# Restaurant Name - NEED HELP!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694 "2017-01-31T20:38:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/21 "2017-02-01T05:56:57Z")
Gotta agree with **It’s Not Rocket Surgery!** - and impossible to name without details. Just because nothing, _Had Fill, Holy I Roll_ is an anagram of Holly Hill, Florida. Don’t name it that. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/22 "2017-02-01T12:05:32Z")
**Barely Legal Seafood** You just need to come up with a story to explain the name. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/23 "2017-02-01T12:35:08Z")
Mess ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/24 "2017-02-01T12:37:11Z")
I’m actually kinda serious about that. It has a nice double meaning and is ironically “cute” (but then again, I live in San Francisco and EVERYTHING is ironically cute here). ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/25 "2017-02-01T14:41:57Z")
How about something incredibly generic like “World Cafe” or “Global Cafe”? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/26 "2017-02-01T15:25:47Z")
The Straight Dope Café Cookin’ Like Aunt Bessie Salivation Nummy Tummy Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/27 "2017-02-01T16:49:00Z")
**That Place**. “Where do you want to go to eat?” “Let’s go to _That Place_.” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/28 "2017-02-01T17:04:22Z")
Name it like you’d name a rock band, just use some random names/words that sound cool. Chiquita Oak. Blue Simmer. Fat Betty. Nocturnal Fusion. Erlanger. Fifty 5. ---
**Author:** ![witzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/edb3f5/32.png) [@witzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/witzel)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/29 "2017-02-01T18:28:46Z")
If you aren’t decided on what path your cuisine will take yet, something generic that brings to mind the broad type of meals you expect to serve might be best at this juncture. Something like Shaz’s Diner, or perhaps Holly Hill Diner, if that isn’t taken of course. Seconding an earlier idea (mostly), Holly Hill Grill gives that lovely rhyming the kids are crazy about. (Side note, I’ll be in Ormond Beach in mid-April, which is probably not enough time for your restaurant to get off the ground but hey, hopeful.) ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/30 "2017-02-01T18:31:27Z")
I think a great way to name something is to pick something that is euphonious with your name and then leave your name off. Examples would be Marvin’s Marvelous Market becomes Marvelous Market or Bill’s Thrills becomes Thrills. In your case Charlie’s Comfort Cafe would become the Comfort Cafe. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/31 "2017-02-01T18:46:34Z")
I second **It’s Not Rocket Surgery!**'s comments. I also second **blondebear** ’s suggestion of Holly Hill International Grill. If you really do have international comfort food in mind (and there is such a thing, IMHO), the ‘International’ part tells that part of the story, and the ‘Grill’ part suggests comfort food. And the name has a good sound to it, at least to my ear. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/32 "2017-02-01T19:36:31Z")
**Holly Hill Global Grill** flows better and is a smidge shorter than “International.” Otherwise, I’d go with short and sweet: **Holly Hill Grill** is perfect. If you want to have international comfort foods on the menu, then that’s fine - you don’t have to advertise that in the name. Your name has to draw the dominant market segment of your local population to want to eat there. I doubt Holly Hill Florida is super edgy and hip and cosmopolitan (no offense meant). Finally, there was a thread here a few years back (?) about a doper starting a local cafe, and realizing that there’s a lot of work that has to go in to it, and how it’s best to have a small-ass menu and set of ingredients to start with (SO limited) and focus on getting people in the door with a small selection of good food done right and done quickly. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/33 "2017-02-01T19:40:38Z")
Cutesy or novelty names are almost always losers. Go with “Holly Hill Diner” or “Shaz’s Restaurant” or similar. I think overly descriptive names are almost as bad as cute or novel names. What if it turns out you become famous for your hamburgers and fries? “International Gyro Cafe” starts sounding like a joke. And don’t go wild on the menu. Go for quality and consistency over variety or quantity. But I’m sure you know that already. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/34 "2017-02-01T19:54:52Z")
Joe’s. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/35 "2017-02-01T20:18:56Z")
Or **shaz** m. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/36 "2017-02-01T20:29:59Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Sorry, but I’m going to give some (possibly) constructive criticism here: > > Your restaurant is going to serve “comfort food, some from around the world, and some American dishes with international flair” > > This says to me that you have no idea what you want the restaurant to be, and customers won’t know either. Am I the only one thinking of Babu’s restaurant from Seinfeld? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/37 "2017-02-01T23:16:41Z")
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**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/38 "2017-02-01T23:34:28Z")
If you liked [_The Martian Boogie_](https://youtu.be/eZShVsRM_-c) by **Brownsville Station** , there’s **Eat, Sit and Gulp**. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/39 "2017-02-02T02:24:50Z")
**Skink’s**. Unfortunately, it’s probably copyrighted. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hocus\_Pocus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hocus\_Pocus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hocus_Pocus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-name-need-help/778694/40 "2017-02-02T17:41:57Z")
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