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The 20 Funniest Restaurant Pun Names
Published on: September 17, 2009 – 2:10 pm by Jillian Madison 
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Some of these are surprisingly clever.
A hot dog eatery located in an old bank building in St. Louis was called First Federal Frank and Crust, which I thought was clever.
First Federal Frank and Crust Co. had awesome pizza. Unquestionably the best pizza I ever had in St. Louis.
Not saying much
Love Brewed Awakenings. Very clever.
Brewed Awakenings is in Toledo, Ohio
There are Brewed Awakenings all over the Northwest.
Just falafs, EN Thai Sing, Lettuce Eat, Fishcoteque, and Thai The Not are the best one.s
Those crazy Thai people! So creative.
My favorite was Nin Com Soup. Made me giggle like a 6 year old.
I wish I was this witty! I loved Thai Me Up!
@Jennie: Don’t sell yourself short (I PRAY you’re not a dwarf or “little person”). If you’re at this site, chances are you’re just as sarcastic, cynical, and demented as the (mostly) rest of us, which in turn, makes oneself “witty”.
Now go on, and make someone spit out their adult beverage, it’s in you.
Filled of Dreams is my fave. It’s just unexpected!
I heard Bobby Deen’s new grub-palace will bear the moniker of…
“Filled with Cream”
Just down the street from me is this place:
http://www.soup-er-bowl.com/
I liked Thai Me Up! Kinky!
Very cute!
Can’t decide on a fave among these creative monikers.
While not truly “punny”, there are a few eateries where I’ve been that have names with somewhat dual meanings:
Let Them Eat Cake in Stratford, Ontario is obviously a tribute to Queen Victoria’s famous quote.
Moveable Feast in Ann Arbor, MI is reminscent of the Paris memoirs of Ernest Hemingway.
The Gandy Dancer, also in A2, is housed in a historic train depot. Railroad workers were known as “ganders” that morphed into “gandy dancers” for the movements that they used to lay tracks.
It was Marie Antoinette said ‘Let them eat cake’, not Queen Vic – her famous quote is ‘We are not amused’.
In the spirit of keeping history as straight as possible. The saying “let them eat cake” was said long before Marie Antoinette’s time, and is often attributed to King Louis XIV’s wife, Marie-Theresa, who lived one hundred years earlier. It is a political reference to a ‘tax’ on bakeries that should have benefited the poor. Check out the straight dope web site for a nice little summary.
Yeah–actually, Marie Antoinette never said “Let them eat cake”. A lot of things that “everybody knows” about her personality actually aren’t true. Betcha didn’t know that she was interested in the poor and tried to make sure that everyone got enough daily bread to eat. Somehow, that never made it into the official histories.
“Let Them Eat Cake in Stratford, Ontario is obviously a tribute to Queen Victoria’s famous quote.”
It was actually Marie Antoinette. Sorry! I think there’s a portrait of Queen Victoria in the restaurant, and that’s what made me think of her.
@CherryRose, I have to say, my favorite name to date was this “male-friendly” establishment (now defunct) on North Clark St. here in Chicago, aptly named…..
“The Manhole”
It truly doesn’t get much better than that.
http://www.planet99.com/chicago/bars/manhole.html
we have a chinese place around here called “wok of flame.” it’s delicious.
@CherryRose: “Off with your Head” for that faux pas.
@CherryRose: “Off with your Head” for that faux pas.
A little harsh, don’t ya think? LOL! I’d rather see some heads rollin’ at FN :))
Cherry, nothing is too harsh for you Yanks when it comes to Haute Cuisine, you ignorant slobs! LOL
I used to make stops in Kalamazoo and/or Ann Arbor on my way to Taylor/Dearborn a few years ago, good times up there, far less expensive/laid-back than here in Obamaland. And the women folk are real, friendly, people. Sometimes wish I didn’t have a wedding band on…
Down the street from me is a place called “Lettuce Feed You”
@Dank: Haven’t been to the “windy” city for a while, but there is surely some fine dining there. Shopping, too.
@CherryRose: the only things that makes this the “windy” city now are all the blow-hard yuppies/yuppy wannabees.
Granted, we have a tremendous amount of exquisite restaurants/nightlife/shopping, but it may possibly be out-weighed by the number of jagoffs/gold-digging milf/cougars/posers that invade/inflate everything “a-high-a-flutin”.
I’d rather spend time in a greasy spoon in shitsville, ordering fried-chicken/pizza and a draft than go downtown and deal with Francois, the valet, and all the other ego-maniacs at Charlie Trotters or Frontera trying to impress their mistresses/sugar-daddies.
What’s the fishcothque mean I don’t get it lol
These really aren’t very funny. This is the best you could do?
@Albert fishcotheque = discotheque — wanna boggie?
@Jenny:This is the best you could do?
You’re welcome to offer a ‘better’ one. T-Bone sent a fun addition. Jillian did a great job IMO.
