Best or funny bar names in your area

[badinage]

 

[rufus.K]

There is a bar in Rotorua NZ called the 'Pig and Whistle'... I've not been to it though
my old band used to play in a place called "Paddy Sweenys Good B@stards Bar' in Christchurch NZ, but it has long since changed names

Missed it when I visited Rotorua ca. 1990. But I'll never forget the steam escaping through cracks in the asphalt.

There used to be a "Pig & Whistle Diner" in Brighton MA (the westernmost neighborhood of Boston), just a couple block from our rehearsal space. Named, I'm told, because it was located near a former stockyard where the bacon of tomorrow would embark and disembark.

Back to the bars, I logged some hours at the El Phoenix Room, down the hill from my apt. off Comm Ave in Brighton. There's an establishment near the hospital in New London CT called "The Recovery Room." Excellent pizza. To the west in Old Saybrook, I remember a place called "The Library Lounge."

There's a Pig & Whistle in LA, I've played there.
The Good Hurt (Mar Vista)
The Local Peasant (Woodland Hills)
TRiP (Santa Monica)

 

[portpc]

There was a joint close to me called the "Hairy Lemon." I recall in the 1980's while serving in the USAF while on assignment in Tucson going to the aptly named 'Road to Ruin" bar there.. We had to carry one of our fellows out of there who passed out while eating dinner.

 

[Bunk McNulty]

The Quarters is a bar in Hadley MA that features old pinball machines and items like Asteroids and Pac Man. Way too small for live music.

Invalid Link Removed in Northampton is, like, famous. Years ago, it was where you walked to get to the other side of the tracks at the train station; now it's one of these places that makes its own bitters, etc.

 

[DblG]

My first gig in 1988 was called the Stop Inn. No longer there, but was a cool name.

 

[brianrost]

Some from here in Massachusetts where I've played:

The Happy Swallow
Tavern at the End of the World
Hangover Pub

 

[Milo Spleen]

There was a place in Portland Or. called No Dogs Allowed. Known by us because of $.10 beer night (I'll have 50 beers!). I was there once with the guys and were outnumbered 10-1 and we were the life of the party.

 

[mahsidivad]

There's a gentleman's club a few towns over called 'The Tender Trap' (never been...) Anyway, when you break down the innuendo its:

Tender (currency) Trap (where your money goes)
Tender Trap (those naughty bits you almost see, and just might if hand more of your tender to the trap).

Probably the best, boldest and more honest name in the history of written language.

 

[Zooberwerx]

Never been there but I want the t-shirt:

Dick's Halfway Inn

 

[mrjim123]

Five Star Dive Bar

 

[Passinwind]

To the west in Old Saybrook, I remember a place called "The Library Lounge."

Yep, an ex-GF of mine used to work there a zillion years ago.

 

[dalkowski]

Yep, an ex-GF of mine used to work there a zillion years ago.

Even money she shut me off at least once.

 

[Wannabebass]

The

Never been there but I want the t-shirt:

Dick's Halfway Inn

Got a street in Toronto called Coxwell Ave...also have a bar called the Coxwell Inn... do the math. Also another one called "The Prenup"...never quite understood that one...

 

[BargeOn]

I'm sure I posted this elsewhere but, in my home town in central PA yrs ago:
Verdini's Chinese restaurant

Yep. Open the menu, spaghetti on one side, chop suey on the other.

 

[5StringBlues]

Houston Texas used to have a pig and whistle. We still have the rehab bar! And any place that calls itself and ultra lounge is going to get a laugh out of me. Sarcastically.

 

[DanDBassist]

My Brother's Place
Bashful Bandit (a real biker's bar)
Weird Harolds

 

[BluesWalker]

The Cow Shed in San Marcos, CA

 

[Milo Spleen]

The Talk of the Town in Gallup NM. It was nothing of the sort.