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December 1st, 2005 at 7:39 pm
What the Pho
Bellevue, WA
pic at website
December 17th, 2005 at 7:14 pm
Fling Hardware, Sunbury, OH
December 26th, 2005 at 2:25 pm
Analtech, Newark, DE
http://www.analtech.com
December 28th, 2005 at 12:50 am
Hello!
We just drove to Detroit from NYC and saw these store names:
“LOVE’S JUST HORS D’ OEUVRES AND ME SUPPER CLUB” – Detroit, MI
and
“QUAKER STEAK AND LUBE” (There’s several, many in Ohio.)
~ Juliana Francis & David Patrick Kelly
January 6th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
Poodle Ping Palace
January 11th, 2006 at 7:40 am
Bringer Inn
Saginaw Michigan
Small bar in Saginaw Michigan.
January 12th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
On my way to Russiaville and Kokomo, IN, I saw this restaurant:
Sanitary Lunch
January 18th, 2006 at 12:22 am
http://www.yellowpages.com/sp/moreinfo/?id=11065904&q=Tightwad
Tightwad Convenience Store, TIghtwad MO.
Unfortunately the Tightwad Bank closed years ago, but my mom has a picture of my brother holding up a penny in front of it.
January 24th, 2006 at 4:50 pm
We would like to nominate “Eat My Buns” Bakery and Donuts, in Ajo, Az. and “Belly Acres RV Park” same town. Also ,near Casa Grande Az. there is “The Burnt Bun Cafe” as well. Guess it’s the heat affecting our ability to invent logical names! Really like your amusing website.
Thanks, Tom
January 29th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
Cum Park Plaza, Haw River , N.C. ( a local shopping center)
January 29th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
The Wigwam , Durham, N.C. (a wig store)
Curl Up and Dye , Carrboro, N.C. (hair salon)
February 8th, 2006 at 4:11 pm
In Houston TX, there used to be an auto shop in the galleria area (on Richmond near 610 for anyone local) that was called Lickety Lube.
February 9th, 2006 at 9:19 pm
Out in California there are a lot of Vietnamese Pho resturants.
My favorite is the “Pho King”.
February 13th, 2006 at 10:57 am
In Orlando FL, there is a head shop (Marijuana and other pariphenalia store) named The G-Spot. Orlando is peppered with billboards and advertisements challenging you with: “The G-Spot, can you find it?”
March 8th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
The Goody-Goody liquor store chain in Dallas started as a liquor store named Goo Goo, so that everyone would remember the name.
March 16th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
Curl up and Die Hair Salon
Clark or Broadway
Chicago IL
&
Yankee Doodle Italian Food
Tucson, AZ
March 19th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
In Peabody Mass. there is a liquor store called Bunghole Liquors. They also have a website at http://www.thebunghole.com.
April 1st, 2006 at 6:01 pm
A septic system cleaning company called B & M Waste Management
in Manitowoc, WI
April 4th, 2006 at 1:17 pm
I have two new store names: Bad Ol’ Bern/Smokin’ Up the Neighborhood, in Emporia, Kansas (a barbecue restaurant); Wok N Roll, Overland Park, Kansas (Chinese restaurant)
April 4th, 2006 at 4:15 pm
The Stand-Bi Market, a convenience store in San Francisco’s Sunset District.
April 5th, 2006 at 1:24 pm
I nominate the Full of Bull restaurant that used to be in Saugus, MA. on Rt 1 South
April 12th, 2006 at 12:03 am
Good Head hairdresser in Chicago
Lotus to Go Go Vietnamese Restaurant in Minneapolis
Fireworks and Chesse along a Wisconsin highway
April 27th, 2006 at 9:02 am
Schumann’s Meats in Columbus OH. It’s in a very urban area and the sign is a giant metal or plastic steer on a pole!
April 28th, 2006 at 10:44 am
Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn. Located in Alaska, I don’t recal exactly. We happened upon it while lost.
