# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/81 "2011-01-21T03:41:43Z")
In North London there used to be a laundry called “Wisheewasheesplisheesplosheewasheeknickeeverykwickee” ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/82 "2011-01-21T06:45:03Z")
My daughter took driver’s education at the Wong Way driving academy. I told her that if she ever got into a traffic accident she must say: “Mr. Wong would be vewwy vewwy disappointed in me.” ---
**Author:** ![seanchai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@seanchai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seanchai)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/83 "2011-01-21T08:13:56Z")
Local ‘soup to go’ shop = Soupe Pierre. Pierre was the chef / founder. pierre also means ‘stone’ so if you know the fable called Stone Soup, you’ll get the pun. Unfortunately Soupe Pierre tried to expand on its initial downtown shop, opening a second store in the francophone part of town, then went belly-up. We quite miss it. an seanchai ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/84 "2011-01-21T17:17:05Z")
> [@T.Slothrop](#): > > My daughter took driver’s education at the Wong Way driving academy. I told her that if she ever got into a traffic accident she must say: “Mr. Wong would be vewwy vewwy disappointed in me.” If you’re going to be politically incorrect, do it right: _Mr. Wong would be reary, reary disappointed._ When making fun of the Chinese, focus on the L. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/85 "2011-01-21T17:58:22Z")
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**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/86 "2011-01-21T20:55:47Z")
Here in Providence, on Hope Street, we have a restaurant called Rue de l’Espoire. That means Hope Street. ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/87 "2011-01-21T21:05:39Z")
Salem MA, home of **Bunghole Liquors.** ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/88 "2011-01-21T22:07:44Z")
I’ve always been fond of one of the larger oil and gas service companies, operating around North and South America, **BJ Services**. Down in Great Falls, Montana, there is a store along one of the main routes into town that just tickles my funny bone: **Pawn-A-Rama**. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/89 "2011-01-22T20:26:38Z")
[Hannah and her Scissors](http://www.hannahandherscissors.com/) Miami also had a Sherwood Florist, but a quick google shows that there are a lot of those. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/90 "2011-01-24T05:01:33Z")
Pet grooming: \*\* Haute Dog\*\*. At one time, my town had an obstetrician named Dr. Love. Her office was in the same building as a dentist named Dr. Achen (and yes, he does pronounce it with a long “A”). ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/91 "2011-01-24T05:13:59Z")
I can’t think of any great ones off hand; but I did frequent a brilliant fruit & vege shop for nigh on ten years. The owner stayed the same, but changed the name to **Fruitgasm**. I couldn’t shop there anymore. ---
**Author:** ![desert29rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@desert29rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/desert29rat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/92 "2011-01-26T02:08:10Z")
The First National Laundromat of Joshua Tree. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/93 "2016-08-23T00:10:12Z")
Found one here in Honolulu: A chicken restaurant called the [Itchy Butt](https://www.google.com/#q=itchy+butt+honolulu). ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/94 "2016-08-23T04:37:50Z")
In Lynn, Massachusetts there is a realtor called Sherlock Homes. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/95 "2016-08-23T04:46:10Z")
I just popped in here to post the same thing that I see I posted back in 2010. Well, at least I’m consistent. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/96 "2016-08-23T05:55:04Z")
**Casa Wang**. A Chinese restaurant in a small Spanish town, with a stereotypical Spanish name which sounds alllllmost like Casa Juan. People who don’t know the place always get confused. “Hey, let’s go to Casa Wang.” “Casa Juan? I don’t think I know that one. Weren’t we talking about having some Chinese anyway?” “Yeah, it’s not Juan, it’s Wang. Chinese. But they also have spaghetti bolognese and paella 😃 C’mon, you’ll like it.” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/97 "2016-08-23T13:44:26Z")
For fans of irony, we have **Common Sense Chiropractic**. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/98 "2016-08-23T14:54:14Z")
No puns involved but I liked the lingerie shop named **Oh, Miss Smith!** for its simple evocative nature. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/99 "2016-08-23T15:36:35Z")
The Perky Parrot. It’s a coffee shop/pet store during the day, and a bar/pet store at night. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/100 "2016-08-23T18:35:59Z")
There is a roofing company near here that apparently specializes in repairing weather damaged roofs. Their name: Hail Naw. Their motto: Storm damaged roof? Aw, Hail Naw! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165.md?page=6)