ideas & ramblings

(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.

  1. A Currant Affair
  2. A Minor Irrigation (landscaping company)
  3. Afghanistand (mall kiosk that sells blankets and throws)
  4. Alpacalypse Now (petting zoo)
  5. An Air Fare to Remember (travel fare alert service)
  6. A Flan For All Seasons
  7. A Porkalypse Bao
  8. All I Want For Christmas is Jus
  9. American Samosa
  10. Another One Bites the Crust
  11. Armed & Dungeness
  12. Au Gratin For All Seasons
  13. Bachman-Churner Overdrive (ice cream shop)
  14. Bacon Bad
  15. Ballroom Blintz
  16. Bark to the Future (dog kennel)
  17. Beam Me Up, Biscotti (bakery)
  18. Better Plate Than Never
  19. Big Girls Don’t Chai
  20. Bikram Yogurt
  21. The Birds and the Beef
  22. Blame It On The Grain
  23. Bone Thugs-n-Hominy
  24. Braise The Roof
  25. Bread Pirate Roberts
  26. Breakfast at Timpani’s (concession stand at a symphony hall)
  27. Brie’s Company
  28. Buenos Nachos
  29. Buns N’ Roses (combination bakery/flower shop name)
  30. Cacaophony (unpleasant chocolatier)
  31. C’est La Brie
  32. Calamari Damacy
  33. Celeryman
  34. Chai Another Day
  35. Chai Me A River
  36. Chai Times
  37. Challah Challah
  38. Challah-back Girl
  39. Chard To Kill
  40. Cheese All That
  41. Chips Don’t Lie
  42. Church Of Seitan
  43. Churn After Reading (ice cream truck, ideally positioned in front of a library)
  44. Churn Back Time (old-fashioned ice cream truck)
  45. Clam-o-flage
  46. Cocoa Cabana (beach-side chocolatier)
  47. Cookie of the Year
  48. Cous Cous, Bang Bang
  49. The Cumin League
  50. Custard’s Last Stand
  51. Dan Dan Revolution
  52. Dare We Brisket?
  53. Dawn of the Bread
  54. Dice Dice Baby (table-top gaming supply store)
  55. ¡Dios meow! (pet store)
  56. Dim Sum All Ye Faithful
  57. Don’t Get Curried Away
  58. Draught Punk
  59. Dungeness Liasons
  60. Empanada Surf
  61. Entrée The Giant
  62. Epic Wrap Battles (fusion food)
  63. Everything but the Grill
  64. Existential Bread
  65. Fantastic Beets and Where to Find Them
  66. Farro Faucet
  67. Faster Pussycat, Grill Grill
  68. Fed Zeppelin
  69. Fight For Your Right (To Pâté)!
  70. Filling Me Softly
  71. Fireside Chaat
  72. Flan in 60 Seconds
  73. Flan Service (Mexican snacks, delivered to your home by cosplaying couriers)
  74. Flan with the Wind
  75. Flantasic Four
  76. Flour Power
  77. Forgot About Dreidel (Hanukkah-themed rap album?)
  78. Freight Expectations (shipping company)
  79. Fresh Blintz of Bel-air
  80. Fries Wide Shut
  81. Fry Me A River
  82. From Dusk till Prawn
  83. Fuel Intentions (gas station)
  84. Get Quiche or Die Tryin’
  85. Ghee Whiz
  86. Girls Just Wanna Have Flan
  87. Glaze of Glory
  88. Glazed & Infused
  89. Gluten Tag
  90. Gnocchi Dokey
  91. Gnocchi Gnocchi Panic
  92. Go Ahead, Bake My Day
  93. Gone With The Vindaloo
  94. Griddle House on the Prairie
  95. Grill From Ipanema (Brazilian food)
  96. Grillin’ Me Softly
  97. Grills Just Wanna Have Fun (this one is from my mom)
  98. Grills On Film
  99. Guac’ ‘n’ Roll
  100. Guys & Dahls
  101. Gyroglyphics
  102. Hairless Whisper (80s-themed waxing salon)
  103. Happy Hollandaise
  104. Hass of Pain (Fancy french bread/avocado toast)
  105. Havarti in the USA
  106. Hoisin Control Center
  107. The Hokey Poke
  108. Hooked On A Filling (pies & filled pastries)
  109. Hunan After All
  110. Hunan Resource Department
  111. I Believe In A Thing Called Shrub (non-alcoholic hipster beverages)
  112. I Quiched a Girl
  113. I Pita The Fool
  114. If Looks Could Grill
  115. Impasta Syndrome
  116. In Cod We Trust
  117. Indiana Jones and the Tempeh of Doom
  118. It’s Your Potty, You Can Cry If You Want To (children’s book)
  119. Jagged Little Grill
  120. Jamaican Me Crazy
  121. Kale Caesar
  122. Kiln Me Softly (paint-your-own-pottery studio)
  123. Klaatu Burrata Nikto (scifi-themed cheese shop)
  124. Klaatu Burrito Nikto (scifi-themed Mexican food truck)
  125. Knead To Know Basis (bakery)
  126. Lager Than Life
  127. Lamb-orghini (supercar-themed lamb-focused food truck)
  128. Let’s Get Ready to Crumble
  129. Let’s Ketchup Sometime
  130. License To Grill
  131. License To Kale
  132. License To Kielbasa
  133. Lil Bao Wow
  134. Livin’ Sous Vide Loca
  135. Livin’ on the Veg (Aerosmith-themed vegetarian truck)
  136. Marco Pollo
  137. Mark of the Bistro
  138. Mind Over Kalamata
  139. Monty Python’s Life Of Brine
  140. Morsel Kombat
