# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/101 "2016-08-23T19:53:59Z")
Bar in Missouri – **Chez When** also – **Dodge Bail Bonds** (graphics on the side of a Dodge van) and – **Viscosity Oil Company** Restaurant in WI – **I’m Here** ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/102 "2016-08-23T21:02:08Z")
> [@jsquire](#): > > Never been there, but a bar in Alaska halfway between Fairbanks and somewhere else is called Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn. [Hey, I was going to post that!](https://flic.kr/p/pqkxVF) You probably can’t tell from that picture, but there is a picture of two very happy bears on that sign. Hugging or something. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/103 "2016-08-25T08:55:55Z")
Truck accessories store located in Orange County, CA: \*\* Mother Truckers \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/104 "2016-08-25T12:56:54Z")
Think I’ve posted these before, but: Wreck-a-Mended (auto repair/body shop) Edifice Wrecks (building demo) ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/105 "2016-08-25T14:15:21Z")
Favorite real business name in my city: formerly “Amorphous Hair Design”, now “Amorphous Salon”. > **[Home - Amorphous Salon](http://www.amorphoussalon.com/)** > > …Continue Reading.. Someone really needs to tell them what “amorphous” means … ---
**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 26, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/106 "2016-08-26T23:21:32Z")
This morning, I walked past [The Dumb Coq](http://www.thedumbcoq.com/) in downtown Honolulu. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/107 "2016-08-27T00:21:18Z")
I don’t remember the name of the business but a delivery-van pulled up alongside me at the lights once, it had a tagline written on the side: “If it wasn’t for blinds it would be curtains for all of us” _(selling window-blinds of course!)_ ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/108 "2016-08-28T20:04:41Z")
A pie shop in Estes Park, CO, called You Need Pie. My kids agreed that indeed they did. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/109 "2016-08-28T20:12:20Z")
The Lickity Split in Lima, Ohio. I was initially told it was a gay bar, but it turns out it was just a diner with a fun name. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/110 "2016-08-28T20:29:36Z")
> [@Disposable Hero](#): > > I don’t remember the name of the business but a delivery-van pulled up alongside me at the lights once, it had a tagline written on the side: > > “If it wasn’t for blinds it would be curtains for all of us” > > _(selling window-blinds of course!)_ That’s what I’d call a curtain place: It’s Curtains For You. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/111 "2016-08-28T23:45:57Z")
**Two Guys Stripping**. **Mike’s Steel Erections** (their slogan is “We get it up.”) Dog grooming place in Portland, OR (I think) called **High Maintenance Bitch**. ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165/112 "2016-08-29T09:37:01Z")
More of a slogan than a name but a local septic tank cleaner named Brown on the side of his trucks: If it don’t go down, call Brown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-names-of-small-businesses/556165.md?page=5)