# 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:** 8
**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:** [June 21, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/141 "2018-06-21T11:53:06Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > You ever have Larry and Carrols? Growing up in Squirrel Hill, we were a Mineos family.🙂 (Now I’ll never rest until I try Larry&Carrol’s) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/142 "2018-06-21T12:05:45Z")
They weren’t the names of the restaurants, but the phrases following them. still
 There were two restaurants in Inman Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. **Jae’s Diner** said **Eat Here and Live Forever**. **East Coast Grill** next door said **Eat Here and Die Happy**. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/143 "2018-06-21T13:27:40Z")
“You’ve tried the rest, now try the best” is what’s written on a standard pizza box used by many different pizza places. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/144 "2018-06-21T14:16:27Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > You ever have Larry and Carrols? When I read this, I immediately semi-spoonerized it into “Carrion Larry’s”, which sounds like a way worse place. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/145 "2018-06-21T14:17:42Z")
There’s a Korean fusion place in the outer suburbs of DC called Iron Bag. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/146 "2018-06-21T14:42:59Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > You ever have Larry and Carrols? > [@Max\_Torque](#): > > When I read this, I immediately semi-spoonerized it into “Carrion Larry’s”, which sounds like a way worse place. I immediately thought of Ted & Alice’s. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/147 "2018-06-21T15:06:40Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > College Inn, from whence I guess the often advertised College Inn chicken broth originated. Mmmmmm; soup stock made of collagen :dubious: Umm, yeah, collagen (converted to gelatin during the cooking process) is what makes stock, stock. That’s why you keep the bones and slow cook them for a long time. Without collagen it’s just meat flavored water. It’s what gives stock it’s richness & mouthfeel. Really good homemade stock actually firms up like Jello when you refrigerate it. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/148 "2018-06-21T15:36:03Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > When I read this, I immediately semi-spoonerized it into “Carrion Larry’s”, which sounds like a way worse place. That’s actually hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/149 "2018-06-21T15:59:48Z")
> [@Chicken\_Fingers](#): > > There’s a Korean fusion place in the outer suburbs of DC called Iron Bag. Years ago, the Italian pizzeria near my house in the Bronx, Sal’s, was bought by a Korean family, but they kept it a pizzeria. They named it _The Two Peninsulas_. It wasn’t the name that was so odd, but the logo, which was Italy and Korea smushed together. It looked like a particularly bizarre sex toy. I went in there once shortly after it opened to order a pizza. There was a tiny Korean woman behind the register. When I tried to order a half-pepperoni half-mushroom pizza she got very confused. Hearing this, a big Italian guy in a tomato sauce-smeared apron came out of the kitchen in the back. He said, in a thick Bronx accent, “Don’t tawk to her, tawk to ME!” Unfortunately, they didn’t last long. I would have liked to try kimchee pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/150 "2018-06-21T16:17:33Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > That, or the owner was a drag queen. That would be a fun night out. Drag queens and tacos! My local chain of Mongolian BBQ restaurants (HuHot) has Genghis Khan all over things, and the kids menu is the “little warrior’s” menu. I always found it a bit distasteful, and my husband found their food to be the same. ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/151 "2018-06-21T20:15:22Z")
> **[The Dead Fish Restaurant Crab House and Prime Rib, located in Crockett.](https://www.thedeadfish.com/)** > > The Dead Fish Restaurant Crab House and Prime Rib, located in Crockett. The place to come for fresh seafood, "Killer Crab" and Prime Rib. 20050 San Pablo Avenue Crockett, CA 94525 Very large restaurant. High prices. Always full. Go figure. Food is great though, so that explains a lot of the success. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/152 "2018-06-21T21:10:27Z")
I always thought “Potbelly” was a horrible name for a restaurant chain, but now they seem to be everywhere. (fun fact: the original location, and for many years the only location, is a block from my house and still going strong. and still has the potbelly stove.) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/153 "2018-06-21T22:28:37Z")
> [@Rich\_Mann](#): > > [https://www.thedeadfish.com/](https://www.thedeadfish.com/) What, would you rather they named the restaurant Live Fish and served it that way? At least this way you know the fish is dead when served. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/154 "2018-06-22T17:30:33Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > In Honolulu, we have a place called the Itchy Butt. Desribed as a “no-nonsense take-out joint dishing up teriyaki chicken bowls, fries and other fast-food Asian grub.” Popular but we’ve not tried it yet. Awww
Bruddah Sam, you can’t mention Itchy Butt without posting a link to the logo! 😃[https://postimg.cc/image/6wgntb24x/](https://postimg.cc/image/6wgntb24x/) I live close by, but haven’t tried it yet. Gets rave reviews for their Korean style chicken. May be unappealing to those who don’t understand the true meaning of the name. 8 Fat Fat 8 here in Hawaii. It’s actually Baat Fat Fat Baat with Baat (8) rhyming with Fat (wealth/prosperity) in Cantonese. Edit: Frog House is a Korean restaurant, again with great reviews, but never been there. It’s been around since at least the '80’s so it must be good! ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/155 "2018-06-22T17:51:03Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > Awww
Bruddah Sam, you can’t mention Itchy Butt without posting a link to the logo! 😃[https://postimg.cc/image/6wgntb24x/](https://postimg.cc/image/6wgntb24x/) I live close by, but haven’t tried it yet. Gets rave reviews for their Korean style chicken. > > May be unappealing to those who don’t understand the true meaning of the name. 8 Fat Fat 8 here in Hawaii. It’s actually Baat Fat Fat Baat with Baat (8) rhyming with Fat (wealth/prosperity) in Cantonese. > > Edit: Frog House is a Korean restaurant, again with great reviews, but never been there. It’s been around since at least the '80’s so it must be good! Need to clarify before Siam Sam or another native Cantonese speaker jumps on me. The double ‘a’ in Baat (8) is pronounced like baa (like baa baa black sheep). Same with the ‘a’ in Fat (Faat)! It not Bat Fat Fat Bat. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/156 "2018-06-22T21:44:06Z")
Dining at the [Heart Attack Grill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Attack_Grill) is not something high on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/157 "2018-06-22T22:07:45Z")
In Brazil, I took a picture of a side-walk cafĂ© that served hotdogs. It was called “Come Dog”. This was back when cameras had film and pictures were on paper. So, no linkys. > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Would you believe — one of the survivors of the Donner Party did later open a restaurant in Sacramento, and was in fact sometimes the butt of jokes or criticism. Lewis Keseberg is the guy your going for here. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/158 "2018-06-22T22:34:38Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Lewis Keseberg is the guy your going for here. Right, thanks. I had read about this in the wonderful 1936 [book](https://www.amazon.com/Ordeal-Hunger-Story-Donner-Party/dp/0395611598) _Ordeal by Hunger_, by George Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/159 "2018-06-23T02:03:52Z")
In Phoenix, AZ there’s a Mexican-Chinese fusion restaurant named Chino Bandido. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2018, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350/160 "2018-06-23T03:03:23Z")
I’m going to guess that Red Baron pizza is so named because red is a color that people associate with pizza. The sauce is red; pepperoni is reddish; there are sometimes flecks of red pepper or tomato; the general color palette of pizza is red (and white). Having a personification of your brand is always effective, and the Red Baron was a ready-made mascot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-restaurant-names/816350.md?page=9)