"Sheryl Rosen" > wrote in message
...
>
> Now this is something I've been thinking about posting here, but
haven'thad
> the opportunity until now.
>
> I do not care for this new trend of naming restaurants, stores, etc one
word
> names.
>
> There is a restaurant nearby me called "Wish". Silly.
>
> I have heard of many new, trendy restaurants in NYC, especially, being
named
> with one-word names. Here's a samplling from "Citysearch.com"
>
> Mix March Hunters Jane
> Veritas Icon Punch Taste Deborah
> Sage Alias Relish Village Clove
> Zoe Anytime Craft First Prune Town Josephina
> WD-50 Pop Thalia Inside Jefferson Compass
> Merge Pfiff Amuse Thom Elmo Butter No.9
> Choice Nikki Eugene Charlotte Demi Public
> Island

There are 12,000 restaurants in the city. Maybe they ran out of names.

>
>
> Enough!!!! (there's probably a restaurant named "Enough" somewhere, too,
if
> not, yet, there will be, soon).
>
> When did this trend start?
> Does anyone agree it's pretentious?

Not really. What's it pretending to be?

>
> It's one thing to name a restaurant "Elmo's". One would assume either the
> chef or the owner were named "Elmo". It makes sense. It's like saying
> "Elmo's restaurant", only the "restaurant" part is understood. That's
cool.
> That works. It's descriptive. But the restaurant is just called "Elmo".
> Like it's a person. Strikes me as pretentious with a capital P.
>
> And really, who would want to eat at a restaurant named "PRUNE"? Or
"Pfiff"?

haha, Prune in NYC is one of the best places I've dined at in the last
couple of years. I look at the menu, not the name of the restaurant.

>
> I am obviously not up on what's hip, chic and trendy, thankfully, because
I
> think the new naming style is goofy and silly.

Girl, you are soo 10 minutes ago...

>
> Your bakery should be called "Michael's European Bakery". Because that's
> what it is. It says everything the name of a business needs to say: "This
> is a bakery. We sell baked goods like those found in Europe. Michael owns
> it." And when you branch out into soup and sandwiches, add the words "and
> Deli" to the sign!!!
>
> Voila!
>
> One logically named bakery.
>

You must work with computers.

Jack Logic