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Default Strange names for restaurants

"arthur alexander" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:44:05 -0500, "MareCat"
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>>> There is a Chinese restaurant near me called PIERRE'S....SF
>>> Peninsula....it tickles me every time I drive by. Do you know of any
>>> funny/different names?

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>>Two restaurants in Houston that come to mind:
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>>Fukim (Chinese) and
>>Crapitto's (Italian)
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>>Mary

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> How 'bout Frenchie's Italian Restaurant in Webster?


Yeah, that is a funny name for an Italian place. I attended a wedding
reception there once. Isn't that a favorite spot for astronauts at nearby
NASA?


> Or the bathing suit shop called the Wet Spot?


LOL. I think I've heard of that place. Is it in The Village?

Mary