It’s time once again to play the name game, finding businesses around San Diego that
have harnessed themselves with unique handles.
For example, where do you go when Darn Good Coffee just won’t do? It’s a Piece of Cake – an interesting name for a
bakery, but not quite as amusing as a Tierrasanta bakery called Crumbs of Paris.
Given the current state of our relations with the French government, which crumbs are they referring to?
As long as we’re on the subject of food, how about a Killer Pizza from Mars, where they promise to get the pizza to your
door from the red planet in less than 30 minutes?
And when you’re not in the mood for an expensive pizza, try a Cheesy Pizza. If it’s too cheesy, you can always drop in to
Weight Watchers.
When you walk into an Asian restaurant for the first time and it feels like you’ve been there before, it’s probably
Asia-Vu. When you walk into an Asian restaurant for the first time and it feels like you’ve been there before, it’s probably
Asia-Vu…
When you open a business, you’ve got to come up with a name that fits your neighborhood and speaks to your customer base,
which makes Spoiled Rotten the perfect name for one La Jolla clothing store.
I’m not a fan of body art at all, but you’ve got to give points for creativity to an Escondido tattoo parlor called Art
Throb.
And just down the block for Sins on Skin. I guess it’s whether it’s a venial sin or a mortal sin – depends on where you
put the tattoo.
But the double entendre award for an appropriate yet amusing name for a business has to go to one Ramona company that rents
out portable toilets called European Portable Sanitation.