It could be worse:
“Mussel Building”
“Miso Corny”
“The Soy of Texas”
“Cumin Resources”
“Ketchup Rising Star”
“The Oxtail Incident”
“A Really Good Porking”
or “Garlic Me.”
Let’s quit while we’re ahead. :-)
This is a Vietnamese restaurant here in Seattle:
http://blogs.pointbridge.com/Blogs/ajgaonkar_hersh/Lists/Photos/WhatthePho.JPG
Best_name_evar.
planet of the grapes win.
and thai me up sounds kind of fetish.
There’s a place in Bellevue, WA called “What the Pho”
I love the Thai Tanic one!
I live outside of DC and there’s a place called Pho Real (and despite having a gimmicky name, is actually really good!)
wow @Matt – You must do this for a living right?
Geez, the places around me should be embarrassed. The best we have is “Twin Peaks,” and their emblem is two snow-capped mountains. Very clever…
They were all great!
Not a people eatery but this was the name of a pet bakery called Bone Apetit. Thought that was clever.
@Stella: do what for a living? Eat? Corrupt ingredients in my mind?
(It would be nice to get paid to eat. As long as it wasn’t to eat Food Network food. I’m not sure what the overdose level of MAAAAH-SCAR-POHHH-NAAAY is, or of butter, but Giada and Paula would hit it pretty quick.)
there is a restaurant in atlanta, georgia called “lettuce souprise you” as you can imagine it’s a soup and salad all you can eat type place. and then in palm beach gardens, florida there is a place called woof-gang puck bakery and its a dog treat shop. i thought those were adorable!
“Award Wieners” is at Disneyland (Disney’s California Adventure actually)
Another ‘Pho’ place with a great name: “Pho King.”
Keep in mind that Pho is actually pronounced as ‘fa’ and the joke will be clearer.
I think there’s a Pho King Giant here in the Midwest. I dunno if it’s stll open though.
There’s a place in my area called Mo Pho. I’ve not been there but I’d like to go one day. I liked a lot of the names of these restaurants, though!
There is a restaurant in South Florida, Delray Beach, I think, called Thai Coon.
Jacksonville has Wok N Roll, as well as Chinee Takee Outee.
There are definitely some good ones there. I know there’s a Teeny Thai in my parents neighborhood…not so much a play on words as it literally is in a tiny location.
You missed my favorite
http://www.whatthepho.net/index.html
@Matt – “Miso Corny” is my favourite so far!
Thai shops always have the best names. Around me we have
“Thai Foon”
“Bow Thai”
Or another favourite, a fish-n-chip shop called
“The Codfather”
And the noodle bars
“Wok on in”
“Wok Me”
I’ve totally eaten at Nin Com Soup and Fischotheque!!
I don’t have a picture but there was a Chinese restaurant in Springfield, MO called “Hard Wok Buffet”. It was great!
I don’t think it’s there any more but there used to be a Chinese restaurant in the Chicago suburbs called Ho Le Chow, which brings to mind a very popular phrase used by a well-known much-beloved Chicago sports announcer.
Funny as list, I can’t pick a favourite though but to add to the list of the is one here in South coast NSW called “Wok N Roll” <3 it.
Lol, those were good. DC has quite a few similar, hole in the wall sort of joints… though they always offer the best kind of food!
theres a place around here called “let there be bagles”
Hah, we actually have a “Wok’n'Roll” up here in northern Sweden too :p
Thai Me Up came close, but none of them can beat the Poo Ping Palace in Tujunga CA
There is a “Woks Wong” restaurant near my house.
There’s an Asian restaurant in my hometown (Portland, Oregon) called “Miso Happy”.
theres a place in san francisco called caliPHOnia (vietnamese food of course)
In Savannah, GA there’s a coffee shop called “The Sentient Bean.”
One of the best fish’n'chip places in London is in Covent Garden. It’s called the Rock & Sole Plaice. That’s three fishes in one pun. Three!
Can anyone explain the Fishcotheque, i don’t get it and it is demolishing my self-esteem.
It’s a play on “Discotheque”, the original name for a dance club in the 70’s, which was eventually shortened to just “Disco”–probably because drunk people couldn’t say the long form.
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Stumbled on this! funny, but Pho King isn’t on there! >:]
The name ‘Wok’s Wong’ reminds me of a guy I met called Weng Wong.
We called him Wat for short.
I’ve always wanted to open a shop called “Cheeses of Nazareth”
“Lord of the Fries”! Love that. ;)
There’s a late night Indian place in Sydney called “Girlfriend in a Koma”… bonus makes ‘cos it’s opened up next door to a really posh place called “Oscillate Wildly” – yay The Smiths references!
Hahahah Pita Pan
Near Hilton Head, S.C. is the “Squat and Gobble” Restaurant.I laugh every time I hear it.
Add “Rice To Riches” in New York! They have the best rice pudding…