File this under "What Not to Name Your Seafood Restaurant." We just got back from a week in Maine where there's a seafood and/or lobster shack every 100 yards. Driving through Brunswick, Maine, I actually saw a joint called "Something's Fishy." How unappetizing. Why not just call it, "This Place Stinks of Rotting Fish"?
Ironically, the place actually gets pretty good reviews. Counter-marketing anyone?
I wish I'd grabbed a photo, but alas I was driving, and the place was in my field of vision for but a few seconds.
That wasn't the only poorly named seafood emporium we saw. How does "The Muddy Rudder" strike you? Believe it or not, it's a fine dining establishment also near Bath. It looks from its website like a fine establishment, but, really, what an odd name.
Much more on Maine eats to come.
You're back! We've missed your food blogs. As for bad restaurant names, even though I helped them with PR for years, I always thought The Rusty Scupper needed a new name. Somehow "rust" and "seafood" don't go together.
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