Do you have favorite Worse restaurant names asks Graeme Allister in What’s in a name? (Word of Mouth)?
He offers a number of examples such as ThaiTanic, Grill from Ipanema, Hog’ s Breath Rest and Pulp Kitchen.
Add to Graeme’s List, Wok and Roll.
Venkat found a Delhi Belhi in Nice, France (pictured here, his photo). To be fair to Delhi Belhi, it seems to be getting good reviews for its food.
Back in October Eater asked readers to vote for New York worse names in FR.OG Memorial.
Sounds like a combination of too many drinks, little imagination and recycling movie titles and music bits (I do that too).
Some restaurants try to be cute with the menu or the drink list.
What sounded funny to them often falls flat.
In Naming the Restaurant, Lorri Mealey offers common sense advice such as pick a name easy to spell and remember and something that might be often overlooked stick with the top of the alphabet, very useful if you want people to find you first if they browse a listing.
Any restaurant named Fright Night that you know.
Feel free to share the bad and the ugly in words and pictures.
Also on eating out: No shows at restaurants, call or get charged?