restaurants with great (not necessarily suggestive, just cool-sounding) names, and post URLs too if poss.

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Sammy's Fish Box

― Annouschka (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

not necessarily suggestive

"Sammy's Fish Box"

*snicker*

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:31 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah yeah

― Annouschka (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Vagina Tandoori, South Great Georges' Street, Dublin.

― Lara (Lara), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)

holy crap there's music!

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Bill's Sticky Fingers

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:34 (twenty-one years ago)

in PlaP?

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

yup

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)

on Saskatchewan Ave. no less...but it's just Bill's, not Bill Wyman's right?

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)

yup

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)

that's awesome, I love knock-off restaurants.

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

There is a Bill who owns this one. He's kind of a bastard. It's mostly just fun to take the name of the place out of context.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

but why would Bill's fingers be sticky if he wasn't in the Rolling Stones or eating chicken wings?

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 6 November 2003 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Señor Fish!

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 6 November 2003 20:15 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.bitterpill.org/images/chicken_planet.jpg

― Annouschka (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 6 November 2003 22:58 (twenty-one years ago)

mmmmm 10 buffalo wings for $3.59

― Annouschka (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 6 November 2003 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

there's a spot somewhere in new york (don't ask me where, i was on vacation) called 'flying burritos' which is funny for many reasons. i am laughing. and typing.

― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Thursday, 6 November 2003 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

In-N-Out Burger

That's not suggestive, is it?

http://www.in-n-out.com/

― Vonda Shepard, Thursday, 6 November 2003 23:42 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.saigoninfo.com/jokes/pictures/img/phobichnga.jpg

(I vow to go there before the end of the year)

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 6 November 2003 23:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Aunties and Uncles in T.O.

― jed (jed_e_3), Thursday, 6 November 2003 23:51 (twenty-one years ago)

also Silencio in Barcelona - they dont play music, wayhay!

― jed (jed_e_3), Thursday, 6 November 2003 23:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I've always thought French Laundry sounded very suggestive.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 6 November 2003 23:52 (twenty-one years ago)

so did someone actually get rid of one side of the "n" lara?
i remember the slate suggesting someone should do that,i hadn't noticed that it had gone ahead though

― robin (robin), Thursday, 6 November 2003 23:52 (twenty-one years ago)

the jared coffin house

― Annouschka (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 7 November 2003 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

what's that one place in chinatown? (NYC)

― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 8 November 2003 00:17 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

http://www.hewnandhammered.com/./photos/uncategorized/whatthepho.jpg

― lychee mello (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 01:01 (twenty years ago)

haha!

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 01:15 (twenty years ago)

I miss dungeness crabs. Waaah!

― Curious George Finds the Ether Bottle (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

what the pho! omg hahaa

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 01:29 (twenty years ago)

Rupperts Real Restaurant

(Rupperts Real Estate was upstairs)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 01:32 (twenty years ago)

that's only funny if you know how to pronounce "pho"

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 01:38 (twenty years ago)

"what the pho" is funny even if you DON'T pronounce it correctly! (xpost, i swear)

― lychee mello (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 01:39 (twenty years ago)

frying Fish

A sushi restaurant, they don't fry anything, as far as I know.

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 01:40 (twenty years ago)

speaking of Dungeness, The Three Crabs

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 01:42 (twenty years ago)

Also, Inn of the Seventh Ray if you're a hippie.

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 01:42 (twenty years ago)

Fried World. CLosed years ago; sorry, no pics!

― mike a, Wednesday, 16 March 2005 01:51 (twenty years ago)

There was a Fooking Chinese somewhere along the beach down here...

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 02:03 (twenty years ago)

Thai Tanic

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 04:31 (twenty years ago)

Eat'n High - Thai restaurant in LA. Giggle, giggle.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 07:39 (twenty years ago)

i still snicker at Phuket Thai in SF

― The JaXoN 5 (JasonD), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 08:01 (twenty years ago)

i still snicker at Phuket Thai in SF
yeah... but when you know that it is pronounced "poo-KET" in Thai it is very non-eventful.

Back on the subject at hand:

Hot Wok
Big Wong
Eight Immortals
Spicy Dong Chow

― lucas (lucas), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

!!!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 21:55 (twenty years ago)

Another good one in LA is Hunan Taste which has a sign written in a typeface that at first glance always looks like Human Taste.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 22:24 (twenty years ago)

Some funky Melbourne ones:

Veg Out
Vegetarian Orgasm (I think thats the name?)
Thai Panic

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 23:54 (twenty years ago)

I love that first picture of The Three Creabs

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 17 March 2005 08:27 (twenty years ago)

There's a Chinese in Faringdon called Mings, and another CHinese (I think it's a Chinese) in Oxford called Wok and Roll!

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Thursday, 17 March 2005 09:02 (twenty years ago)

Thai Panic is a chain, they have it in Brisbane and the Gold Coast too.

xxpost

― kate/thank you friendly cloud (papa november), Thursday, 17 March 2005 09:10 (twenty years ago)

wok and roll is a chain here (it's in mall food courts).

― sexy waitress connie stevens (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 17 March 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

There's a Wok This Way in Glasgow.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 17 March 2005 12:34 (twenty years ago)

Hang Chow
Pak Ho

― alix (alix), Thursday, 17 March 2005 12:47 (twenty years ago)

Electric Curryland in Brighton.

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 17 March 2005 12:57 (twenty years ago)

There's a Wok This Way in Glasgow.

There's also a Wok Way

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 17 March 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

or the Ho Wong (York St, delicious satay)

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 17 March 2005 14:45 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

http://static.flickr.com/86/245962718_019772877f.jpg

― john david bootyflake (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 18 September 2006 00:38 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.bettadont.com/images/wasabilobby.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 18 September 2006 00:43 (nineteen years ago)

Phat Burrito

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 18 September 2006 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

Pho restaurants sure love to have clever names. We have a "Pho Real" over here. It's also the worst pho joint in town.

― like murderinging (modestmickey), Monday, 18 September 2006 02:31 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=237975735&size=o

― get bent, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 21:53 (seventeen years ago)

http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=237975735

― get bent, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 21:53 (seventeen years ago)

doggone it

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/237975735_69a67e46a7.jpg

― get bent, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 21:54 (seventeen years ago)

There are at least two restaurants called "Old School Thai" in London.

― snoball, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 21:59 (seventeen years ago)

that's only funny if you know how to pronounce "pho"

-- Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 01:38 (2 years ago) Link

but the beauty is that it teaches you to pronounce "pho" correctly

― emilys., Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:06 (seventeen years ago)

No, actually, it doesn't!

― Laurel, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:09 (seventeen years ago)

Unless "pho" rhymes with "cab"?

― Laurel, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:10 (seventeen years ago)

There seem to be a lot of "Balti Towers" in the Midlands.

― Noodle Vague, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:10 (seventeen years ago)

i await Phogeddabouttt

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:13 (seventeen years ago)

Hitler's Cross

― emilys., Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:14 (seventeen years ago)

I can't get enough of the mahi-mahi fish tacos at La Calaca Loca (The Crazy Skeleton).

― polyphonic, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:15 (seventeen years ago)

Laurel, that was in response to "What the Pho?" upthread.

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:17 (seventeen years ago)

One of my favorite spots in Paris:

http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/33465/1393157764073804537S600x600Q85.jpg

― Euler, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:19 (seventeen years ago)

my friend was thinking about opening a restaurant called "4:00" because all restaurants in Athens close from 3-5

― emilys., Tuesday, 4 December 2007 22:27 (seventeen years ago)

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