More Mercantile Mischief
Scores of you have sent me emails that flag artful, whimsical and just plain eccentric business names that currently exist or once existed. As promised, I’ll occasionally share some of those.
This week’s winners:
A plumbing company in Ithaca, N.Y., called the Drain Brain (thanks to Christine Sheola of Ithaca for flagging this)
A therapeutic massage business in Aiken, S.C., called — you can see it coming! — My Aiken Body (Mary Azoy, Chapel Hill, N.C.)
A tailoring shop in Toronto called Boulevard of Broken Seams (Janet Sailian, Fort Myers Beach, Fla., and JoAnne Harrop, Toronto)
A tattoo removal service in Denver called What Were You Inking (Athalie White, Milton, Ga.)
A manicurist in Brooklyn, N.Y., called You’ve Got Nail (Will Everett, Queens, N.Y.)
A cafe in Oakland, Calif., called the Edible Complex (Sherri Hallgren, Andover, Mass.)
An Asian fusion restaurant in Rehoboth Beach, Del., called Saketumi (Jerry Graff, Ocean View, Del.)
Dozens of you have also sent in business names that, in a world even more playful and imaginative than ours, would exist. Those include:
An orthopedic shoe store called I Stand Corrected (Leslie Bell, Signal Mountain, Tenn.)
A restaurant showcasing a crab especially prevalent in the Pacific Northwest called Dungeness Liaisons (Dave Fisher, Olympia, Wash.)
More Mercantile Mischief
Scores of you have sent me emails that flag artful, whimsical and just plain eccentric business names that currently exist or once existed. As promised, I’ll occasionally share some of those.
This week’s winners:
A plumbing company in Ithaca, N.Y., called the Drain Brain (thanks to Christine Sheola of Ithaca for flagging this)
A therapeutic massage business in Aiken, S.C., called — you can see it coming! — My Aiken Body (Mary Azoy, Chapel Hill, N.C.)
A tailoring shop in Toronto called Boulevard of Broken Seams (Janet Sailian, Fort Myers Beach, Fla., and JoAnne Harrop, Toronto)
A tattoo removal service in Denver called What Were You Inking (Athalie White, Milton, Ga.)
A manicurist in Brooklyn, N.Y., called You’ve Got Nail (Will Everett, Queens, N.Y.)
A cafe in Oakland, Calif., called the Edible Complex (Sherri Hallgren, Andover, Mass.)
An Asian fusion restaurant in Rehoboth Beach, Del., called Saketumi (Jerry Graff, Ocean View, Del.)
Dozens of you have also sent in business names that, in a world even more playful and imaginative than ours, would exist. Those include:
An orthopedic shoe store called I Stand Corrected (Leslie Bell, Signal Mountain, Tenn.)
A restaurant showcasing a crab especially prevalent in the Pacific Northwest called Dungeness Liaisons (Dave Fisher, Olympia, Wash.)
