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Repulsive names of cafés

  • 28-07-2014 08:54PM
    #1
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,887 ✭✭✭


    I passed a cafe called Sip and Slurp today - no, I wouldn't even enter a place with that name :D

    It reminded me of the equally horribly named Chew 'n' Chat.


    But all are surpassed by the bottom-feeding Gobble n Go.


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  • #2
    smellmepower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 829 ✭✭✭smellmepower


    Ah Chew 'n' Chat isn't that bad,and they do amazing pizzas!


  • #3
    Stella Virgo
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 477 ✭✭Stella Virgo


    The Bread Shed....W.T.F.....dumbest name for a cafe ever..............


  • #4
    Passenger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭Passenger


    Blazing Salads.


  • #5
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    Don't fry for me margentina.


  • #6
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,000 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Years ago my young family were so amused by Chew'n'Chat that they devised a game for long car journeys:

    Bite'n'Babble

    Nosh'n'Natter

    Munch'n'Maunder

    Taste'n'Tattle

    Slurp'n'Slander

    Consume'n'Converse

    etc etc etc etc etc


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  • #7
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,000 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Did you ever notice the writing on the window in Blazing Salads?
    "Give Peas a chance" LOL


  • #8
    BabysCoffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,713 ✭✭✭BabysCoffee


    JuliusCaesar wrote: »
    I passed a cafe called Sip and Slurp today - no, I wouldn't even enter a place with that name :D

    It reminded me of the equally horribly named Chew 'n' Chat.


    But all are surpassed by the bottom-feeding Gobble n Go.

    We always call "Chew n' chat" - "Chew n' spew"


  • #9
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,197 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Not repulsive, but a name I hate is Noshington, on the SCR/Washington Street corner.


  • #10
    hidinginthebush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,675 ✭✭✭hidinginthebush


    Passenger wrote: »
    Blazing Salads.

    the name is overshadowed by their awesome food though!


  • #11
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,508 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    Passenger wrote: »
    Blazing Salads.

    Did you know it's a play on a movie name, Blazing Saddles? Western comedy.


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  • #12
    Kiltennel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭Kiltennel


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    Did you know it's a play on a movie name, Blazing Saddles? Western comedy.

    I hear the cafe has a touchy customer service policy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boO4RowROiw


  • #13
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,000 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    I heard there's a place in Chicago called the Leaning Tower of Pizza.


  • #14
    eric hoone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 484 ✭✭eric hoone


    Why did they call a cafe Guernika up near jervis?


  • #15
    dharma200
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 998 ✭✭✭dharma200


    there is a restaraunt in tulla co clare called flappers.
    I don't know why I find that repugnant but I wouldn't be tempted to eat there.........


  • #16
    pebbles21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭pebbles21


    Is Gobble and Go still open?


  • #17
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Not repulsive

    But humorous

    Tequila mockingbird


    It's in Christchurch Newzealand.


  • #18
    chopper6
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭chopper6


    Mao...named after a murderous Chinese peasant brute who killed millions of his own people in labour camps and through forced collectivisation.

    It sickens me to see the Right-on crusties and chinbeards eating in there because they don't know any better.

    I'd just love to see an eatery named after Hitler...Arbeit Macht Fries anyone?


  • #19
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,197 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    chopper6 wrote: »
    Mao...named after a murderous Chinese peasant brute who killed millions of his own people in labour camps and through forced collectivisation.

    It sickens me to see the Right-on crusties and chinbeards eating in there because they don't know any better.

    I'd just love to see an eatery named after Hitler...Arbeit Macht Fries anyone?
    I think the people who eat there know, they just don't really care.

    hitler-fried-chicken-bangkok-thailand.jpg


  • #20
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,000 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Yes, Mao always puzzled me too. Does it have a Little Red Menu?

    I'd suspect these modern youngsters have never heard of Chairman Mao Tse Tung at all, 'twas before their time.


  • #21
    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    chopper6 wrote: »
    chinbeards

    :rolleyes:


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  • #22
    chopper6
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭chopper6


    Baldy Conscience wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    Sorry I meant Neckbeards...and will you ever answer yer texts.


  • #23
    sabat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,895 ✭✭✭sabat


    As a man, I just can't bring myself to even look at the menu in Snax in the City, even though I walk past every day around lunchtime.


  • #24
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,438 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    chopper6 wrote: »
    Mao...named after a murderous Chinese peasant brute who killed millions of his own people in labour camps and through forced collectivisation.

    It sickens me to see the Right-on crusties and chinbeards eating in there because they don't know any better.

    I'd just love to see an eatery named after Hitler...Arbeit Macht Fries anyone?

    the possibilities are endless - Franco's Tapas Bar, Mussolini Pizzeria. You're right about Mao though, the name is tasteless.

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  • #25
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,478 ✭✭✭wexie


    Filthy McNasty's


  • #26
    chopper6
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭chopper6


    loyatemu wrote: »
    the possibilities are endless - Franco's Tapas Bar, Mussolini Pizzeria. You're right about Mao though, the name is tasteless.

    How about Pol's Pots or Stalin's Steakhouse?


  • #27
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    wexie wrote: »
    Filthy McNasty's

    And it's in the filthy corner in Belfast :-)


  • #28
    Nodster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 956 ✭✭✭Nodster


    I spotted a café in San Fran called Squat and Gobble

    ....but have yet to see one called Sam n' Ella's


  • #29
    Poxyshamrock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,998 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    Wasn't there a Phoenix Perk on Dame Street years back?


  • #30
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    The Cafe mentioned in the OP is actually great, I wouldn't let the name put me off.


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  • #31
    ToxicPaddy
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    Poxyshamrock wrote: »
    Wasn't there a Phoenix Perk on Dame Street years back?

    Yup, apparently had to close due to a threat from the rights holders of the sitcom Friends who had a cafe in it called Central Perk..

    I remember reading about it thinking how petty it was.


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