Crazy Store Names: Odd Combinations

The roadside is littered with ordinary places bearing odd names, sometimes very odd. Here some of the best head scratchers, many contributed by public-spirited readers of Interesting Ideas. You too can nominate weird store names for the Grog & Groc Hall of Fame.

BudaPest

Come & Be Blessed Cuts Barber Shop, Columbia Avenue, Hammond, IndianaDave's Soda and Pet City, Northampton, Mass.  Eat enough pita.... Big Buns & Pita. Clark Street, Chicago

luckypork

HardwareAndPain

MexicanBlockheads

MooOinkAuto


Park-Que

The Slug and Lettuce, UK

Ugly Hookah Cafe, Bryn Mawr Avenue near Kimball, Chicago

Cafe Muppet. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago


  • Ave’s Taxidermy and Cheese
  • B & M Waste Management
  • Bad Design
  • Beepers and Human Hair
  • Big Buns & Pita
  • Come & Be Blessed Cuts barber shop
  • Crawford Coal & Mattress Works
  • Dead People’s Things
  • Decker’s Cleaners & Gun Shop
  • Dehart’s Bible and Tire Center
  • Donuts and Gyros
  • Fluff ‘Em Buff ‘Em Stuff ‘Em (taxidermy/car repair/beauty shop)
  • Godlove’s Liquors
  • Hardware and Pain
  • Harry Little Pizza
  • Hiram’s Guns & Spirits
  • House of Beef/House of Tikes
  • Liquor, Guns and Ammo
  • The Lord Jesus Christ If I be Lifted Up Chair Caning and Variety Store
  • Lucky Pork Store
  • Mexican Blockheads
  • Mohammed’s Imports and Respect for Life Fish House
  • Moo and Oinks Hydraulics
  • Not Just Futons and Barstools
  • Our Heavenly Father’s, Jesus’ and Our Bake Shop
  • Park-Que Apartments
  • Prison View Party Store
  • Puppies & Reptiles
  • Rocks and Rugs
  • The Slug and Lettuce
  • Soda and Pet Food City
  • Sweet Septic Systems
  • Taxidermy and Cheese
  • Thomas’ Formal Wear and Flags
  • Tooth and Nail
  • Ugly Hookah Cafe
  • We Sell Fried Catfish & Fix Flats
  • Yankee Doodle Italian Food

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