What are your favorite names of small businesses?

In North London there used to be a laundry called “Wisheewasheesplisheesplosheewasheeknickeeverykwickee”

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.”

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.

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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.

My daughter-in-law has gotten job interviews because she has a stint with Big Ass Fans on her resume.

Here in Providence, on Hope Street, we have a restaurant called Rue de l’Espoire. That means Hope Street.

Salem MA, home of Bunghole Liquors.

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.

Hannah and her Scissors
Miami also had a Sherwood Florist, but a quick google shows that there are a lot of those.

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”).

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.

The First National Laundromat of Joshua Tree.

Found one here in Honolulu: A chicken restaurant called the Itchy Butt.

In Lynn, Massachusetts there is a realtor called Sherlock Homes.

I just popped in here to post the same thing that I see I posted back in 2010. Well, at least I’m consistent.

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 :smiley: C’mon, you’ll like it.”

For fans of irony, we have Common Sense Chiropractic.

No puns involved but I liked the lingerie shop named Oh, Miss Smith! for its simple evocative nature.

The Perky Parrot. It’s a coffee shop/pet store during the day, and a bar/pet store at night.

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!