 \* > \*\*The Bung Hole in London on High Holburn Street. > > Yeah, I know that a bung hole is part of a cask, but I also know what else it means. Makes me giggle. \*\* I think there’s a few of those around. I vaguely recall going to one near Warren Street too. ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/53 "2001-11-07T20:16:59Z")
The Toad Suck Inn, Conway, AR ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/54 "2001-11-07T20:18:06Z")
**Between the Buns:** right here in my hometown of South Bend & Mishawaka, Indiana. **Moondog’s Pub:** South Bend, IN ---
**Author:** ![adara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@adara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adara)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/55 "2001-11-07T20:39:46Z")
Here in Ottawa there is a pub called “The Honest Lawyer”. Also one called “The Glue Pot”,which happens to be located next to a strip club (sorry, “exotic dancers” not “strippers” work there). I’m not sure if the Glue Pot Pub was named that _because of_ the strip club, but I always assumed there was a connection. ---
**Author:** ![Has\_anyone\_seen\_my\_pants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Has\_anyone\_seen\_my\_pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Has_anyone_seen_my_pants)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/56 "2001-11-08T00:02:14Z")
When I lived in Frisco, there was a bar called “The White Swallow”, in a gay neighborhood. My girlfriend asked me gleefully, “Do you get it??!” I shrugged, thinking, “Birds, big deal…” — then I almost my blew cookies on the street. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876/57 "2001-11-08T00:07:06Z")
In D.C., a german restaurant called “Frank & Stein” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-the-coolest-wierdest-pub-bar-names-youve-come-across-here/91876.md?page=2)