Found in any town

1. Lung the Elder

   13 July, 2007, 1:06 pm

   An Indian restaurant called “Taj Mahal”

2. Bjorn Freeh

   13 July, 2007, 1:36 pm

   Alibi taverns

   My Brother’s (Sister’s, Dad’s, French Poodle’s, etc.) Place

   Burger Queen

   Dairy King

   And Post Offices (I don’t think those are franchises…)

3. Char

   13 July, 2007, 1:36 pm

   The sports bar in our town is called ForePlay. It’s the only time men spend hours in Foreplay…

4. Chris S

   13 July, 2007, 1:38 pm

   Hmmm… I am not so well traveled but how about a Corner Store or Convenience Store… otherwise known as the C-Store. I see one everywhere I go.

   We had a Dew Drop Inn back where I grew up too in a town of only a few hundred. I had no idea people liked dew so much. How orignal!

5. Zilla the Younger

   13 July, 2007, 1:43 pm

   What town is not complete without a restaurant with an out-of-state name to give it clout:
   New York Bagel
   Calfornia Pizza Kitchen
   New Delhi Deli
   Vegas Club
   and now town is truly happy unless it has a Boom Boom Room!
   😀

6. lisa

   13 July, 2007, 1:51 pm

   shear genius (hair salon)

7. John H

   13 July, 2007, 1:53 pm

   A Touch of Class (limo service, escort service, cleaning service, used clothing store…)

   Half the companies in Wisconsin are either Badger (state animal) or Dairyland. Do other states have the same thing? Does Missouri have a lot of businesses named “Show Me”? Does Oklahoma have a glut of companies called “Sooner”?

   Ironically, lots of local businesses seem to be named National, too.

8. Neil

   13 July, 2007, 2:11 pm

   – A Chinese restaurant with an adjective describing the food’s quality in its name (e.g. “Delicious Vegetarian” or “Succulent Morsels”).

   – Related – a Chinese restaurant that serves an unusual (and often rather unsavoury) mix of international cuisines (e.g. “Chinada” [Chinese / Canadian], or “Chitaly” [Chinese / Italian], or Chineece [Chinese / Greek] — all real restaurants)

9. Astryd

   13 July, 2007, 2:19 pm

   Mom & Pop’s Country Store
   A hotel/motel you can rent by the hour
   A Lucky’s anything (store, bar, garage, spa…whorehouse…) 😆
   J&J’s A&J’s B&J’s etc Cornerstore/Restaurant

   Link(s) of the day: We’ll hear/read soon after, “The Giant Badger Al-Ghirayri also known in Basra as Al-Girta has been placed on the endangered animals list. What could have caused such peaceful creature’s population to suddenly decrease so drastically? President George W Bush has allocated millions of taxpayer dollars to fund research and hopefully answer and resolve such puzzling events. ‘I will not rest until we find the WMD’s that have brought freezedated terrorization into the tenderized little hearts of these lil’ critters!'” 🙄

   Cupcakes on the Half-Shell: Do they smell/taste fishy? :puke:

10. Joe-the-ragman

    13 July, 2007, 2:25 pm

    7 – 11’s “They’re everywhere! ! !

    😡

11. Astryd

    13 July, 2007, 2:27 pm

    NANA’s!
    Jeans, Strings and Things
    Crystals, Dragons and Swords
    Adult Book/Video Store (soooo creative) 🙄
    Stuff and More

12. chainstay

    13 July, 2007, 2:40 pm

    I think that every town has a “Last chance saloon”

13. chainstay

    13 July, 2007, 2:45 pm

    I forgot,I Think “The Golden Dragon” is in most places.

14. dino

    13 July, 2007, 3:01 pm

    AAA Bail Bonds

    NYC Chicken
    Dinner

15. junkman

    13 July, 2007, 3:03 pm

    that pussy sure does like gnawing the cob!

16. yankee04

    13 July, 2007, 3:25 pm

    What about a world famous anything or everything?

17. Meagan

    13 July, 2007, 3:50 pm

    Happy Hands or Beautiful Nails – the local nail salon where females, both young and old, go to get those freaky long acrylic nails.

    Dollar Store – where you buy crap for a buck.

    A Make-Your-Own-Wine Store – where you try to impress your friends by giving them a bottle of bad wine with your face on the label.

    Mom & Pop’s Diner – where else can you get real fatty food like mom used to make?

    The Christian Surplus Store – where Jesus shops.

18. yankee04

    13 July, 2007, 3:58 pm

    Coin Operated Laundry Mat
    Farm & Feed Surplus outlet

19. AnnieB

    13 July, 2007, 4:10 pm

    Place that start with AAA – anything, just to be listed first in the yellow pages.