April 29th, 2006 at 11:36 pm
Strip mall near Virocqua Wisconsin
“Church Drugs”
“Church Liquors”
April 29th, 2006 at 11:47 pm
“Rainbow-Wafer Insurance”
Cortland, NY
LSD can protect you from all harm?
May 1st, 2006 at 11:27 am
In Calgary Alberta Canada there is a store named
Dan’s Not Calm It appears to be a curio shop.
May 3rd, 2006 at 1:27 am
There is a museum of velvet painting Velveteria in Portland Oregon. Over 200 paintings on display.
May 12th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
Adonnis Sewer & Drain Co.
Racine, Wisconsin
(Sewer cleaning company)
May 20th, 2006 at 12:39 pm
My sister’s Beauty shop in Spokane, WA “Curl Up and Dye”
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:30 am
There is a store called, “Yowza” in Manhattan, KS that specializes in futons and gifts.
June 4th, 2006 at 3:17 am
there’s an engraver’s shop in waterford called Jaque’s Plaques
July 15th, 2006 at 8:37 pm
Stuff ‘em, Buff ‘em and Fluff ‘em–
Taxidermist/car detailing/beauty shop
Canon City, Colorado
July 19th, 2006 at 5:04 am
“Tooth Acres”
A dentist’s office
Mt. Dora,FL
July 19th, 2006 at 11:04 am
We have “Taste Good” Chinese Restaurant here, and there’s this place that was called “Ying’s” and then he added more and called it “Ying’s Wings”. That wasn’t enough, though, it became “Ying’s Wings and Things”. That was before he built the bar area. The name now? “Ying’s Wings, Things and Bar”.
Here’s their website:
http://www.yingswingsthings.com/
July 19th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
[...] July 19th, 2006 at 11:04 am We have “Taste Good” Chinese Restaurant here, and there’s this place that was called “Ying’s” and then he added more and called it “Ying’s Wings”. That wasn’t enough, though, it became “Ying’s Wings and Things”. That was before he built the bar area. The name now? “Ying’s Wings, Things and Bar”. [...]
July 26th, 2006 at 8:57 pm
Gross Gas, Rte. 1 north of Bar Harbor, ME
House Poon, Chinese Restaurant, Monroe Ave., Rochester, NY
Artery Cleaners, Southern Artery, Quincy, MA
Bird Cleaners, Miracle Mile, Miami, FL
Stuff N Things for Pets, Ballard, WA
I wish I couild remember something else about those places.
August 12th, 2006 at 11:19 pm
There used to be a large brick warehouse or manufacturing plant kittycorner from Hamburger Mary’s restaurant in San Francisco (I forget the street – somewhere south of Mission) with the sign, “House of More Plastic Bags”. I loved it.
August 17th, 2006 at 4:32 pm
“Oh My Nappy Hair” salon and the “Oh My Nappy Talent Agency” right next door (los angeles, CA)
August 20th, 2006 at 3:24 am
We have a chain of grocery stores in Texas named Piggy Wiggly. There used to be four or five of them here in Denton, but there’s only two left now.
August 24th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
The Wieners Circle hot dog stand in Chicago.
Look here: http://www.danasresort.com/images/HotDogs/03_20020331_Dcp_0064.jpg
September 10th, 2006 at 11:15 am
Looking for a good name for a liquor store-more high end…Thanks
September 14th, 2006 at 6:40 am
Not the most imaginative name for an insurance company but I saw but good for more chuckles than the likes of Deb-Mar.
September 19th, 2006 at 5:00 pm
Long Wong’s (chicken wings) in Phoenix, AZ
September 22nd, 2006 at 6:53 am
Pussy’s Port o’ Call
a kennel for cats in Northport, Maine
Tumbling Tots Child Care
One in Ashville, NY, and there was also one somewhere in coastal Maine in 2003
October 14th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
There was an All You Can Eat Chinese Buffet whose say read “I You Can Eat” in NW Indiana.
