(Mostly) food truck name ideas
Punny name ideas for food trucks (and other businesses) pop into my head at the strangest moments. One time, kottke.org noticed and linked to me, which was pretty neat. I also got to talk about them in episode 17 of the Slack Variety Pack podcast, which was even neater.
- A Currant Affair
- A Minor Irrigation (landscaping company)
- Afghanistand (mall kiosk that sells blankets and throws)
- Alpacalypse Now (petting zoo)
- An Air Fare to Remember (travel fare alert service)
- A Flan For All Seasons
- A Porkalypse Bao
- All I Want For Christmas is Jus
- American Samosa
- Another One Bites the Crust
- Armed & Dungeness
- Au Gratin For All Seasons
- Bachman-Churner Overdrive (ice cream shop)
- Bacon Bad
- Ballroom Blintz
- Bark to the Future (dog kennel)
- Beam Me Up, Biscotti (bakery)
- Better Plate Than Never
- Big Girls Don’t Chai
- Bikram Yogurt
- The Birds and the Beef
- Blame It On The Grain
- Bone Thugs-n-Hominy
- Braise The Roof
- Bread Pirate Roberts
- Breakfast at Timpani’s (concession stand at a symphony hall)
- Brie’s Company
- Buenos Nachos
- Buns N’ Roses (combination bakery/flower shop name)
- Cacaophony (unpleasant chocolatier)
- C’est La Brie
- Calamari Damacy
- Celeryman
- Chai Another Day
- Chai Me A River
- Chai Times
- Challah Challah
- Challah-back Girl
- Chard To Kill
- Cheese All That
- Chips Don’t Lie
- Church Of Seitan
- Churn After Reading (ice cream truck, ideally positioned in front of a library)
- Churn Back Time (old-fashioned ice cream truck)
- Clam-o-flage
- Cocoa Cabana (beach-side chocolatier)
- Cookie of the Year
- Cous Cous, Bang Bang
- The Cumin League
- Custard’s Last Stand
- Dan Dan Revolution
- Dare We Brisket?
- Dawn of the Bread
- Dice Dice Baby (table-top gaming supply store)
- ¡Dios meow! (pet store)
- Don’t Get Curried Away
- Draught Punk
- Dungeness Liasons
- Empanada Surf
- Entrée The Giant
- Epic Wrap Battles (fusion food)
- Everything but the Grill
- Existential Bread
- Fantastic Beets and Where to Find Them
- Farro Faucet
- Faster Pussycat, Grill Grill
- Fed Zeppelin
- Fight For Your Right (To Pâté)!
- Filling Me Softly
- Fireside Chaat
- Flan in 60 Seconds
- Flan Service (Mexican snacks, delivered to your home by cosplaying couriers)
- Flan with the Wind
- Flantasic Four
- Flour Power
- Forgot About Dreidel (Hanukkah-themed rap album?)
- Freight Expectations (shipping company)
- Fresh Blintz of Bel-air
- Fries Wide Shut
- Fry Me A River
- From Dusk till Prawn
- Fuel Intentions (gas station)
- Get Quiche or Die Tryin’
- Ghee Whiz
- Girls Just Wanna Have Flan
- Glaze of Glory
- Glazed & Infused
- Gluten Tag
- Gnocchi Dokey
- Gnocchi Gnocchi Panic
- Go Ahead, Bake My Day
- Gone With The Vindaloo
- Griddle House on the Prairie
- Grill From Ipanema (Brazilian food)
- Grillin’ Me Softly
- Grills Just Wanna Have Fun (this one is from my mom)
- Grills On Film
- Guac’ ‘n’ Roll
- Guys & Dahls
- Gyroglyphics
- Hairless Whisper (80s-themed waxing salon)
- Happy Hollandaise
- Hass of Pain (Fancy french bread/avocado toast)
- Havarti in the USA
- Hoisin Control Center
- The Hokey Poke
- Hooked On A Filling (pies & filled pastries)
- Hunan After All
- Hunan Resource Department
- I Believe In A Thing Called Shrub (non-alcoholic hipster beverages)
- I Quiched a Girl
- I Pita The Fool
- If Looks Could Grill
- Impasta Syndrome
- In Cod We Trust
- Indiana Jones and the Tempeh of Doom
- It’s Your Potty, You Can Cry If You Want To (children’s book)
- Jagged Little Grill
- Jamaican Me Crazy
- Kale Caesar
- Kiln Me Softly (paint-your-own-pottery studio)
- Klaatu Burrata Nikto (scifi-themed cheese shop)
- Klaatu Burrito Nikto (scifi-themed Mexican food truck)
- Knead To Know Basis (bakery)
- Lager Than Life
- Lamb-orghini (supercar-themed lamb-focused food truck)
- Let’s Get Ready to Crumble
- Let’s Ketchup Sometime
- License To Grill
- License To Kale
- License To Kielbasa
- Lil Bao Wow
- Livin’ on the Veg (Aerosmith-themed vegetarian truck)
- Marco Pollo
- Mark of the Bistro
- Mind Over Kalamata
- Monty Python’s Life Of Brine
- Morsel Kombat
- Mötley Brëw (coffee shop and/or brewery)
- Naan In 60 Seconds
- Netflix Enchilada
- No Country For Ramen
- No Harm, No Fowl (vegan food)
- No Scone Unturned
- Nougat Served
- Nouveau Quiche
- Objet d’tart
- Ode To Soy
- Okrahoma
- Om Nom Nomelette
- Only the Provolonely
- Out Of Farm’s Way (farm-to-table restaurant)
- Panna-Cotta-Da-Vida
- Pancakes One To Know One
- Papadom Preach
- Parfait Accompli
- Pasta Dutchie (cannabis-infused Italian food?)
