namemyrestaurantfilter: My husband and I have been planning on owning a restaurant for the last 15 years. Now that we are finally at the stage of getting incorporated, we can't come up with a name.
I always thought we'd find inspiration in the location, but I'm completely blanking. The street name is dull, the town name too common, and local historic names don't work. The building's prior use was as a private club with the town's name. Boring.
We'll be doing American comfort food, some southern influence, with a gourmet slant at dinner. It's a small college town in the Northeast, and we're hoping to showcase a lot of local foods and growers. We'll also do some beer tasting events and catering.
My one inspiration was to take the Latin word for onion (a rip-off of
Vidalia), but there is already an Allium in Ottawa, which is very close to us. My husband thinks we should make use of our daughter's name, Claire. Don't ask how we'll explain that to our son. Once upon a time we were going to name it Saffron, which is why I have this user name, but the name no longer fits the cuisine.
Any other suggestions? Or other methods for coming up with a name?
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There was a place where I used to live called "My friend's place" which was always clever if you ask me..."hey lets go eat at 'My Friend's Place'"
I don't have a name for you but how about thinking up one this way "If _______ were to name a restaurant, what would he/she name it?" Then insert someone you admire in the blank to get some creative juices flowing.
This has helped me out when I'm stumped before, too. Just a thought.
Good luck!
posted by Hands of Manos at 5:19 PM on December 20, 2006