I also heard of a funeral parlor in Chicago (at least years ago – not sure if it is still around) called “Ketchum and Killem”… names of the 2 owners
October 19th, 2006 at 6:20 pm
In allentown pa, It’s a pest control place called Nam Exterminators
October 27th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
In Calgary…. a liquor store…. Liquor Box…. must be catering to the young female university crowd.
October 28th, 2006 at 12:23 pm
We saw a beauty salon in Arkansas called “Curl Up and Dye”. And a church with a mispelled marque that said “The Church of Chris”. We have pictures of both. How do we submit them?
November 2nd, 2006 at 11:30 am
In Kankakee Il, a beauty salon called “Curl Up and Dye” and in Beecher, Il, “Beecher Meat and Liquor” and “Beecher Tool and Dye”
November 9th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
Groner Funeral Home
Dowagiac, Mich.
November 17th, 2006 at 11:32 am
Bong Recreation Center – State Park WI
November 19th, 2006 at 9:51 pm
Rowdy Beaver (brand new restaurant & bar)
417 w. Van Buren
Eureka springs, AR 72632
Located in the old Duke’s West Oaks place
November 22nd, 2006 at 12:30 am
There’s a tatto parlor in Boulder, Colorado called “Scarred for Life”
November 24th, 2006 at 11:49 am
There’s a hair salon on 2nd Ave. in NYC called “HAIRONYMOUS.”
December 1st, 2006 at 9:52 pm
Beau Thai – Thai restaurant in Portland
December 1st, 2006 at 10:05 pm
Toon Funeral Home – Westmont, IL
I guess they only have funerals on Saturday mornings…
http://www.toonfuneralhome.com/FuneralHome/
I love this one:
August Winter & Sons Heating and Air Conditioning – Appleton, WI
They keep the temp at your place like the opposite season!
http://www.augustwinter.com/
December 4th, 2006 at 1:24 pm
need name for ready made garments ( formal & casual for men only )urgently.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
Need One More Inn sports bar and grill in Dayton, Ohio (on Needmore Road). Been there for years!
December 9th, 2006 at 10:39 am
great Novelty food joint
pepered possum aged armadillo spicey raccoon jerky
elk buffalo burgers and quail .
very fun place to eat.
December 17th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
Is there a statute of limitations? I’ll never forget the grocery store sign I spotted in Troy, New York about 25 years agoannouncing the existence of the Sanitary Food Circus. Maybe it’s still there providing the sensational yet safe satiety which has always been their watchword.
The Permanent Solution beauty salon, a half hour or so south of Burlington Vermont, is another fond memory from 2 decades ago.
More cheerful and also more current is Nice n Necessary on 4th Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, one of many such stores selling everything from detergent to underwear to coffee pots to socks.
December 25th, 2006 at 9:27 am
One of my favorites: Nut ‘n’ Butt Puppys (sic), a pet store in Orlando. It may have changed its name. The misspelling adds a nice touch.
December 28th, 2006 at 5:11 pm
ARDS CRICKET RANCH
827 Lynch Street
Pensacola, FL
32505
I saw this on a matchbook cover many years ago, and it just struck me as being funny. It is a fishing tackle shop. I did get one of their very colorful t-shirts for Christmas one year. As far as I know they do not have a web site.
January 7th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Huff House (restaurant off rt. 17 in upstate ny)
Used to Be’s (restaurant, bar)
Peek-a-Boo 5&10
Plump Brothers (plumbing, Hackensack)
January 9th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Sir Spa, 5151 N. Clark, Chicago. It’s a mens spa.
January 20th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
I carry a money clip I purchased at Bob’s Bizarre Bazaar formerly in the Westport district of Kansas City MO. Bob Berdella had a penchant for teen boys, various torture techniques and cannibalism. After bagging the remains of a dozen or so victims and placing them curbside with the weekly trash, he was caught and sentenced to prison in Potosi MO. He died in prison from a heart attack (too much red meat in his diet we were told) and missed the MO Protocol. Local film makers have produced a full length movie of his exploits and it tours the indie film houses on a regular basis. There is also a book by Tom Jackman of the Berdella murders.