  141. Mötley Brëw (coffee shop and/or brewery)
  142. Naan In 60 Seconds
  143. Netflix Enchilada
  144. No Country For Ramen
  145. No Harm, No Fowl (vegan food)
  146. No Scone Unturned
  147. Nougat Served
  148. Nouveau Quiche
  149. Objet d’tart
  150. Ode To Soy
  151. Okrahoma
  152. Om Nom Nomelette
  153. Only the Provolonely
  154. Out Of Farm’s Way (farm-to-table restaurant)
  155. Panna-Cotta-Da-Vida
  156. Pancakes One To Know One
  157. Papadom Preach
  158. Parfait Accompli
  159. Pasta Dutchie (cannabis-infused Italian food?)
  160. Pasta La Vista
  161. Pasta Luego (next-day Italian food delivery)
  162. Penne Dreadful
  163. Pesto Résistance
  164. Pickle Me Elmo
  165. Pie-rates Of The Carribean
  166. Pilates Of The Carribean (fitness video series)
  167. Pita Pan
  168. Plaiditudes (clothing store that only sells flannel shirts)
  169. Planet Of The Crêpes
  170. Planet Of The Grapes (wine store)
  171. Poke Face
  172. Poultry In Motion
  173. Poutine On The Ritz
  174. Pretty Freight Machine (drone shipping company)
  175. Puddin’ On The Ritz
  176. ¿Qué Pasta? (fusion truck?)
  177. Ribdiculous
  178. Queso the Mondays (once-a-week nacho truck)
  179. Quiche from a Rose
  180. Rice To The Occasion
  181. Rice, Rice, Baby
  182. The Rolling Scones
  183. Romancing The Scone
  184. Rum Lola Rum (Rum-only cocktail bar; patrons can only stay for 20 minutes at a time)
  185. Russian Rillette
  186. Saigon In 60 Seconds (travel agency? might be over-promising…)
  187. Sake 2 Me
  188. San Francisco Clay Area (pottery studio)
  189. Satay Anything
  190. SeaTaco (restaurant at the Seattle airport?)
  191. Seabrisket
  192. Serendipi-Tea
  193. Shellfish Brat (seafood and sausages)
  194. Shingle Ladies (Put a Roof On It) (roofing company)
  195. Shoes Your Own Adventure (footwear store)
  196. Shwarma Chameleon
  197. Shwarmageddon
  198. Slaw & Order
  199. Smells Like Grenadine Spirit (grunge-themed cocktail bar)
  200. Smells Like Poutine Spirit
  201. Soccer Punch (sportsbar)
  202. Somebody That I Yeast To Know (Bakery and/or brewery)
  203. Son of a Bistro
  204. Soup! (There It Is)
  205. Spice Invaders
  206. Spice: The Fennel Frontier
  207. Steaks One to Know One
  208. Steaks on a Plane (presumably in an airport)
  209. Stewpendous
  210. Subpoena Coladas (bar for lawyers)
  211. Sushi & The Banshees
  212. Taco The Town
  213. Tagine-ie in a Bottle
  214. Tamari, and Tamari, and Tamari (Shakespearean-themed Japanese food truck)
  215. Thai Hard
  216. That Fish Cray
  217. That’s All, Yolks!
  218. That’s What I’m Tolkien ‘Bout (fantasy book store)
  219. The Absinthe-Minded Professor
  220. The British Aisles (UK import store)
  221. The Crepes Of Wrath
  222. The Deli Llama
  223. The Fast And the Curry-est
  224. The Feast And The Furious
  225. The Fennel Countdown
  226. The Filling Is Mutual
  227. The Flan Before Time
  228. The Gourds Must Be Crazy
  229. The Hunt For Bread October
  230. The Importance of Being Urn-est (crematorium/funeral home)
  231. The Lamb Before Thyme
  232. The Lambshank Redemption
  233. The Non-Stop Naan Stop (needs to be open 24/7)
  234. The Peas Corps (slogan: “give peas a chance”)
  235. The Romaines Of The Day
  236. The Sandwiches Of Eastwick
  237. The Wagyu Look Tonight (steakhouse)
  238. There’s No Place Like Foam (cappucino stand)
  239. Thyme Travel (spice shop in an airport)
  240. Tikka Me Elmo (Sesame Street-themed Indian restaurant)
  241. To Sirloin, With Love
  242. To Sriracha, With Love
  243. Toast Ride the Whip
  244. Toast in the Shell
  245. Tofu Think You Can Dance
  246. Trifle 65
  247. Turmerics Of Injera-ment
  248. Utter Naan Sense
  249. Veal With It
  250. Vegan Be Heroes (Just For One Day)
  251. Weeding Rainbow (lawncare company; donates its proceeds to literacy programs)
  252. Whac-A-Mole (Oaxacan cuisine)
  253. What About Kebab?
  254. What Good Shallot Do Today?
  255. Whisky Business
  256. Wholly Romaine Empire (salad truck)
  257. Wokamole (Chinese/Mexican fusion)
  258. Wok Like An Egyptian
  259. Wok This Way
  260. Wonton Destruction
  261. Wurst Case Scenario
  262. Wyld Scallions
  263. You Butter Believe It
  264. You Feta Believe It
  265. Za’atar Hero

I have a problem. Fortunately, I also have an understanding spouse—here are some delightful ideas from my wife, Nathalie:

  1. Churro Your Own Adventure
  2. Mission Im-pasta-bowl
  3. Naan Disclosure Agreement
  4. Raita Way
  5. Star-Spangled Bangers