    Restaurants that say “authentic” (German, Italian, etc.) food. You know, as opposed to that fake crap other places have. ❓

20. Astryd

    13 July, 2007, 4:32 pm

    I’m gonna open a pet grooming business and call it RICH BICH 😉 😈

21. Bigwavdave

    13 July, 2007, 4:39 pm

    Eat At Joe’s – Real place in Redondo Beach

22. Astryd

    13 July, 2007, 4:42 pm

    [Comment ID #195390 will be quoted here]
    (yes, I do realize I’m responding to my own post)

    Where you can pamper your pussy and coddle your wiener… 😛

    [Comment ID #195375 will be quoted here]

    :wtf: :wang: 😳 😛

23. James

    13 July, 2007, 5:11 pm

    George’s Shoe Repair

24. Bjorn Freeh

    13 July, 2007, 6:04 pm

    A Wal-Mart, a boarded-up grocery store, a boarded-up hardware store, a boarded-up shoe store, a boarded-up business supplies store…

25. Lake Effect

    13 July, 2007, 6:24 pm

    Pins & Needles
    Stop Inn
    Tony’s Pizza
    Cheers
    Suds n Duds
    Boot Scoot Saloon
    [fill in the blank] Discount Barn
    Aunt Teak’s
    Hair Port
    The Tick Tock
    The Donut Hole
    Wimpy’s Hamburgers
    Hot Diggety Dog

    [help! I can’t stop]

26. dougieace

    13 July, 2007, 6:42 pm

    [Comment ID #195395 will be quoted here]

    and sometimes a boarded up wal-mart that was replaced by a new super wal-mart.they are across the street from each other here in celina,oh

27. Tater Salad

    13 July, 2007, 7:05 pm

    bubbas bait & beer store
    bubbas auto & hair care shops
    bubbas bail bonds
    bubbas got it store
    bubbas grease pit & cafe
    bubbas place

28. Flash Gordon

    13 July, 2007, 7:18 pm

    Curl Up and Dye Beauty Salon—where town ladies get
    that frizzy look and the Hitler Mustache down in the
    :undies: and :thong:. Many Zilla girls have been
    spotted leaving these places. :kiss: :kiss: :wang: :thong: 😳

29. nanna

    13 July, 2007, 8:46 pm

    [Comment ID #195372 will be quoted here]

    yeah and its call the town jail

30. nanna

    13 July, 2007, 8:46 pm

    [Comment ID #195372 will be quoted here]

    yeah and its call the town jail

31. Lake Effect

    13 July, 2007, 9:05 pm

    South Side Bar & Casino — Liquor in the Front – Poker in the Rear
    :undies: 😛 :wang:

32. Lori

    13 July, 2007, 11:55 pm

    Children’s resale shop named after a child + closet (e.g. “Jillian’s Closet” or “Daisy’s Closet” or “Jack’s Coming Out of the Closet”) or some cutesy vegetable + patch (e.g. ‘Strawberry Patch’, ‘Punkin’ Patch, “Nicorette Patch” etc.)

    Some derivation of ‘Vine’ attached to a wine bar (e.g. Vine2Vine, Vineology, Fine Vine)

    A vintage store including the words: “Play it Again”

    And every college town has a ‘Grog n Groc’ or ‘Party Store’.

33. Diesel

    14 July, 2007, 2:14 am

    People who yell at you for not wearing pants.

34. tinamarie

    14 July, 2007, 2:28 am

    A Chinese restaurant where the name sounds like a sentence in English. For instance:

    “Chow Som Ding” (??–I remember seeing it, but not where I saw it.)
    “Ho Cow” (as in ‘you so hungry, you eat ho cow!’ sighted in Chicago)

    Then there is the Vietnamese owned shop that uses descriptive words in the name, like
    “Happy Nail” (Phoenix)
    “Yum Yum Donuts” (Los Angeles)
    “Tasty Good” (sighted in California–I don’t know what it sold.)

35. tinamarie

    14 July, 2007, 2:28 am

    A Chinese restaurant where the name sounds like a sentence in English. For instance:

    “Chow Som Ding” (??–I remember seeing it, but not where I saw it.)
    “Ho Cow” (as in ‘you so hungry, you eat ho cow!’ sighted in Chicago)

    Then there is the Vietnamese owned shop that uses descriptive words in the name, like
    “Happy Nail” (Phoenix)
    “Yum Yum Donuts” (Los Angeles)
    “Tasty Good” (sighted in California–I don’t know what it sold.)

