# Unflattering names for restaurants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 31, 2000, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959 "2000-05-31T00:56:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/1 "2000-05-31T00:56:07Z")
\*\* Inspired by the Unflattering Names for Automakers thread \*\* Waffle House - Awful House Taco Bell - Taco Hell Jack-In-The-Box E-coli-In-The-Box Others? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/2 "2000-05-31T01:04:29Z")
Wack-Donalds Booger King Grease-tal (Krystal Restaurants, the southern equivalant of White Castle) Dread Lobster ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/3 "2000-05-31T03:39:47Z")
Pizza Slut ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/4 "2000-05-31T03:43:35Z")
Taco Bell = Toxic Hell My father used to call Hardee’s “Herpes”. ---
**Author:** ![MissMonica7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@MissMonica7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMonica7)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/5 "2000-05-31T03:56:17Z")
Pizza Butt ---
**Author:** ![WhoaNellie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@WhoaNellie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhoaNellie)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/6 "2000-05-31T06:27:21Z")
We always call White Castle “Armpits”, because of the joke that ends “well, then you don’t want to see how he makes donuts.” ---
**Author:** ![BarnStormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@BarnStormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnStormer)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/7 "2000-05-31T08:39:12Z")
McDucks for McDonald’s I-hope for IHOP Roy Roger’s oatburgers Fucks for In-and-Out Burgers ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/8 "2000-05-31T09:27:46Z")
I don’t need to come up with unflattering names for restaurants… after all, if the restaurant is bad enough, just calling it by its regular name is unflattering enough. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/9 "2000-05-31T13:16:08Z")
I’ve always called Burger Heaven “Burger Hell” (especially since its logo is a leering cow in a chef’s hat holding a steaming hamburger!). But there are some REAL restaurant names that give me pause. There’s an Indian joint in New York called “Mysore” (OK, I know that’s the name of a place in India, but still!). There used to be a Chinese (I think) place called “Puki” (pronounced “pukey”). And is the “Drooler’s Delight” chain still around? I do hope not. A few years ago there was a deli on West 41st Street called “Baby Jane’s.” When I noticed it had changed management and names, I rushed in eagerly and asked the counterperson, “Whatever happened to Baby Jane’s?” He looked at me blankly and said, “they went outta business.” Idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/10 "2000-05-31T14:29:19Z")
An old co-worker always called Burger Heaven “Burger Purgatory.” And don’t forget the Fu King Chinese restaurant on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. They should have added a smiling, wise old lady to their sign (an Asian Aunt Jemima), and called her “Mother Fu King.” ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/11 "2000-05-31T14:46:28Z")
Abdows = Scabdows There used to be a restaurant in Chincoteague, VA called “Fingers” which just conjured up all sorts of revolting images, at least to me… ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/12 "2000-05-31T15:59:16Z")
Real names of restaurants in S.F. seen over the years: Yu Phuck Happy House Happy Immortals - seafood served in a shack about to fall down, not too “Immortal” looking at all. Lucky Penny - Chineeese food, you can guess how good for 1 penny. Little Henry’s - we know the owner - Chineese owner, and all Chineese crew serving up Italian fast food! No one named Henry there for years. Always called Jack in the Box “that fine French Dining Establishment, Jaques en le Box” Taco Bell - Taco Smell McDonalds - The People Who Fried Trigger ---
**Author:** ![enteem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@enteem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enteem)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/13 "2000-05-31T16:17:32Z")
Chevy’s is Chevy Chase T.G.I.F. is G.D.I.M sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/14 "2000-05-31T17:10:20Z")
I always called Burger Heaven - Burgatory We have a Chinese Restaurant Wei Mei - of course, that’s Why Me? And, somehow, Mr. Lee’s has been transformed to the extremely accurate Mr. Lee’s Supa Gresy Polk Flied Lice. Like many of you, Taco Bell = Taco Hell And, those big ol’ Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC’s in the same building are Kentaco Huts. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/15 "2000-05-31T17:15:55Z")
Jack in the Crack ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/16 "2000-05-31T18:58:01Z")
**Actual** restaurant names that I always found truly horrible: RAX (oh man, I don’t feel so well…I think I’m gonna RAX!!!) Food Port (near Kalamazoo, MI.) The Ham Center (Warren, MI) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/17 "2000-05-31T23:56:01Z")
Murfreesboro , Tennessee’s City Cafe----A.K.A That Place I Got Food Poisoning!! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2000, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/18 "2000-06-01T03:11:50Z")
Has anybody else noticed a pattern of restaurants with fire-oriented names (The Flame, The Embers) burning down? If I had an insurance company I’d be real suspicious when somebody came in wanting a policy for The Char House. ---
**Author:** ![BigGiantHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@BigGiantHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigGiantHead)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/19 "2000-06-01T03:32:06Z")
Jack-in-the-box :: Jack-in-the-PINE-Box I nearly had a BigGiantHernia laughing when my ex came up with this one after the E. Coli scare in the 90’s… ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959/20 "2000-06-01T15:00:59Z")
Slight hijack - I remember, when Denny’s was facing boycotts and lawsuits over alleged racial discrimination against it’s customers, that several people started calling their “Grand Slam” breakfasts the “Grand Dragon” breakfasts. For their high-fat content foods, Perkins == Porkin’s. Here in KC we have a couple “Jack’s Stack” BBQ restauarants, where Jack’s Stack == Jack’s Crack. Fun, fun, silly-willy! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unflattering-names-for-restaurants/20959.md?page=2)