What not to name a bar

[El Pollo Guerrera]

A local drinking establishment in my town just changed hands (and I'm not surprised... the previous owner had been rumoured to be up to some very illegal dealings). The new owners decided to change the bar's name to something that didn't have the same past as the previous name.

So, they went with a simple version of "Club xxxx", where the "xxxx" is the building's street address.

The only problem is, the number "xxxx" is also the police call number for "Officer in trouble".

Someone from law enforcement mentioned it to them before they had their signs finalized, and now they're looking for a new name.

[Treasure]

facepalm!

we've got 2 in the same center, next door to each other, that keep changing names (owners) and right now they're Spinners and Amnesia....

and before Amnesia was Amnesia it was RockStars

I remember when Spinners was Merkaba - i went to it then - haven't been to either since any name changes.... (don't know what Rockstars was originally - never went)

[Mnemjian]

How about Club 10-51? That seems appropriate

[TheSHAD0W]

A restaurant/bar opened up in my city with the name "Purgatory". I'm sure the owners were thinking of the mythical place between heaven and hell, but the root of the name means the place where the Romans made themselves vomit during their feasts. Uh... Bleh.

[Chromatix]

Wasn't that the Vomitorium, though?

[ArcticChicken]

Wasn't that the Vomitorium, though?

Vomitorium means a particular kind of exit from a building, and Romans didn't do that.

ETA: A link to the Wikipedia article.

[Dreamstalker]

Huh. I did not know that...even my Latin teacher was using the word wrong then.

[Frantic Freddie]

Years ago we played for a guy that bought a popular local bar,I knew he was gonna screw it up.When he lost the lease on the original place he moved up the street & renamed it "Cheaters".Yeah,that'll go over real well with the married crowd,I thought.

Didn't last a year.

[drunkenwildmage]

A few years ago 'around the corner' of my house a Chinese restaurant named 'OK Wok'


'hmmm..Not that great.. but it was ok'.

[lobo94]

A funny. The bar up the street has had numerous incarnations over the years. One of those was a gay bar. (Note, this is not a post condemning alternative lifestyles.)

When new management took over, they renamed the place. And for some reason, felt they should put on its marquee below the sign, "Not a Gay Bar".

Oooo-kaay...

[Shalom]

There was once a kosher Chinese joint in Queens called "Ten Li Chow".

So what? Well, in Hebrew "Ten li" means "Give Me".

(The food wasn't great; it's not there any more. It seems there's a current place in Evanston IL with the same name; no idea if they're related.)

[CaptainJillian]

They just opened a place here in Texas called Fat Ho Burgers. I actually want to go. It was on the news. lol.

[ThirdGenRetail]

Aww, I get no creative bar renames... There's one biker bar(Or it used to be) up at the end of the nearest major roadway to my park. It used to be "On The Rocks", complete with a mountain logo. Then it got bought out, and became "Boneshakers", complete with a skeleton riding a motorcycle. Still Boneshakers, but now it's a SPORTS BAR... They've become all the rage lately around here.

[xx_wolfie_xx]

They just opened a place here in Texas called Fat Ho Burgers. I actually want to go. It was on the news. lol.

Gunna have to be a bit more specific than that. :P Although if I had to guess, my first guess would be it's located in Austin somewhere.

[BlaqueKatt]

we have a bar/club known as "Plan B", most people have no idea it's actually a gay bar....