# Turn off restaurant names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350 "2018-06-19T01:30:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/61 "2018-06-19T17:58:18Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > [That’s the only one left.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo%27s) Except for the unaffiliated [Lil’ Sambo’s](https://lilsambos.com/) in Lincoln City, Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/62 "2018-06-19T18:14:44Z")
College Inn, from whence I guess the often advertised College Inn chicken broth originated. Mmmmmm; soup stock made of collagen :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/63 "2018-06-19T18:34:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Except for the unaffiliated [Lil’ Sambo’s](https://lilsambos.com/) in Lincoln City, Oregon. The same tiger with a parasol logo. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/64 "2018-06-19T18:38:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The same tiger with a parasol logo. That logo comes from the original book written by Helen Bannerman in 1899, not from the chain. ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/65 "2018-06-19T18:40:21Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue is home to the Chinese takeout restaurant Fu King. And Canarsie has Long Won (actually really good take-out). ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/66 "2018-06-19T18:47:03Z")
There’s a takeout place called “Asian Boy” where I live. Just sounds wrong. Not a restaurant, but there was a business that went by “Analtech” for many years. I always joked they made state of the art butt plugs. They finally changed the name recently. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/67 "2018-06-19T18:52:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > That logo comes from the original book written by Helen Bannerman in 1899, not from the chain. I guess they couldn’t copyright it as their logo. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/68 "2018-06-19T19:06:30Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The name gives me visions of small children being violently ill in a restaurant. Yea I have called it up-Chucky many times. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/69 "2018-06-19T19:28:17Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > There was one place I’ve never gone because of the name, called “The Milk Bar”, but that’s mainly because it was not obvious what kind of cuisine it was from the outside. I don’t walk into restaurants if I have no idea what to expect inside. Maybe a lot of people were like that, because they are no longer in business. > > I just looked it up, they were American cuisine. Supposedly named because of their “all white menu”. I’ve also seen mention of scantily clad waitresses, so I’m guessing it actually was a titty joke with a retconned explanation. Oh well. One problem with [milk bars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_bar) is that you always wonder whether they serve moloko plus, vellocet, synthemesc, and drencrom, and what sort of clientele they might attract. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/70 "2018-06-19T19:56:26Z")
There’s a piece of logging equipment known as a choker. It cinches a cable around a log so it can be dragged to where the trucks are being loaded. In Aberdeen, Washington, is Gray’s Harbor College. Their mascot is Charlie Choker; a burly guy holding a choker. The cafeteria there is called Charlie’s Cafe, which is harmless enough. But I was always sort of entertained by the signature dish, the Choker Burger. It’s actually pretty tasty, just a cheeseburger with a slice of ham added. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/71 "2018-06-19T20:02:29Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > One problem with [milk bars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_bar) is that you always wonder whether they serve moloko plus, vellocet, synthemesc, and drencrom, and what sort of clientele they might attract. Interesting. Wonder if the owner was a Aussie expat. Probably not. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/72 "2018-06-19T20:08:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Except for the unaffiliated [Lil’ Sambo’s](https://lilsambos.com/) in Lincoln City, Oregon. I’ve eaten at that one several times over the years. Took the kids to it one time just for the weirdness. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/73 "2018-06-19T20:18:06Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > When I lived in Binghamton NY we had a chain of **Pudgy’s Pizza**. That strikes m as poor advertising. The Pudgy’s I used to go to (they DID have good slices) is gone, but a quick Google search shows that there still lots of Pudgy’s pizzas out there. [nitpick] Pudgie’s Pizza, you mean. > **[Pudgies Pizza](https://www.pudgiespizza.com/)** > > Enjoy delicious pizza, pasta, and subs from Pudgies with convenient delivery services in Elmira, NY, Waverly, NY, Vestal, NY, Binghamton, NY, Sayre, PA, and Mansfield, PA. Order now for a tasty meal delivered right to your doorstep! I’m originally from Elmira. Pudgie’s is my family’s go-to pizza joint on the west side, the one right next to Red Barn. We trust a fat cook, eh. Who wouldn’t want to try some of Fat Johnny’s Donuts? ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/74 "2018-06-19T21:53:13Z")
I’ve noticed quite a few chip or kebab shops in the UK using the name Titanic. Now, okay, they’re presumably intending to suggest bigness, but they do usually opt for signs with pictures of ocean liners. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/75 "2018-06-19T22:24:14Z")
after 9/11 the local media found a place right near Ft. Bragg called Osama’s Place. I think they changed the name. (like the drug company Isis changed their name to Ionis) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/76 "2018-06-19T22:37:23Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > after 9/11 the local media found a place right near Ft. Bragg called Osama’s Place. I think they changed the name. (like the drug company Isis changed their name to Ionis) Ayds Weight Control candy. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/77 "2018-06-19T22:38:03Z")
There is seriously a pizza place in Indianapolis called “D&C pizza.” I am not making that up. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/78 "2018-06-19T22:39:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Ayds Weight Control candy. They went out of business. But I think their main ingredient lost FDA approval, and that killed it as much as the name. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/79 "2018-06-20T00:00:37Z")
Around here there’s a local chain of Indian/Nepalese restaurants called Yak & Yeti. The food is good, but I really don’t feel that either of those critters conjures up very appetizing thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/80 "2018-06-20T01:40:00Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > There is seriously a pizza place in Indianapolis called “D&C pizza.” I am not making that up. Doritos and Chocolate pizza? That sounds pretty good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350.md?page=5)