# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/41 "2010-10-07T08:26:48Z")
A new restaurant is opening this weekend near me: Thai Foon. We also have Pho King. People who don’t know the pronunciation of pho don’t get why it’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/42 "2010-10-07T11:08:34Z")
There’s a suburb in Birmingham (UK) called Shirley. The local chinese is called the [Shirley Temple](http://www.solihull-online.com/shirltemp.htm), which is genius. And there’s a chain of pet accessory shops called [Doggy Style](http://www.doggiestylestore.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_Clock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Shot\_Clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_Clock)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/43 "2010-10-07T11:20:26Z")
[**Salvador Deli**](http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-salvador-deli-charlotte) ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/44 "2010-10-07T12:33:13Z")
barbershop: \*\*The Best Little Hairhouse in Gresham. \*\* A dry cleaner: **P & S Cleaners** Fish shop: **The Wet Spot** Chinese food: **Hung Far Low** I love it here 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/45 "2010-10-07T14:36:20Z")
> [@Shot\_Clock](#): > > [**Salvador Deli**](http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-salvador-deli-charlotte) Ugh, that reminds me of the **Deli Llama** that just opened here. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/46 "2010-10-07T15:56:41Z")
Warsaw, IN, used to have a laundromat named **Suds Ur Duds**. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/47 "2010-10-07T18:04:43Z")
The nearby Beaverdale district features **Beaver Cleaners**. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/48 "2010-10-07T18:27:56Z")
Seattle used to have a boutique store for dogs (toys? grooming? I don’t know) called **High Maintenance Bitch**. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/49 "2010-10-07T19:31:15Z")
Julius Scissor (Hair) The Chop Shop (Hair) Hung Phat (Chinese/Asian) G.O.D. Guaranteed Overnight Delivery Pastabilities (Restaurant) (In Phila, Pa USA metro area) ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/50 "2010-10-07T22:17:21Z")
This one is not intentionally funny, in keeping with what I think the OP is after. It may not even be funny at all - it always makes me laugh, but nobody I’ve ever pointed it out to has so much as chuckled. Anyway, pre-emptive disclaimers out of the way, it’s an estate agent (realtor) in northern England called **Wright Manley**. Which sounds just like “right manly”, no? I always imagine it said in a lustful northern accent, “By 'eck, he’s right manly, that one.” ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/51 "2010-10-07T22:28:25Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > A new restaurant is opening this weekend near me: Thai Foon. > > We also have Pho King. People who don’t know the pronunciation of pho don’t get why it’s funny. Thai One On and Thai Me Up, Thai Me Down are also good. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/52 "2010-10-07T22:32:05Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > This one is not intentionally funny, in keeping with what I think the OP is after. It may not even be funny at all - it always makes me laugh, but nobody I’ve ever pointed it out to has so much as chuckled. > Anyway, pre-emptive disclaimers out of the way, it’s an estate agent (realtor) in northern England called **Wright Manley**. Which sounds just like “right manly”, no? I always imagine it said in a lustful northern accent, “By 'eck, he’s right manly, that one.” At the University of Alabama the Women Studies classes are offered in Manly Hall. Consequently WS majors are sometimes called “Manly Women”, though in fairness a few were probably were called that already. There’s a family of attorneys in Montgomery with the surname Screws. Whenever they make partner it becomes an issue: Jones Screws Smith, Jones Smith Screws, and Screws Jones & Smith- none sound good. I recently learned while researching a building at 123 W. 44th St. in Manhattan that there’s a French restaurant there named Un Deux Trois (because the street address is 123). Not fully in keeping with the thread, but I love names that are both simple and logical. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/53 "2010-10-08T00:30:01Z")
Oakville, Ontario has a raquet sports equipment store called **The Merchant of Tennis.** ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/54 "2010-10-08T00:38:36Z")
A bar in Detroit called “the Office”. Hair salon near Metropolitan Airport called “the Hair Port”. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/55 "2010-10-08T01:18:07Z")
An acquaintance of mine set up a machine shop in the back of his regular business. The name is Beecher Tool and Die. He admitted that at least 25% of the reason for the shop is simply so he could have the name on the door and the business cards. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/56 "2010-10-08T01:20:19Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > 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). We’ve got **Under One Woof**. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/57 "2010-10-08T01:30:31Z")
I get a kick out of all the bars and lounges named The Elbow Room. I’ve never seen one in L.A., but there seem to be a lot of them around the country. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/58 "2010-10-08T04:10:57Z")
Ones I’ve heard and liked: A computer store called **PC Galore** **The Rigid Tool Company** **B&E Liquidators** a gardening company called **Rakes and Ladders** ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/59 "2010-10-08T04:26:13Z")
My eternal favorite name will probably be a local gay bar called Screw Boy. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/60 "2010-10-08T12:59:40Z")
I forgot the electronics parts and DIY store in NH called **Nerdful Things** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165.md?page=4)