Where are the punniest shop names

I’ve seen a hairdressers called “Curl Up And Dye”, and a china shop called “A. Bulliner – China Shop”.

But my favourite – not so much a Pun Name was a builders in Southall: “Patel Bros – You’ve Tried The Cowboys, Now Try The Indians”

Posted about 1 year ago by The-Saint

I like the dry cleaner in Turnham Green called Turn’em Clean

Posted about 1 year ago by Tallulahlula

Gallery Singleton.

Posted about 1 year ago by BraveNewMalden

There’s a scaffolding company near me whose name I can’t remember but whose tagline is “Come to us for your erection.”

Posted about 1 year ago by BeavisSchmeavis

Just Falafs

Posted about 1 year ago by purpaboo

Their falafs are fantastic but that shop name shoots them in the foot as they don’t sell just falafs – but other yum stuff too that’s distinctly un-falafel like. Meatballs, for instance.

falafel meatballs hunger

Posted about 1 year ago by stella

Fishcoteque, by Waterloo Station.

Posted about 1 year ago by Floatykatja

Can we veto Fish ‘n’ chip shop and hairdressers? You can’t open one of those without giving it a punny name. It’s some kind of law.

Posted about 1 year ago by BraveNewMalden

Booty Wine in Camden.

Posted about 1 year ago by Babb

To support BNM’s theory, the grotty chish and fip shop on Clapham High Street is called The Codfather.

Looks like a nice plaice.

Posted about 1 year ago by TerryB

Looks like a nice plaice

For cod’s hake.

Posted about 1 year ago by iSleepDiagonal

Also, see here

Posted about 1 year ago by iSleepDiagonal tipped with 1K

Speak up please, iSD, I am hard of herring.

Posted about 1 year ago by TerryB

Thanks ISD!

Posted about 1 year ago by stella

Not punny:

Posted about 1 year ago by purpaboo

There was a men’s fashion retailer called Burton.

As in ‘gone for a Burton’.

As in died.

It’s where undertakers would get a cheap but reasonable-looking suit from in which to dress the deceased for his last journey.

Posted about 1 year ago by BoutrosBoutrosBoutros

An ex-colleague of mine was named Gary Carless. His dad ran an eponymously-named driving school in, I think, Gateshead.

(The Gateshead part isn’t relevant, in case you’re struggling to see the connection.)

Posted about 1 year ago by BraveNewMalden

Judging by the state of my High Street, I think punny but appropriate names would be “Titsup Designer Wear”, “Fucked by All Accounts Building Society”, “Tan your Hide Beauticians”, “Money Launderette” and so on.

Okay – not exactly pithy, but you get the idea…

Posted about 1 year ago by pottytime tipped with 1K

Another punny place in Ilford, although in this case I don’t think they intended to be so, is a fast-food Kentucky Fried Chicken-style place but leaning to the Caribbean side a bit. So their sign is “Chicken, Ribs And Peas”.

honest work it out for yourself

Posted about 1 year ago by pottytime

There is a hawker stand in Singapore specialising in baked goods called ‘Bread Pitt’.

I think it’s from a film or something (and isn’t a pun) but I also like the marketing line “you’ve tried the best, now here we are!” – maybe there should be a separate thread – some of the pizza fliers we get through the door make some very funny claims…

Posted about 1 year ago by Busstopboxer