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The Thread of Poorly Named Restaurants

post #1 of 64
3/24/09 at 10:04am
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I've been working at this new job for just over a month, and while still discovering restaurants around me, I found these two local places:

Pizzy's Pizza

Sub of Subs
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post #2 of 64
3/24/09 at 10:47pm
A Chinese place down Route 46 from me has gone for the direct approach:

Yummy Taste
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post #3 of 64
3/24/09 at 11:09pm


This place is down the road a ways from me. I used to chuckle every time I went past. They've changed the name now though.
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post #4 of 64
3/24/09 at 11:43pm
There's a place in town called Rocket Burrito. I have the maturity of a 12-year old so maybe this doesn't have the same effect on real adults but I laugh every time I see the sign.
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post #5 of 64
3/24/09 at 11:51pm
Manny Hattans New York Deli in Austin.
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post #6 of 64
3/24/09 at 11:55pm
There's a Chinese place in Clarksville, IN called You-A-Carry-Out-A.
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post #7 of 64
3/24/09 at 11:57pm
I've always felt Fatburger to be a poor choice of names.
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post #8 of 64
3/25/09 at 12:46am
A roasted chicken place near the train station here is actually named "Robocop Chicken"...for years i thought it was sheer mindblowing naming, until I ate there and found out they actually have a dish called "Robocop Chicken"...a whole chicken that's diped in sauce and spices and roasted while wrappped in tinfoil.
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post #9 of 64
3/25/09 at 12:57am
There was a Chinese place in Nanuet, NY in the 80's and 90's called E. Wok.
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post #10 of 64
3/25/09 at 1:21am
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Originally Posted by James Kimbell View Post
There's a Chinese place in Clarksville, IN called You-A-Carry-Out-A.
There sure as fuck is.

CHEWER SYNERGY UNITE! Form of Asian Redneck dive.
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post #11 of 64
3/25/09 at 2:32am
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
I've always felt Fatburger to be a poor choice of names.
As if In N Out is any less biologically disgusting and/or accurate.
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post #12 of 64
3/25/09 at 11:16am
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Originally Posted by ryoken View Post
A roasted chicken place near the train station here is actually named "Robocop Chicken"...for years i thought it was sheer mindblowing naming, until I ate there and found out they actually have a dish called "Robocop Chicken"...a whole chicken that's diped in sauce and spices and roasted while wrappped in tinfoil.
Robocop Chicken Commercial
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post #13 of 64
3/25/09 at 11:19am
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Originally Posted by Martianman View Post
Is that the Indiana Jones music playing? I swear I've heard that background track before.

Oh and...wtf?!?
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post #14 of 64
3/25/09 at 11:20am
'Fuddruckers'. Nobody that I know actually calls the place Fuddruckers...

I seem to remember seeing a picture of a Chinese restaurant called 'Fu King Chinese Food'.
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post #15 of 64
3/25/09 at 11:20am
This thread begins and ends at Fuddruckers.

-Dammit Judas we got there at the same time! Eeerie.
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post #16 of 64
3/25/09 at 11:22am
We were separated at birth, Ed.
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post #17 of 64
3/25/09 at 11:23am
*cues Twlight Zone theme*
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post #18 of 64
3/25/09 at 11:24am
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Originally Posted by Doc Happenin View Post
Is that the Indiana Jones music playing? I swear I've heard that background track before.
Back to the Future.
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post #19 of 64
3/25/09 at 11:29am
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
'Fuddruckers'. Nobody that I know actually calls the place Fuddruckers...
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Originally Posted by EdHocken View Post
This thread begins and ends at Fuddruckers.
Wait, I call them Fuddruckers.
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post #20 of 64
3/25/09 at 11:54am
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Originally Posted by Jared Melton View Post
Wait, I call them Fuddruckers.
There's a restaurant/bar in Ft. Walton, FL called Fuddpuckers as well.
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post #21 of 64
3/25/09 at 11:55am
Why would anyone even think about Futtbuckers, much less say it out loud?

I've always thought Jack in the Box was an odd choice for a name, evoking as it does a shocking surprise from a seemingly harmless place. Which seems like the last thing you want when visiting a giant fast food chain (the appeal being that a Big Mac is a Big Mac whether you buy it in London or Beijing or Fresno and so on).
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post #22 of 64
3/25/09 at 12:22pm
Little dirty hamburger shack (where I grew up in Easton, PA) that we would frequent, called "Richard's Drive-In". Great milkshakes, perogies, etc.

But EVERYONE called it "Greasy Dick's".
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post #23 of 64
3/25/09 at 12:31pm
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There sure as fuck is.

CHEWER SYNERGY UNITE! Form of Asian Redneck dive.
Ever eaten there? I'm kinda curious, but never have.
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post #24 of 64
3/25/09 at 12:37pm
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Originally Posted by DARKMITE8 View Post
Little dirty hamburger shack (where I grew up in Easton, PA) that we would frequent, called "Richard's Drive-In". Great milkshakes, perogies, etc.

But EVERYONE called it "Greasy Dick's".
Which is funny because there is a fast food chain in Seattle called "Dick's" alog with a tourist trap bar in San Diego where the waiters will insult you for kicks of the same name.