- Pasta La Vista
- Pasta Luego (next-day Italian food delivery)
- Penne Dreadful
- Pesto Résistance
- Pickle Me Elmo
- Pie-rates Of The Carribean
- Pilates Of The Carribean (fitness video series)
- Pita Pan
- Plaiditudes (clothing store that only sells flannel shirts)
- Planet Of The Crêpes
- Planet Of The Grapes (wine store)
- Poke Face
- Poultry In Motion
- Poutine On The Ritz
- Pretty Freight Machine (drone shipping company)
- Puddin’ On The Ritz
- ¿Qué Pasta? (fusion truck?)
- Ribdiculous
- Queso the Mondays (once-a-week nacho truck)
- Quiche from a Rose
- Rice To The Occasion
- Rice, Rice, Baby
- The Rolling Scones
- Romancing The Scone
- Rum Lola Rum (Rum-only cocktail bar; patrons can only stay for 20 minutes at a time)
- Russian Rillette
- Saigon In 60 Seconds (travel agency? might be over-promising…)
- Sake 2 Me
- San Francisco Clay Area (pottery studio)
- Satay Anything
- SeaTaco (restaurant at the Seattle airport?)
- Seabrisket
- Serendipi-Tea
- Shellfish Brat (seafood and sausages)
- Shingle Ladies (Put a Roof On It) (roofing company)
- Shoes Your Own Adventure (footwear store)
- Shwarma Chameleon
- Shwarmageddon
- Slaw & Order
- Smells Like Grenadine Spirit (grunge-themed cocktail bar)
- Smells Like Poutine Spirit
- Soccer Punch (sportsbar)
- Somebody That I Yeast To Know (Bakery and/or brewery)
- Son of a Bistro
- Soup! (There It Is)
- Spice Invaders
- Spice: The Fennel Frontier
- Steaks One to Know One
- Steaks on a Plane (presumably in an airport)
- Stewpendous
- Subpoena Coladas (bar for lawyers)
- Sushi & The Banshees
- Taco The Town
- Tagine-ie in a Bottle
- Tamari, and Tamari, and Tamari (Shakespearean-themed Japanese food truck)
- Thai Hard
- That Fish Cray
- That’s All, Yolks!
- That’s What I’m Tolkien ‘Bout (fantasy book store)
- The Absinthe-Minded Professor
- The British Aisles (UK import store)
- The Crepes Of Wrath
- The Deli Llama
- The Fast And the Curry-est
- The Feast And The Furious
- The Fennel Countdown
- The Filling Is Mutual
- The Flan Before Time
- The Gourds Must Be Crazy
- The Hunt For Bread October
- The Importance of Being Urn-est (crematorium/funeral home)
- The Lamb Before Thyme
- The Lambshank Redemption
- The Non-Stop Naan Stop (needs to be open 24/7)
- The Peas Corps (slogan: “give peas a chance”)
- The Romaines Of The Day
- The Sandwiches Of Eastwick
- The Wagyu Look Tonight (steakhouse)
- There’s No Place Like Foam (cappucino stand)
- Thyme Travel (spice shop in an airport)
- Tikka Me Elmo (Sesame Street-themed Indian restaurant)
- To Sirloin, With Love
- To Sriracha, With Love
- Toast Ride the Whip
- Toast in the Shell
- Tofu Think You Can Dance
- Trifle 65
- Turmerics Of Injera-ment
- Utter Naan Sense
- Veal With It
- Vegan Be Heroes (Just For One Day)
- Weeding Rainbow (lawncare company; donates its proceeds to literacy programs)
- Whac-A-Mole (Oaxacan cuisine)
- What About Kebab?
- What Good Shallot Do Today?
- Whisky Business
- Wholly Romaine Empire (salad truck)
- Wokamole (Chinese/Mexican fusion)
- Wok Like An Egyptian
- Wok This Way
- Wonton Destruction
- Wurst Case Scenario
- Wyld Scallions
- You Butter Believe It
- You Feta Believe It
- Za’atar Hero
I have a problem. Fortunately, I also have an understanding spouse—here are some delightful ideas from my wife, Nathalie:
- Churro Your Own Adventure
- Mission Im-pasta-bowl
- Naan Disclosure Agreement
- Raita Way
- Star-Spangled Bangers