Wayne Gretzky's, Blue Jays Way.

In other news, things are going so well in Toronto right now that journalists have nothing better to do than make short lists of bad restaurant names.

I remember working at Bloor and Sherbourne as a teen. Me and my friends would always laugh when we walked past the Spotted Dick. Good times..good times...

vexle: In other news, things are going so well in Toronto right now that journalists hack writers who won't put their name on their work have nothing better to do than make short lists of bad restaurant names.

FTFY

Obscure?

I thought #8 was Pizza Pride.

I have a lot of local places with the name Chubby in them. Then again, I live in the south.

jtown: I thought #8 was Pizza Pride.

concurannce

Ain't nothing wrong with a Chubby.

No soup Nutsy?

Good soup, but lousy name and stolen idea from seinfeld.

/base of the TD towers.

Unless you pick a name like "Explosive Diarrhea" a memorable name is much better than something completely forgettable.

"Man I had the best chicken Parmesan at this restaurant last night at this place we tried...."

"Oh yeah? What was the name of the place?"

"I dunno.... Mama somethingoranothers my girlfriend picked it .....anyway...."

There's My Chafing Dish on Spadina, Pizza Memo on College, and my favourite, Mother's Taste up in North York.

/Does not wish to know what mother tastes like.

Fizpez: Unless you pick a name like "Explosive Diarrhea" a memorable name is much better than something completely forgettable.

"Man I had the best chicken Parmesan at this restaurant last night at this place we tried...."

"Oh yeah? What was the name of the place?"

"I dunno.... Mama somethingoranothers my girlfriend picked it .....anyway...."

was it the kom jug?

Anyone else notice anything familiar in the "device" next to the name on the awning of "Fickle"?

I think even admitting I've been to Thymeless several times is saying too much, though I did once have a piece of the best birthday cake ever there.

I remember Mother Tuckers, before the name change.

WTF.....this is blocked at work???

That was a crappy list.

I've eaten at KaKa Lucky Seafood at Broadview/Gerrard and I really want to check out Gio Rana's Really Really Nice Restaurant aka "The Nose"

I miss New Ho on Spadina.

There is a restaurant in pittsburgh called "quaker steak and lube". Really? You had to invoke images of diarrhea just to make a bad joke about car maintainance. Wtf does a car have to do with a sandwich anyway?

17 Steps really is a terrible name. I used to walk past it twice, every day, for a year. It wasn't until near the end of that year I even realized it was a restaurant. I just assumed it was a shoe store.

AqueousBoy: 17 Steps really is a terrible name. I used to walk past it twice, every day, for a year. It wasn't until near the end of that year I even realized it was a restaurant. I just assumed it was a shoe store.

It's a recovery program for alcoholics who like prime numbers.

Guu?

/Love love love tropicana

Salieri_82: There's My Chafing Dish on Spadina, Pizza Memo on College, and my favourite, Mother's Taste up in North York.

/Does not wish to know what mother tastes like.

We won't tell you, then.

voodoohotdog: Anyone else notice anything familiar in the "device" next to the name on the awning of "Fickle"?

Off topic, but that's an odd fark handle you got there.

AqueousBoy: 17 Steps really is a terrible name. I used to walk past it twice, every day, for a year. It wasn't until near the end of that year I even realized it was a restaurant. I just assumed it was a shoe store.

Which is a shame, because it's actually a surprisingly good restaurant. My wife and I just ordered a variety of appetisers and ended up having to get seconds of a couple things. Plus desert, which we hardly ever do.

Anyway, highly recommended.

Cambridge, MA

FTA: Guu. Everybody loves Guu, but it must be said: it's a terrible name. Brings up images of Nickelodeon and You Can't do That on Television.

That's slime. Idiot. Get your references right.

To me, it's Janusz Poha's line in Ghostbusters II (new window). And any chick at the end of a porn scene.

Cock of the Walk (new window)


Yeah, that's right I said COCK!

/ball walking?

I've eaten at Pizza Pide. It's good. It's Turkish Lahmacun.

This list is hardly exhaustive so I'll throw in my two cents:
1. Ka Ka Lucky Seafood BBQ Restaurant and Gerrard and Broadview - decent BBQ pork and soy chicken on rice.
2. The Burger's Priest at Queen and Coxwell. Good burgers, awkward name.

The old lady just told me she could really go for Sum Yung Gai. Please tell me that's an actual chinese food specialty.

Number Two.

I wonder if they have a Number Six Restaurant, too.

Best named restaurant in Toronto: Sneaky Dee's.

Sneaky Dee's (new window)

Not a restaurant, but it is a complete font failure.
Google "Megaflicks" images...
enjoy.

Of that list, I've only eaten at The Spotted Dick.

It is resoundingly meh.

GavinTheAlmighty: Of that list, I've only eaten at The Spotted Dick.

It is resoundingly meh.

Seconded.

/the place went straight down hill after being sold years ago
//miss Toronto
///NOT

I don't know if this happens in Toronto, but there are about 4 places near me named Pho Bo Ga La, all different.

I love calling this place for take out and hearing some lady scream out the name really fast.

No mention of Fuk Yu?

Bondith: No mention of Fuk Yu?

Fuk Yu? No...

cynicalbastard: The old lady just told me she could really go for Sum Yung Gai. Please tell me that's an actual chinese food specialty.



Sum Yum Gai (new window)


I don't if it's real.

GavinTheAlmighty: Of that list, I've only eaten at The Spotted Dick.

It is resoundingly meh.

Try Guu sometime. If its a branch of the restaurants out here in Vancouver, it's a kickass izakaya. Funny name, great food, lots of booze.

List fails for missing The Sailor's Dickey on Younge street.

gregory311: Best named restaurant in Toronto: Sneaky Dee's.

Sneaky Dee's (new window)

Only because it's been known for decades as "Sneaky Diseases" due to the Mexican "specials" made by three generations of Greeks.

In related news, I have been snarfing the food at Kom Jug Yuen for so long that they recognize my voice...and my order...when I call in for a pick-up.

The reason I do that is because you really don't want to have to use the washrooms at Kom Jug Yuen. Really. Nothing short of fire would clean up that horror.

It's also the only place I've ever eaten where I've seen a furry streak leave the kitchen at speed followed by an ancient, infuriated Chinese grandma wielding a cleaver.

I figure if it doesn't kill me to eat there, it'll make me stronger.