36. TimM

    14 July, 2007, 4:28 am

    An Irish bar or restaurant called “The Blarney Stone”
    A sports bar called “The Sportsman”
    A business near an intersection with “Crossroads” in the name.
    A Business imitating “Toys R Us”
    A bar on a highway called “Highway Inn”
    A bar called “The Brass Rail”

37. Nik

    14 July, 2007, 8:25 am

    Taco Casa

    La Hacienda

    The Ranch

    *** Steaks, Seafood, Ribs

    A surprising number of seafood restaurants with any ocean, stream, river, or lake being some 30+ miles away.

    :puke:

38. jewels-o-de-nile

    14 July, 2007, 11:28 am

    – 👿 county jail
    – i went to this hooters in Nairobi, kenya only to be disapointed- no Hooters! :limp: and no fly chick neither :limp: :limp: ❓ 🙁
    –

39. officeratt

    14 July, 2007, 12:05 pm

    Prisons. Warning street signs-Do not pick up hitchhikers. 😈

40. Spud

    14 July, 2007, 8:48 pm

    El Rancho Steak House

41. Drusky

    15 July, 2007, 12:26 am

    [Comment ID #195395 will be quoted here]
    True That! Every one a small hometown, mom and pop operation… Also a boarded up lube and tire store, boarded up pharmacy…

    [Comment ID #195397 will be quoted here]
    Same here in Reno, NV. A standard Wal-Mart in a older shopping center with 4 new Super-Centers complete with food, auto center, etc… in a 5-20 mile radius around it and 2 more about 30-40 minutes away. Kiss the older one goodbye…

42. Kristie

    15 July, 2007, 6:27 am

    We have a Lucky’s bar that is attached to a Ramada Inn.. 💡

43. Davezilla

    15 July, 2007, 10:08 am

    [Comment ID #195393 will be quoted here]

    That is weird and you’re so right. I wonder if men named George have only 3 options in life:
    1) Shoe repair
    2) Sports commentator
    3) Evil Dictatorship

44. Davezilla

    15 July, 2007, 10:10 am

    [Comment ID #195415 will be quoted here]

    Wow, dead on.

45. Mandy

    15 July, 2007, 10:22 am

    a butcher shop with a sign that reads “you can’t beat our meat”. :limp:

46. Mandy

    15 July, 2007, 10:27 am

    oh! i thought of another. a sports bar with a misspelled sign like “are beer is warm but our waitresses r hot.”

47. crash

    15 July, 2007, 11:51 am

    [Comment ID #195362 will be quoted here]

    Being from the boothill area….. Show me motors, show me realestate, show me auction,

48. Irish

    15 July, 2007, 1:35 pm

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    Actually yes. ALOT of businesses in Oklahoma have “Sooner” in it, and the ones that don’t have a product that they sell with “Sooner” in it.

49. AnnieB

    15 July, 2007, 2:59 pm

    [Comment ID #195545 will be quoted here]

    Common maybe, but not necessarily pedestrian.

    4) President/Governor: Washington, Bush (2), Pataki
    5) Actor/Director: Clooney, Burns, Scott, Lucas
    6) Musician: Harrison, Michael
    7) Writer: Orwell, Sand
    8) Boxer: Foreman

50. brad s.

    15 July, 2007, 5:16 pm

    the lettuce (let us) inn

51. Lake Effect

    15 July, 2007, 8:17 pm

    A Cut Above (I’ve seen it for pizza shop & hair salon)

52. Lake Effect

    15 July, 2007, 8:56 pm

    [Comment ID #195570 will be quoted here]

    10) Wrestler: Gorgeous
    11) Actor: Costanza; Takai
    12) Swinger: Of the Jungle
    13) King: King III
    14) Story : Curious; Porgie
    15) Inventor: Washington Carver
    16) General: Custer; Patton; Marshall
    17) Saint: Saint
    18) Fireman: My Dad
    19) Comedian: Carlin; Lopez
    20) Musician: Gershwin; Strait; Jones; Benson; Thorogood; Boy
    21) Movin’ On Up: Jefferson
    22) Author: Elliot
    23) Coast to Coast: Noory
    21) Columnist: Will

53. Meagan

    16 July, 2007, 5:50 pm

    In Laguna Beach, Woody’s isn’t a sports bar, it’s a gay bar. :wtf: :wang:

54. Maddog

    16 July, 2007, 10:01 pm

    How about the “Green or Blue” Parrot, Brass Mug, Starlite Lounge, Silk Stockings, Diamond Dolls, Calendar Girls, Lollipops, Gentlemans Club, Hard Bodies or Soft Sluts, whichever the case maybe, Mons Venis, Tiger Tails, Wiskey-a-Go-GO, Class Act,etc,etc :thong: :thong: :thong: :thong:

55. crash

    16 July, 2007, 10:17 pm

    saw a new one today sho me golden opportunities

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