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rain_monkey03 Apr 30th, 2005 09:19 PM

Funny Restaurants...
 
Hello all!
I'm just curious about any crazy name restaurants in your state? I just heard of one in Eugene, Oregon called Cafe Lucky Noodle and that got me wondering what other funny restaurant names there are.
-Jenna

dwooddon May 1st, 2005 08:02 AM

There is the famous Mother Truckers in Phoenix and a chain in So Calif known as Fudruckers.

beachbum May 1st, 2005 08:07 AM

I always liked Dewey Cheatem & Howe.

rain_monkey03 May 1st, 2005 08:34 AM

Another more unique name and philosophy is Daisy Dukes in Tempe, Arizona. Dukes side is for the boys and Daisy's side is for the girls.

jlm_mi May 1st, 2005 08:54 AM

Fuddruckers is actually in 33 states. I've eaten there in MI and FL.

There's a restaurant here called Sushi.Come

WhistlerAl May 1st, 2005 09:17 AM


I like the deli on Maui called Who Cut The Cheese. Also in this party town of Whistler there is a Thai retaurant called Thai One On.

Patrick May 1st, 2005 09:47 AM

Who cut the cheese? I'm rolling on the floor.
Reminds me of the time I got a very formal invitation from a very straight-laced couple who had joined a cheese club and sent out invitations saying "Come help us cut some cheese". I don't think they had a clue.

Gretchen May 1st, 2005 10:46 AM

There's the Stinking Onion in San Fransisco--every dish has garlic. The interior wall murals are terrific.

otto May 1st, 2005 11:01 AM

it's the stinking rose in san francsico. great place!

Gene May 1st, 2005 11:45 AM

Next to the Statehouse in Boston. The Fill-a-Buster deli.

Marilyn May 1st, 2005 11:47 AM

We have Sushi to Dai For (owner's name is Dai).

Scarlett May 1st, 2005 11:53 AM

I thought Roly Poly was a funny and appropriate name for a Southern cuisine restaurant in Jax Fl.
How many hushpuppies can you eat before you get rolypoly?

Loisde May 1st, 2005 11:53 AM

On Maui, a deli called "Bob's On A Roll"

In Winston-Salem, NC, coming soon: "Paisley Pineapple and Sofa Bar"


mp May 1st, 2005 12:53 PM

Big Wong in NYC?

GoTravel May 1st, 2005 01:02 PM


I think Piggly-Wiggly is a funny name for a grocery store.

We call shopping there picking something up at 'The Pig'.

cmcfong May 1st, 2005 02:19 PM

Loisde, where is the Pineapple Bar going to be located?

pollyvw May 1st, 2005 02:23 PM

Used to be (probably still is) a restaurant in Atlanta catering to both sit-down diners and carry out...they call it 'Indigo; Out To Go"

Patrick May 1st, 2005 02:37 PM

My mother insists that during the 1940's they ate fairly often at a drive-in restaurant in Ohio that featured rabbit. It was called "Bunny on a Bun."

And I love the rotisserie chicken place in Columbia, S. C. called "Birds on a Wire".

I also liked the place in London on Portabello Road called "The S & M Cafe" -- which served sausage and mash.

What about Dr. Hogly Wogly's BarBQ in LA?

I always wanted to open a bar/restaurant that featured Asian and Mexican food and call it Thai Juan On.

PlumeriaTattoo May 1st, 2005 02:50 PM

We ate at a bar and grill in Colorado a few years ago called the Fun Hog Ranch.

suzanne May 1st, 2005 03:00 PM

In Baltimore there's a restaurant called Crabby Dicks. Even funnier is the hostess...dressed in an orange crab costume with big claws!

Jayne1973 May 1st, 2005 03:11 PM

There used to be a place called Bar-F BBQ in San Angelo, Texas...

Fodorite018 May 1st, 2005 03:16 PM

I remember that S&M place in London, lol!

In Tigard, OR is Nacho Mama's.

sks May 1st, 2005 03:21 PM

In Portland OR we have a downtown food cart called The Wicked Wiener.

And there's a little wine bar (with cross-dressing waiters one night/week) called Crush. Maybe that's more 'cute' than funny though.

moldyhotelsaregross May 1st, 2005 06:27 PM

There is a restaurant in Houston named Fu Kim. Never say that one fast!


Scarlett May 1st, 2005 06:30 PM

sks, we have a Wine Bar/Bistro here (Jax Fl)called Crush too :)

rain_monkey03 May 1st, 2005 07:22 PM

In Flagstaff there's a place called Bun Huggers that has the best hamburgers.

Gene May 1st, 2005 07:23 PM

There is a coffee & donuts bar in RI called "Brewed Awakenings". Also a chain restaurant in Mass called "Not Your Average Joe's".

diddl_maus May 1st, 2005 08:13 PM

We have a restaurant at our Baseball Stadium in Winnipeg called Hu's on First.

elizabeth_reed May 2nd, 2005 04:06 AM

There's a bar and grill south of Fargo, N.D., that people call "The Knicker." The full name is "The Knickerbocker Liquor Locker."

There's a place in downtown Winnipeg called "Pasta La Vista."

joan May 2nd, 2005 04:21 AM

My cousin frequented a bar called "He's Not Here". That way, when the wife would call the bar looking for hubby,....you know the rest.

GBelle May 2nd, 2005 04:47 AM

Never ate there, but there's a chicken place in Newark Delaware called "Cluck U"

Meesthare May 2nd, 2005 04:54 AM

There was - maybe still is, but probably not - a chain of pub-type establishments in Britain called Dirty Dick's. I remember when I was a kid (many, many decades ago) my parents were entertaining a visiting British surgeon one afternoon, chatting very politely and properly over afternoon tea. They got to the subject of restaurants in the UK. My mother said pleasantly "There are a lot of Dirty Dick's in London, aren't there?" The doctor caught my eye, burst out laughing, and said "Oh, I don't know, I suppose so!" which endeared him to me forever.

G_Hopper May 2nd, 2005 05:02 AM

In Portland, Oregon

Hung Far Low - Chinese restaurant.

Gassy Jack's - pub.

Vittrad May 2nd, 2005 05:07 AM

Up the street from me (in chicago) there is a sushi place called Bob-San Sushi. But I've heard a lot of people just call it Bob's ... there is something about when I heard a local cop say (in that distinct cop way), "yeah, I'm going to Bob's for Sushi, wanna come" to his partner, that I found very amusing.

neworleanslady May 2nd, 2005 05:53 AM

We have a Nacho Mama's in New Orleans, too. And the "sister" restaurant is Mother Cluckers.

Diana May 2nd, 2005 06:01 AM

Here are my favorites (where I have actually been) from my area: (North Carolina)

'The Goody Goody Omelet House' in Wilmington

'Toot N Tell' in Garner (has a drive through where you used to toot your horn and then tell them what you wanted)

'Takey Outey' in Raleigh (Chinese)

I also have some Caribbean faves...

'Pon de Corner' (up on the corner)
'Chicken Lavish'
'Tastee Patties' - all in Jamaica
'Skinny Legs' - St John

placeu2 May 2nd, 2005 06:27 AM

Similar to He's not Here..

There is a bar in suburban Chicago called: At the Office


beachbum May 2nd, 2005 07:08 AM

Used to be a coffee shop & Christian bookstore in Newberg, Oregon: Higher Ground.

mm May 2nd, 2005 07:36 AM

Japanese place in Nashua, NH

You-You

Scarlett May 2nd, 2005 12:34 PM

topping ((F))


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