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. Aisle of Dogs (pet shop)
  9. All I Want For Christmas is Jus
  10. American Samosa
  11. Another One Bites the Crust
  12. Armed & Dungeness
  13. Au Gratin For All Seasons
  14. Bachman-Churner Overdrive (ice cream shop)
  15. Bacon Bad
  16. Ballroom Blintz
  17. Bark to the Future (dog kennel)
  18. Beam Me Up, Biscotti (bakery)
  19. Better Plate Than Never
  20. Big Girls Don’t Chai
  21. Bikram Yogurt
  22. The Birds and the Beef
  23. Blame It On The Grain
  24. Bone Thugs-n-Hominy
  25. Braise The Roof
  26. Bread Pirate Roberts
  27. Breakfast at Timpani’s (concession stand at a symphony hall)
  28. Brewed Awakening (high-caffeine coffee shop)
  29. Brie’s Company
  30. Buenos Nachos
  31. Buns N’ Roses (combination bakery/flower shop name)
  32. Cacaophony (unpleasant chocolatier)
  33. C’est La Brie
  34. Calamari Damacy
  35. Celeryman
  36. Chai Another Day
  37. Chai Me A River
  38. Chai Times
  39. Challah Challah
  40. Challah-back Girl
  41. Chard To Kill
  42. Cheese All That
  43. Chips Don’t Lie
  44. Church Of Seitan
  45. Churn After Reading (ice cream truck, ideally positioned in front of a library)
  46. Churn Back Time (old-fashioned ice cream truck)
  47. Clam-o-flage
  48. Cocoa Cabana (beach-side chocolatier)
  49. Cookie of the Year
  50. Cous Cous, Bang Bang
  51. The Cumin League
  52. Custard’s Last Stand
  53. Dan Dan Revolution
  54. Dare We Brisket?
  55. Dawn of the Bread
  56. Dice Dice Baby (table-top gaming supply store)
  57. ¡Dios meow! (pet store)
  58. Dim Sum All Ye Faithful
  59. Don’t Get Curried Away
  60. Draught Punk
  61. Dungeness Liasons
  62. Empanada Surf
  63. Entrée The Giant
  64. Epic Wrap Battles (fusion food)
  65. Everything but the Grill
  66. Existential Bread
  67. Fantastic Beets and Where to Find Them
  68. Farro Faucet
  69. Faster Pussycat, Grill Grill
  70. Fed Zeppelin
  71. Fight For Your Right (To Pâté)!
  72. Filling Me Softly
  73. Fireside Chaat
  74. Flan in 60 Seconds
  75. Flan Service (Mexican snacks, delivered to your home by cosplaying couriers)
  76. Flan with the Wind
  77. Flantasic Four
  78. Flour Power
  79. Forgot About Dreidel (Hanukkah-themed rap album?)
  80. Freight Expectations (shipping company)
  81. Fresh Blintz of Bel-air
  82. Fries Wide Shut
  83. Fry Me A River
  84. From Dusk till Prawn
  85. Fuel Intentions (gas station)
  86. Get Quiche or Die Tryin’
  87. Ghee Whiz
  88. Girls Just Wanna Have Flan
  89. Glaze of Glory
  90. Glazed & Infused
  91. Gluten Tag
  92. Gnocchi Dokey
  93. Gnocchi Gnocchi Panic
  94. Go Ahead, Bake My Day
  95. Gone With The Vindaloo
  96. Griddle House on the Prairie
  97. Grill From Ipanema (Brazilian food)
  98. Grillin’ Me Softly
  99. Grills Just Wanna Have Fun (this one is from my mom)
  100. Grills On Film
  101. Guac’ ‘n’ Roll
  102. Guys & Dahls
  103. Gyroglyphics
  104. Hairless Whisper (80s-themed waxing salon)
  105. Happy Hollandaise
  106. Hass of Pain (Fancy french bread/avocado toast)
  107. Havarti in the USA
  108. Hoisin Control Center
  109. The Hokey Poke
  110. Hooked On A Filling (pies & filled pastries)
  111. Hunan After All
  112. Hunan Resource Department
  113. I Believe In A Thing Called Shrub (non-alcoholic hipster beverages)
  114. I Quiched a Girl
  115. I Pita The Fool
  116. If Looks Could Grill
  117. Impasta Syndrome
  118. In Cod We Trust
  119. Indiana Jones and the Tempeh of Doom
  120. It’s Your Potty, You Can Cry If You Want To (children’s book)
  121. Jagged Little Grill
  122. Jamaican Me Crazy
  123. Kale Caesar
  124. Kiln Me Softly (paint-your-own-pottery studio)
  125. Klaatu Burrata Nikto (scifi-themed cheese shop)
  126. Klaatu Burrito Nikto (scifi-themed Mexican food truck)
  127. Knead To Know Basis (bakery)
  128. Lager Than Life
  129. Lamb-orghini (supercar-themed lamb-focused food truck)
  130. Let’s Get Ready to Crumble
  131. Let’s Ketchup Sometime
  132. License To Grill
  133. License To Kale
  134. License To Kielbasa
  135. Lil Bao Wow
  136. Livin’ Sous Vide Loca
  137. Livin’ on the Veg (Aerosmith-themed vegetarian truck)
  138. Marco Pollo
  139. Mark of the Bistro
  140. ¿Mi Queso Su Queso?
