# What are your favorite names of small businesses? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165 "2010-10-05T19:32:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/1 "2010-10-05T19:32:45Z")
There’s a place in smalltown Alabama called **Cold Beaver Tire & Auto** It got it’s name when that was still the name of the little community and before, I’m guessing, beaver had as many connotations. When I lived near Macon, Georgia (Maconga in local speak) there was a tiny garage called **The Love of Jesus Christ Body Shop** It was right out of Flannery O’Connor (and in fact the movie of her book _Wise Blood_ was filmed in that city). It’s logo was a cross and a car. Birmingham, AL used to have a bar called **Miss Martha’s Beauty Shop & Chain Saw Repair** I liked the name but unfortunately it was tongue in cheek; I much prefer the earnest ones. Can you think of any names of small businesses that make you look twice or want to take a picture? ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/2 "2010-10-05T19:39:21Z")
A hair salon: **Curl Up and Dye** A steakhouse: **The Spunky Steer** ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/3 "2010-10-05T19:58:02Z")
Another one… A photocopy joint ~ **Clone Reproduction Center** ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/4 "2010-10-05T20:23:43Z")
A friend reminded me of the strip joint outside Albany Georgia- **The Booby Trap** (much nicer than its seedier cheaper competition The Clap Trap). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/5 "2010-10-05T20:37:07Z")
**The Great Alaskan Bush Company** - a strip joint in Anchorage [Mr. Whitekeys Fly-By-Nightclub](http://www.flybynightclub.com/) - a joint in Spenard (now sadly closed.) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/6 "2010-10-05T20:51:45Z")
A big and tall men’s clothing store: The High and the Mighty. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/7 "2010-10-05T21:48:50Z")
The Library Bar, which is located just down High Street in Columbus, OH from THE Ohio State University. Mom calls from home to check up her precious child at tOSU: “What did you do last night?” Precious Child: “You’d have been proud of me, Mom. I went to the Library.” [Link](http://www.librarybar.com/) ---
**Author:** ![glas\_onion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9dc877/32.png) [@glas\_onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glas_onion)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/8 "2010-10-05T23:20:24Z")
This company from my area that sells vinyl (and other) floorings. [Lino Ritchie](http://www.linoritchie.ie/index.php) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/9 "2010-10-05T23:27:29Z")
There were a couple of dog-oriented businesses in town that we liked the names of - one was **Sit Happens** (dog training) and the other was **Doggie Style** (dog grooming). ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/10 "2010-10-06T00:16:47Z")
Holy Sheet, sells well sheets Unlimited Head, this company polishes heads on cars Suck and Blow, turbos and exhausts! ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/11 "2010-10-06T00:22:37Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > A hair salon: **Curl Up and Dye** > > A steakhouse: **The Spunky Steer** Ok, where did Curl Up and Dye come from? I came in to post that, but I have no idea why I know that name! ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/12 "2010-10-06T00:50:34Z")
Wreck-a-mended - an auto repair shop in Rainsville, AL ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/13 "2010-10-06T01:03:25Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > The Library Bar, which is located just down High Street in Columbus, OH from THE Ohio State University. > > Mom calls from home to check up her precious child at tOSU: “What did you do last night?” > Precious Child: “You’d have been proud of me, Mom. I went to the Library.” > > [Link](http://www.librarybar.com/) A decade and a half ago, Davis CA had a video arcade called The Library. The kids loved the name. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/14 "2010-10-06T01:15:52Z")
I like the names with originality, or the ones that are related to their location. e.g. around my neighbourhood: Goat Hill Tavern (dive bar with many many different beers on tap) - in a small spot that used to be called Goat Hill The Headless Woman (don’t know if it’s still around: their sign was an old-fashioned waitress type woman without a head - not gory. it was a small diner) The Place Across the Street from the Hotel Laguna (that one’s gone, it was a small bar across the street from a better-known landmar, the Hotel Laguna) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/15 "2010-10-06T01:17:09Z")
Forgot one: Gods & Heroes - local hair salon. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/16 "2010-10-06T01:34:02Z")
\*\*Sneed’s Feed & Seed (formerly Chuck’s) (hey you didn’t say that had to be REAL businesses!) \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/17 "2010-10-06T01:41:14Z")
Vietnamese restaurant: Hung Long It was just the dudes name. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/18 "2010-10-06T01:45:40Z")
A strip club, in Wisconsin Dells, right off the side of the freeway. **Crusin Chubbys** ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/19 "2010-10-06T01:49:07Z")
[the Low End](http://www.thelowend.net/thelowend/index.htm) ,a bass guitar shop in Murfreesboro, TN. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/20 "2010-10-06T02:21:01Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > > [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > > > A hair salon: **Curl Up and Dye** > > > > A steakhouse: **The Spunky Steer** > > Ok, where did Curl Up and Dye come from? I came in to post that, but I have no idea why I know that name! Gonna brave it out and post before I check, but… I think from the movie Grease. \ The joke has also likely been around so long that it’s public domain by now. 😛 Edit: Google doesn’t give me a link, but I do believe I was right, wahoo!! Also… “Hoosier Buddy Liquor Store” Bloomington, Indiana Drive through booze; gotta love it! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165.md?page=2)