The roadside is littered with ordinary places bearing odd names, sometimes very odd. Here are 600 of the best head scratchers, many of these stores with funny names contributed by public-spirited readers of Interesting Ideas. Thanks and many tips o’ the hat for making the Grog N Groc Hall of Fame what it is today.
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The latest additions to the collection here.
- Crazy Store Names: Good Enough
- Crazy Store Names: A-C
- Crazy Store Names: Just Stuff And Things
- Crazy Store Names: D-G
- Crazy Store Names: That’s Mister Store to You
- Crazy Store Names: H-K
- Crazy Store Names: Odd Combinations
- Crazy Store Names: L-N
- Crazy Store Names: The N Word
- Crazy Store Names: O-S
- Crazy Store Names: Um, What Do You Mean?
- Crazy Store Names: T-Z
- Crazy Store Names: Funereal Splendor
- Bizarre Bazaars: Locations and Thanks
- Nominate A Weird Store Name
&pizza…Washington DC area
Smashy Hand Car Wash — 5006 N Clark St, Chicago
Souvla King — in the background of a scene in the movie Manhattan.
Brick & Brew, Franklin, NJ
Store: Money to Buy. Seen in opening shot of Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 14
I just remembered a place I used to go in the 70s…Sol & Sol Deli in Englewood, NJ.
Cum Park Plaza- a shopping center in Mebane, NC
In Rochester,MN in the 1970s. There was a real estate office on the main drag (Broadway) with orange neon sign “ C Gordy Suk”
Enjoyed your talk at Chicago Prime Timers. Today as I was walking on Michigan Avenue I noticed a crazy bar/restaurant name. About Last Knife.
That’s a good one. They must have spent all afternoon coming up with that name! Thanks.