Mike Mather
Shawnee KS
January 20th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
I got my crabs from dirty dicks!
January 20th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Near Port Townsend, WA, is a small billboard for a family company that specializes in excavation. The family name is GRAVES, so the billboard reads:
GRAVES EXCAVATING
I love that sign.
January 20th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
In western Canada, there is a septic system service (I think it’s called Acme) and their motto is on all their trucks:\
“We’re Number One in Number Two”
January 20th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Nanticoke PA has The Sanitary Bakery. Hmmmm…
January 22nd, 2007 at 3:47 pm
“Mo Better Meaty Meat Burger” — often nominated as the best burger in Los Angeles. On Pico and Fairfax. Until recently. It is now deceased.
January 25th, 2007 at 2:25 am
A favorite from years back:
From the window of a bus, I saw a sign on the second floor of an old commercial building, on the stretch of the Bowery within Manhattan’s Chinatown:
Lung City Travel (apparently a travel agency)
I don’t know if it’s still in business.
January 27th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Southfield Michigan has “Mercury Fish N Chips”
Shelby Twp. Michigan used to have the Disco Methodist Protestant Church (the name was changed in 1979)
January 28th, 2007 at 10:26 am
I used to pass a business along I-95 just outside Richmond, VA. It was in an industrial section, and the name as Sterile Concepts.
I never found out what it was, but I’m hoping they perhaps made autoclaves?
January 31st, 2007 at 8:33 pm
How about the Whizz-Burger hamburger stand just west of Chattanooga, Tennessee. You can see the sign from I-24.
February 6th, 2007 at 2:28 am
In Melbourne, Australia, a custom manufacturer (now closed) of ceramic and stoneware tableware by the name of “The big duck and fish company”. Say it a few times quickly… No, again…
February 6th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Howard L. Tingling, DDS
Southfield, MI
(If memory serves, he’s an endodontist. Singy with the anaesthetic?)
February 6th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
There used to be an automotive supplier in Warren, MI, whose marquee read:
CONDAMATIC
Screw Machine Operators Wanted
(Damn. I can spell “anaesthetic” but not “stingy.”)
February 8th, 2007 at 12:51 am
There’s a little restaurant in Venice, Florida, on Highway 41, named “Wee Blew Inn”.
February 12th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Large realtor in Milwaukee, Wi during the 1970-80′s, “Head & Seamen”
February 16th, 2007 at 8:19 am
How about stopping in Spooner WI. for a bite to eat at “Ain’t Bad Food”?
February 18th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
“The Mad Butcher” always makes me wonder whenever I drive through Earle, Arkansas!
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:07 am
Gas station chain throughout the midwest… “Whoa n Go.” Can’t find a picture.
In Springfield, PA: Prince’s Pet Goodies and Auto Repair.
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:10 am
Oops. Here’s the pet goodies and auto repair sign.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e226/giblet76/petnautomotive.jpg
March 3rd, 2007 at 2:50 am
While visiting my oldest daughter in Fairbanks, made a stop at Skinny Dicks Halfway Inn(August 18,2006). Pretty cool place. Heard about from my parents who stopped there in 1990. Its located halfway between Denali and Fairbanks…kinda.
March 6th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
In Sebastopol, CA. there is Analy Drugs and Analy High
March 11th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
From Cincinnati, in a flatiron building at LIberty and Reading, now defunct, but who could forget?
THE HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE WIG BOUTIQUE AND BEAUTY PARLOR.
No, sorry, no picture of the sign.
March 11th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
A near-miss if I ever heard one, from Cincinnati:
The Dew Drop Lounge.
March 13th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
“Whatever It Takes” Barber & Beauty Salon
Aurora, IL
March 19th, 2007 at 5:13 am
Kum & Go
(check out the cheap gas price)
March 28th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
I have to place a vote for Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn, about 20 miles or so south of Fairbanks, Alaska. (I have a photo if anyone from this site is interested).