As for Fatburger, I can explain the name because I used to work at one. The supposed story was that the phrase "Fat" referred to how anything cool in the 50's had "Fat" not "Phat" along with it (For example "Fat City"). The other story is that the original owner added fat to the paddies to make them more delicious. Either way, no one cares.
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post #25 of 64
3/25/09 at 12:41pm
It always amazes me when I see a Mexican restaurant with La Cucaracha somewhere in its name. I don't want to associate cockroaches with food that I'm paying for.
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post #26 of 64
3/25/09 at 12:57pm
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Originally Posted by Schwartz View Post
Why would anyone even think about Futtbuckers, much less say it out loud?

I've always thought Jack in the Box was an odd choice for a name, evoking as it does a shocking surprise from a seemingly harmless place. Which seems like the last thing you want when visiting a giant fast food chain (the appeal being that a Big Mac is a Big Mac whether you buy it in London or Beijing or Fresno and so on).
Amazingly, Jack in the Box delivered on this exact premise in the 90's with it's string of exciting and fatal E.Coli outbreaks.
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post #27 of 64
3/25/09 at 12:59pm
Ah yes, the 1993 killer burger incidents. It was quite the surprise.
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post #28 of 64
3/25/09 at 1:06pm
E. Coli's nice, but nothing tops the insanity of the finger-in-the-chili hoax they pulled at the Wendy's I frequented in college a few years back.
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post #29 of 64
3/25/09 at 1:34pm
Hunan Taste, near the corner of Olympic and Fairfax.
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post #30 of 64
3/26/09 at 12:54am
I don't know how legitimate this is...

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post #31 of 64
3/26/09 at 12:57am
It's legitimate. I know of at least one Squat N Gobble in South Carolina.
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post #32 of 64
3/26/09 at 1:12am
Awe. Some.
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post #33 of 64
3/26/09 at 2:19am
Off Topic: I have that patch along with the Blade Runner Triangle.
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post #34 of 64
3/26/09 at 10:07am
Cluck-U Chicken in Eatontown and Red Bank. Used to eat there when I was going to college, and design ads for them a few years later. Oh, the occasional community outrage that would come up over the name...
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post #35 of 64
3/26/09 at 11:10am
Thread Starter 
Here's another one I remember seeing a flyer for:

Wings and Fish


All I can think of is a big pile of dead fish with the clipped wings of birds intermingled with it.
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post #36 of 64
3/26/09 at 5:29pm
There's a little place on the edge of the ghetto in Durham NC called JC's Country Kitchen. They serve fried chicken with a side of bible verses.
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post #37 of 64
3/26/09 at 5:41pm
There's a Cluck U near me too. Asian places seem to suffer the most, for instance, a great little carry-out place near me called "China Fun". Really doesn't sound like a food destination.
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post #38 of 64
3/26/09 at 5:45pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
Asian places seem to suffer the most, for instance, a great little carry-out place near me called "China Fun". Really doesn't sound like a food destination.
do you get a 'happy ending' with your lunch combo?
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post #39 of 64
3/26/09 at 5:52pm
My old boss, who had an...odd sense of humor, came in and showed me a picture on his camera one day. A chinese restaurant with the name 'Fuk Mi'.

We were both giggling about it all day long.
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post #40 of 64
3/26/09 at 5:52pm
Wings-N-Things

Trivia! Why are so many Chinese places called "A-1" and "#1"?
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post #41 of 64
3/26/09 at 5:54pm
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Originally Posted by Judas Booth View Post
do you get a 'happy ending' with your lunch combo?
No, but I did get a fortune cookie that said "You Look Pretty". Which did make me smile.
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post #42 of 64
3/26/09 at 5:55pm
Pho King. Bad choice Vietnamese noodle shop owner.

Also hilarious trying to use it as a choice to get some food while drunk.
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post #43 of 64
3/26/09 at 5:57pm
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Wings-N-Things

Trivia! Why are so many Chinese places called "A-1" and "#1"?
From what I understand/remember, anything that is shitty is referred to as being #10, so calling it #1 would infer that it's good.
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post #44 of 64
3/26/09 at 5:59pm
Add to the poorly named asian restaurant pile Ho's Kitchen.
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post #45 of 64
3/26/09 at 5:59pm
There's a Bangkok Tasty near my house. Always gets a chuckle. Good food, though!
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post #46 of 64
3/26/09 at 6:03pm
Here it is:
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post #47 of 64
3/26/09 at 6:10pm
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Wings-N-Things

Trivia! Why are so many Chinese places called "A-1" and "#1"?
It's so they appear first in the phone book.
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post #48 of 64
3/26/09 at 6:17pm
Here on Pensacola Beach, there is a fucking AWFUL and enormous gulf-front seafood place called "Crabs."

But the kicker is their tagline: "We Got 'Em."

ETA: I should note that their signage reads like that too. "Crabs: We Got 'Em." Oh yeah, honey, let's eat there.

Appropriately, the food is fucking disgusting. But... it's a huge "nice-looking" building right on the gulf, so tourists flock to it.

http://www.crabswegotem.com/
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post #49 of 64
3/26/09 at 6:31pm
When I was a teen I visited a Chinese joint:

Mr. Wang's

Yes. Innocent sounding at first - BUT when I walked in and ready to order - there were all kinds of uber-hotties working there. Black, White, Mexican, Asian. Mr. Wang was the only male there. Hmm...
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post #50 of 64
3/26/09 at 7:20pm
I'm trying to remember the name of the one restaurant in L.A.'s Chinatown that seems to exist solely for tourist derision. I think it was even featured in the Beat Takeshi/Takeshi Kitano movie Brother.
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