  141. Mind Over Kalamata
  142. Monty Python’s Life Of Brine
  143. Morsel Kombat
  144. Mötley Brëw (coffee shop and/or brewery)
  145. Naan In 60 Seconds
  146. Netflix Enchilada
  147. No Country For Ramen
  148. No Harm, No Fowl (vegan food)
  149. No Scone Unturned
  150. Nougat Served
  151. Nouveau Quiche
  152. Objet d’tart
  153. Ode To Soy
  154. Okrahoma
  155. Om Nom Nomelette
  156. Only the Provolonely
  157. Out Of Farm’s Way (farm-to-table restaurant)
  158. Panna-Cotta-Da-Vida
  159. Pancakes One To Know One
  160. Papadom Preach
  161. Parfait Accompli
  162. Pasta Dutchie (cannabis-infused Italian food?)
  163. Pasta La Vista
  164. Pasta Luego (next-day Italian food delivery)
  165. Penne Dreadful
  166. Pesto Résistance
  167. Pickle Me Elmo
  168. Pie-rates Of The Carribean
  169. Pilates Of The Carribean (fitness video series)
  170. Pita Pan
  171. Plaiditudes (clothing store that only sells flannel shirts)
  172. Planet Of The Crêpes
  173. Planet Of The Grapes (wine store)
  174. Poke Face
  175. Poultry In Motion
  176. Poutine On The Ritz
  177. Pretty Freight Machine (drone shipping company)
  178. Puddin’ On The Ritz
  179. ¿Qué Pasta? (fusion truck?)
  180. Ribdiculous
  181. Qué Shiraz Shiraz
  182. Queso the Mondays (once-a-week nacho truck)
  183. Quiche from a Rose
  184. Rice To The Occasion
  185. Rice, Rice, Baby
  186. The Rolling Scones
  187. Romancing The Scone
  188. Rum Lola Rum (Rum-only cocktail bar; patrons can only stay for 20 minutes at a time)
  189. Russian Rillette
  190. Saigon In 60 Seconds (travel agency? might be over-promising…)
  191. Sake 2 Me
  192. San Francisco Clay Area (pottery studio)
  193. Satay Anything
  194. SeaTaco (restaurant at the Seattle airport?)
  195. Seabrisket
  196. Serendipi-Tea
  197. Shellfish Brat (seafood and sausages)
  198. Shingle Ladies (Put a Roof On It) (roofing company)
  199. Shoes Your Own Adventure (footwear store)
  200. Shwarma Chameleon
  201. Shwarmageddon
  202. Slaw & Order
  203. Smells Like Grenadine Spirit (grunge-themed cocktail bar)
  204. Smells Like Poutine Spirit
  205. Soccer Punch (sportsbar)
  206. Somebody That I Yeast To Know (Bakery and/or brewery)
  207. Son of a Bistro
  208. Soup! (There It Is)
  209. Spice Invaders
  210. Spice: The Fennel Frontier
  211. Steaks One to Know One
  212. Steaks on a Plane (presumably in an airport)
  213. Stewpendous
  214. Subpoena Coladas (bar for lawyers)
  215. Sushi & The Banshees
  216. Taco The Town
  217. Tagine-ie in a Bottle
  218. Tamari, and Tamari, and Tamari (Shakespearean-themed Japanese food truck)
  219. Thai Hard
  220. That Fish Cray
  221. That’s All, Yolks!
  222. That’s What I’m Tolkien ‘Bout (fantasy book store)
  223. The Absinthe-Minded Professor
  224. The British Aisles (UK import store)
  225. The Crepes Of Wrath
  226. The Deli Llama
  227. The Fast And the Curry-est
  228. The Feast And The Furious
  229. The Fennel Countdown
  230. The Filling Is Mutual
  231. The Flan Before Time
  232. The Gourds Must Be Crazy
  233. The Hunt For Bread October
  234. The Importance of Being Urn-est (crematorium/funeral home)
  235. The Lamb Before Thyme
  236. The Lambshank Redemption
  237. The Non-Stop Naan Stop (needs to be open 24/7)
  238. The Peas Corps (slogan: “give peas a chance”)
  239. The Romaines Of The Day
  240. The Sandwiches Of Eastwick
  241. The Wagyu Look Tonight (steakhouse)
  242. There’s No Place Like Foam (cappucino stand)
  243. Thyme Travel (spice shop in an airport)
  244. Tikka Me Elmo (Sesame Street-themed Indian restaurant)
  245. To Sirloin, With Love
  246. To Sriracha, With Love
  247. Toast Ride the Whip
  248. Toast in the Shell
  249. Tofu Think You Can Dance
  250. Trifle 65
  251. Turmerics Of Injera-ment
  252. Utter Naan Sense
  253. Veal With It
  254. Vegan Be Heroes (Just For One Day)
  255. Weeding Rainbow (lawncare company; donates its proceeds to literacy programs)
  256. Whac-A-Mole (Oaxacan cuisine)
  257. What About Kebab?
  258. What Good Shallot Do Today?
  259. Whisky Business
  260. Wholly Romaine Empire (salad truck)
  261. Wokamole (Chinese/Mexican fusion)
  262. Wok Like An Egyptian
  263. Wok This Way
  264. Wonton Destruction
  265. Wurst Case Scenario
  266. Wyld Scallions
  267. You Butter Believe It
  268. You Feta Believe It
  269. 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