But one of the best signs I ever saw was on a country road in Delaware. It was out a ways away from any large towns. “Helen’s Beauty Salon”. And just under that, on an attached sign “Worms”.
March 31st, 2007 at 2:05 am
“Strange Drugs” An actual drug store in Dublin Georgia.
April 19th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Public Hair (barber/beauty) was in East Lansing, MI. Has been out of business for some years.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
“My Friend Burger” – from a street food vendor in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Axellent Sewer Service, seen on van on Clark St.
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:22 pm
S l i p p e r y N o o d l e I n n
372 S. Meridian St.
Indianapolis, IN 46225
http://www.slipperynoodle.com
May 5th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
okay…well, actually i go to a salon that is called “Cut up and Dye” i love the place…
and i was on my way to the beach and i saw a ranch that said “Backache Acres” i laughed my ass off…
May 9th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
“The Old Wang Company”
Sydney, Australia
May 10th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Pop-n-Taco in Albuquerque, NM
May 10th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Crusin’ Chubbies (Strip Club) Wisconsin Dells, WI
The Dew Drop Inn, Pownal, VT
May 26th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
In Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, a store that sells flowy women’s finery, a la Stevie Nicks…
“Oh My Gauze”
June 19th, 2007 at 9:28 am
In Moscow, Idaho, there is a bar called the Slurp N Burp. They also sell their beer in mason jars instead of glasses.
June 20th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
MMM Carpet
Located of of Highway 101
4877 Hopyard Road, Suite B1
Pleasanton California
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:22 pm
In Lake City , Florida, the world famous Fu King Chinese Restaurant ! I’d like to send you a picture of the sign. Let me know how to get it to you. It’s really Fu King Funny!!
June 25th, 2007 at 10:33 am
“Gay Bar” (Gay, Michigan: population, 60)
July 6th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Fu-Kim Vietnamese Food, Houston, Texas. It’s just about two blocks from the Toyota Center.
July 16th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
The 007 Protocrat Club on North Lewis in Tulsa, Oklahoma…
August 3rd, 2007 at 9:37 am
Maboob Travel,
Walthamstow,
England
August 8th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Bob’s Barber Shop & Literacy Center
August 9th, 2007 at 9:28 am
In Osage MN there is a cafe/bar/ gas station/baitstore. I think its called Doc”s Cafe but their awning says “EAT HERE GET GAS AND WORMS”
August 13th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
In Arcadia, CA. there is a restaurant called “Young Dong Garden”. I still can’t bring myself to go inside.
August 13th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
In Homewood, IL, there used to be “Lowe Quality Paints”. Can’t understand ~how~ they went out of buisness!
August 13th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
There’s this septic tanks service place called Brownie’s Septic Tank Service, i’ve called to buy a shirt, they don’t sell them
August 16th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
“What the Pho?” (Pho is read “Fu-” as in “FUC…”you know…)
300 Pacific Coast Highway #110, Huntington Beach, California 92648
Its a Vietnamese Restaurant…
August 20th, 2007 at 9:35 am
In Salisbury, MD, the Jolley family owns the Jolley Funeral Home.
August 23rd, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Pink Taco Scottsdale AZ
September 14th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
I have two Delaware locations:
“Cum on Inn” a bar in New Castle, DE and
“Breakfast Sandwich and Cigerette Outlet” in Newport, DE
September 17th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Pump & Munch
A gas station in St. Cloud, MN
September 26th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
“He Aint Here” dive bar in Lake Station, IN.
Love it when they answer the phone!
October 4th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
I don’t see this one on your list.
Ho Lee Chow is a chinese take out restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://toronto.ibegin.com/restaurants/ho-lee-chow196-woodbine-avenue
There is a another chinese take out in Edmonton Alberta called Chin Kee Chinese on their sign.
http://www.edmontondining.com/chinkee
October 17th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
I would like to nominate John’s Big Deck a Bar and Grill in downtown, 928 Wyandotte St. Kansas City, MO 64105 816-474-5668
Great name!
