There’s another (or used to be) The Office bar in Santa Monica, CA
I remember a dog groomer’s in Columbus, OH called The Barking Lot.
I always thought I’d like to add my own strip club to our collection around the local army base and call it The Fox Hole. In fact, it’s fun to think of strip club names.
Then there were the former side-by-side bars Pussy Galore and Pussy Alive. As I’ve related before, I still have memories of a friend and I walking through the Patpong red-light area, and Pussy Galore was packed while Pussy Alive was empty. The girls in Pussy Alive tried to entice us in, and my friend said: “Sorry, but the Pussy looks more Galore in there than it does Alive in here.”
We’ve got a couple of those. There’s The Office, and there’s The Other Office. he joke is you can truthfully tell your wife on the phone: “I’m at The Office, honey.”
A new one has been brought to my attention. This is doubly good since it’s Thailand. Down South in Phuket is a serviced apartment complex called … Sleep with Me. Mentioned in the last paragraph of this story.
A good friend of mine is a partner in a Vietmanese restaurant named Pho Sure.
My favorite Chinese restaurant was called Foo King Chinese ( or so I thought for years) then they fixed the sign and it turned out they were really called Food King Chinese. There used to be a very upscale Chinese restaurant in NYC in the '80’s called Dewey Wong.
In Raleigh, NC during the 70’s (at least) there were two businesses I just loved:
Fat Daddy’s Record Shop & Rib Crib
RB Supreme Broasted Chicken and Concrete Contractor
RB’s had an account with the bank I worked for. That was really the name of the business as registered with the state and city. And yes, they were a concrete contractor AND they sold this weird (but good) chicken that was “broasted” in some kind of pressure cooker thingy. I’d go down there and get Mae to make me up some of that tasty chicken while I watched the guys fill the concrete trucks. Swear to god.
Their deposits always had concrete dust and chicken grease on the money.
I have no idea why, but for some reason I get their catalog at work. I’ve come to be able to recognize their fans (or at least the style). I like noticing them and pointing it out to a friend
Me: Hey, that’s a big ass fan (purposely setting the joke up)
Friend: Umm, yeah, I guess it’s pretty big. (the line I was hoping for)
Me: No, I mean it’s the, nevermind, not that funny anymore. (sigh, don’t know why I keep doing it)