*#&$@£ stupid coffee shop names!

Your new coffee shop name is not cute!
Brewed awakening,,,,,,
Higher grounds,,,,,,,
Singing the brews,,,,,,,

Aaahhhhh!
Hair salons are just as bad...
Hair shed,,,,
A cut above,,,,,
Chop shop,,,,,

That Crap gives me a headache.

sorry.. rant over.

a reply to: Hoosierdaddy71

I agree! I can never remember the names of those kinds of places.
2nd line

Here we have Bruhaha ...

Coffee is wonderful. I used to love Dunk'n Donuts coffee with French Vanilla Creme and nutmeg sprinkled on top. MMMM And of course ... DONUTS!

a reply to: Hoosierdaddy71

I'm fond of Baked Bean.

a reply to: Hoosierdaddy71

I live in Essex, in England. In our local town centre, there is a gentlemans barbers called "Cut-U-Up". It appeals to the chav mentality.

The two coffee shops that I rate in town however, are called Utopia, and The Corner House. Utopia has a sort of hipster vibe, with prints of city scapes and film stars on the walls, and reclaimed sewing tables as their outdoor tables, not to mention some friendly and efficient staff. It offers various grilled panninis and iced drinks also. The choice of teas and coffees available is staggering, and in my opinion, chosen better than the options available at Starbucks and the like.

The Corner House is run by the nicest folk I ever met in my life, and has a more breakfast and lunch focused marketing strategy, offering cooked meals ranging from English Breakfasts, to burgers, to jacket potatos and the like. Its surrounds are of the typical British greasy spoon style, although the quality of their food and drink is much higher than such a description would indicate.

Cut-U-Up, is run by a hulking great no necked monster, who likes to stand outside his store and glare at people until someone comes in, presumably after his concentrated mind hack has taken effect. He offers various "tribal" style cuts, with designs cut into the hair around the sides and back of the head, or for the full on urban warrior, whole head motiffs. I have not much use for a barber, since I like to wear my hair long. However, upon passing the location, I have often heard the manager, and his staff, laughing and cussing at, or with their customers, and generally showing all the understanding of customer services that your average broken telephone box usually displays.

LOL! I'll give ya the First Flag and Star on this one! Speakin of messed up names for those types of places, how bout Duds and Suds. A Bar and Laundromat combo establishment. Who'dve thought?! LOL!

There was this one hair salon I used to go to called

Architects & Heroes

I kind of liked the name... But you're right..I hate cute-sy names..or cheesy names!

a reply to: Hoosierdaddy71

Oh, man.

Tell me about... wait... you just did. Hm.

I wonder how many non-franchise coffee shops are called "mean bean" ugh. The worst hair salon name I ever seen though, and this is the honest truth, was the "Hairport" IT WASN'T EVEN NEAR AN AIRPORT!!! I went by the place for nearly a year and it never failed to irk the ish out of me. I mean, c'mon! The Hairport! Gah!

a reply to: Hoosierdaddy71

Your new coffee shop name is not cute!
Brewed awakening,,,,,,
Higher grounds,,,,,,,
Singing the brews,,,,,,,

Are these shops privately owned or just Star Bucks in disguise?

Lewis Black, The end of the Universe

a reply to: TrueBrit

I never fail to extract a jolly from your posts. Star for you my good man.

a reply to: FlyersFan

Banned!!! for making me hungry.

Hi everyone!

I always imagine that there is a story behind a business name.
My daughter and I talked about opening a little coffee-house/bistro, and would call it "The Screaming Bean".
Why?
It's a loooong story, but it makes total sense to us.
We even hook up for coffee dates, and ask each other if we have time for some 'screaming bean'.

There is probably a reason for whatever name is chosen, we just don't always know what that is.
jacygirl

I have to step up and say that I think a lot of them are cute.

Besides that, it is a great marketing tool. See how you guys remembered the names of all those places? It works.

I bet not a whole lot of people remember the names of the stores located on either side of those coffee shops nearly as well. It's kind of like those PC Matic commercials that make me want to gouge my ears out when he says "PC Matic" for the 26th time. It definitely sticks and I can also remember the number that I have never had the need to dial.

It is highly annoying, but it's like a bug in your ear.

Just make a coffee with lots of sugar and cream and some whip cream...

called it, makiaatto premafrappcino and stupids will buy it like its something cool people do.

Only thing i bought at Starbucks in my life was a water bottle.

WHy just this weekend I had a quad mocha espresso from a place called "Jitters"...

I LOVED that name for a coffee shop....

*sip*

c(_)

if I had a coffee shop I would name it the Twitch & Gulp

The worse name I ever saw was for a motel - The Dew Drop Inn

or a strip club - The Organ Grinder

a reply to: Kangaruex4Ewe

Remembered, yes.

Patronized? The mental anguish was far to brutal to forgive. Never.

I am quite the cynic, however.

a reply to: intrptr

Private owned I think.

We had a place called jitters. I liked that name cuz its not a stupid play on words..
And who said donuts! Doh!

Tsk....c'mon really??

Hooiserdaddy??

LMAO