October 17th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Here are three from the past in Pittsburgh
“Al’s Terminal Lunch” A lunch counter in the Terminal Buildings
“Henry Bathtub Protector” got me
“Shields Rubber for Industry” Painted big on the side of a bldg.
“Rexall Drugs Lunch and Trusses” Self explanatory I guess.
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:31 pm
how about “A DONG Supermarket” seen on a van in Westminster, Ca
and “Phuket Thai” a restaurant in Huntington Bch. Ca
November 11th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
The name of my dad’s bar in Centreville, MI called “Our Neighbor’s House”. I would ask him, “Where have you been?” and he would say “I was at “Our Neighbor’s House”. LOL
December 31st, 2007 at 4:54 pm
how about in detroit…
an automotive supply company called
fuch’s lubricants
its off of i 75 in detroit
March 5th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
DAY CARE ABOUT YA’
made up by a family friend for a
day care she was going to open
March 10th, 2008 at 12:13 am
I think it was in Massachusetts…
Bunghole Liquors.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
real cool chineese food joint in san juan puerto rico called Hot Wok Cafe. no longer in bussiness.
April 17th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Elsmore, Kansas
Combination Bait Shop and Liquor Store
Master Bait and Liquor
May 16th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Norm’s Altruistic Lounge, a tavern in Milwaukee Wi.
i always imagined at least one free beer available as i passed by on the bus.
May 18th, 2008 at 10:36 am
That’s a classic.
May 31st, 2008 at 6:56 pm
There’s a business in Akron, Ohio named Asian Services, Inc.
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:13 am
Kum and Go in Omaha off of 156th and Pacific….There are many others around the area as well.
July 14th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
File these under odd combos:
There’s a petstore/movie rental place in Russellville, AL called Video & Varmints–and another place in Rochester, NY called Pianos & Clocks–and they sell just that.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Gum Bo
Chinese restaurant
North Dartmouth, MA
(good food, too)
July 25th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Bonnie Beaver, Ob/Gyn (Los Angeles)
Dr. Ow, Dentist (So Cal), REALLY!
Cheap Thrills, Sacramento 2nd Hand Clothing Store
July 30th, 2008 at 10:42 am
When I was a kid in Wichita Kansas, there was a restaurant called Y’et Yet?
Also, a city council member in Garland TX named Harry Hickey. I wish I had pilfered one of his signs out of a yard.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Name: Teeter Cleaners
Street: 111 East Broadway Avenue
Fairfield, ia 52556-3203
Dry Cleaners
Yes, I’m that immature to laugh at that.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Master Bait & Liquor, a bait and liquor store just north of Parsons, Kansas. Very funny, they have a web site and sell tshirts with the store name.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Good’nough, Electric company in Toledo, Ohio
Happy Hooker, Bait & tackle store in Ohio
Gas ‘n’ Go, Gas station, I can’t remember where I saw it, but I thought it was funny because leaving a gas station without paying is sometimes referred to as a “gas n go”
September 5th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Hi. Looking through my really old matchbooks I found a couple: Hi-Da-Way (Boston); Garden of Eat’N (location not on matchbook).
September 19th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Pee Pee Gas in Piketon, OH. It’s located right next to Pee Pee creek! You can’t miss it!
September 28th, 2008 at 11:37 am
There was a store out in the country near River Falls, Wisconsin
that had a huge sign proclaiming “Taxidermy and Cheese”.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Ho Ki Chinese Restaurant, on Nieman Road, Shawnee, Kansas.
October 30th, 2008 at 10:36 am
I was watching “Notorious”, a crime show hosted by Bill Kurtis…at one point they showed a sign of a town in Texas called “CUT N SHOOT”, a few minutes later they showed a gas station “GAS N STUFF”. Also, there’s “Cafe Bong” on Clark St. in Chicago.
November 8th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
From Nightline tv show, 11/7/08:
gun store “Cheaper Than Dirt!” in Fort Worth, Texas
gun store “Ye Old Gun Shop” in Las Vegas, haven’t been able to confirm spelling, I would like to think it’s spelled “Ye Olde Gun Shoppe”
November 17th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
An engineer friend of mine did some contract work in backwoods, coastal South Carolina. The only place nearby to get a bite was an ‘all you can eat’ hot dog joint called “The Squat & Gobble.” The sign has a drawing of two hillbilly-looking guys squatting and eating hot dogs. I’ll try to get a picture to send–it’s a hoot!
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Flub A Dub Chub’s (hot dog joint)
3021 N Broadway
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 857-6500
January 20th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I was watching a movie, a bleak British drama, and there was a store in the movie called THIS ‘N’ THAT. I know it doesn’t count toward the official list because it was in a movie, but it is a good name anyway.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:38 am
Automotive place in Superior WI called “Dick’s Transmission”. Pottery place near Poplar WI called “Barb’s Jugs”.
February 24th, 2009 at 11:55 am
I like stuff with “sir” in the name:
SIR GROUT® Tile Care and Cleaning
1550 W Cornelia Ave
Chicago, IL 60657
February 24th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
I see that Jared mentioned “Happy Hooker” bait shop. That reminds me of “Happy Hooker” towing in Indiana. My former neighbor’s family owned the business.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Salon in Redkey, Indiana called “Hairway to Heaven”. I have a picture, Also in Livingston, Montana the “Town Pump”, ” the Kum N Go” and “Loaf and Jug”.
Then there is “Weeping Lingerie” in Northhampton Mass. Got a picture of that one too. The best was the sign in Falls Church, Virginia pointing around the corner of a shopping center towards a Karate studio…, the sign said”Mt. Kim in rear”
May 24th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
How about Kum n Go gas stations thru oklahoma.
June 17th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
“The Dam Store”
Near the Foot Dam in Otsego Michigan.
June 21st, 2009 at 12:05 pm
The Four Finger Fireworks Stand in Central Idaho
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:20 pm
“What Do Eye Care” Optical in Evergreen Park, IL
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Knickerbocker’s Liquor Locker in Fargo, ND
November 18th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
The used to be a market in Oakland’s Chinatown called “Good Luck Market.” At the entrance to the very small parking lot was a sign which read: “GOOD LUCK PARKING”
January 18th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
My favorite is “Terminal Lunch” in Keansburg, NJ
And, no. I have never eaten there.
March 31st, 2010 at 9:36 am
Had a sign in Martinsburg, WV route 45 said “RAPE” .. and had 4 people on the billboard, and one of them was in a … “wheelchair”… WTF, is a guy doing in a wheelchair on a rape sign for??? lol… did HE get raped.. was he the raper?? .. Just didn’t see the logic there
June 2nd, 2010 at 3:04 pm
The Recovery Room is a bar in Jackson, MS that gives you a free beer for every sobriety chip you surrender.
June 7th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
I laugh whenever I drive past this one…
Pump-N-Stuf
in West Chester, Iowa
July 13th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Beaver Liquors in Avon, CO
Trumann’s Alcohol Abuse Center (bar in Chicago that is gone now)
Roadkill Cafe Greenville, ME
November 26th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
I saw a work van outside my building the other day… “Sir Grout”. There was a medieval knight on the side of the van.
December 16th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
JEALOUS NEIGHBOR Ceramics Supplier — this was in Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines, before a road widening needed this store to relocate.
January 22nd, 2011 at 9:36 pm
Hi-Ho — The name of a chinese restuarant in Denham Springs, Louisiana Lmao!
February 9th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Stubby’s Dog and Car Wash: Home of Waggin’ Tails and Shinin’ Cars
This is located at 10201 W. 79th Street, Overland Park, Kansas.
March 1st, 2011 at 10:58 am
For Pet’s Sake, Thousand Oaks, CA
April 29th, 2011 at 5:47 am
Carpet Matters – I saw this store in the background of an English Movie.
October 10th, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Exceptional If you find it hard to get excited about the Drain Cleaning Houston sugar land