Hmm. Doesn’t really scream ‘relaxing evening experience’ does it? This flyer was sent on Oct 19th, 2006. You might be aware that on 28th September, 2006, there was a double shooting in Brixton McDonalds [ssh! I don't think Mrs Parker knows about that! South London Propaganda Ed]. Somebody clearly didn't think this one through.
Anyhow, it appears that chastisement resulted and I was highly amused by this email that dropped into my inbox yesterday, 24th October:
I can't make that any more legible so I'll summarise. The email is titled 'Uproar of Brixton bar publicity campaign'. Oops. Basically they've realised that 'bang bang' probably isn't the smartest name for a bar in this area of town and are going to change it. Apparently, the " intention of the promotional material was to show the difference in the misconstrued negative perception of Brixton by some people and the ever increasing positive reality of the area. We greatly regret that it has been interpreted very differently to our intention and unreservedly apologise for any coffence caused."
Any suggestions for a new name are welcomed. Ok, how about "Bar-doh!"? Cheers.
Several questions here: does anyone know of a less appropriately named establishment? On a related theme, does anyone else grumble at the trend for increasingly pathetic bar names? At the weekend I passed one that announced itself as a 'pub, bar, club transmogrification'. F*ck's sake.... I'm going to sound like someone off Grumpy Old Men here but what happened to good old names like 'The Flea & Whippet'? If you're opening a bar now it appears that you should firstly try for a pun using the word bar (as contrived as you like, it doesn't matter) e.g. 'Baa bar' or 'Bar roque'. Failing that, try and cram in any old pun e.g 'So.uk'. "Do you see?! The place has some North African-ish stylings! And, erm, well the internet is popular nowadays isn't it?" Great work, wifebeater.
Another thing - turning into a rant now - the names of, ahem, gentlemen's establishments. Here's how you do it:
1. Pick a colour
2. Pick an animal
3. Add them together
Simple! Blue Leopard! Red Leopard! er, Spearmint Rhino! I eagerly await the opening of Puce Maggot. Which sounds like a condition you might end up with after spending too long in one of those places.
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Three good pub names: Fat Cat, Kelham Island Tavern, Cask & Cutler. I'll be in three pubs in just over a week. Guess where?
Oh, and the club rule (of thumb) doesn't work for Dancing Dollar (sheffield), or Purple Door (Leeds), though nearly with the latter.
Not sure I agree with you on Fat Cat G. Is that one of the chain (which generally is a bad sign) of Fat Cats around the country? I've been in the Leeds one a couple of times and it's as soulless and sterile as any other identikit places that spring up around financial centres of town.
I realised this about Purple Door last night. My comeback would be that Purple Door is old-school - it's been in Leeds for ages. The burgeoning new breed of gentlemen's bars do seem to follow those simple rules.
It's a real ale pub in Sheffield, and home to the Kelham Island brewery, winner of the 2004 grand beer of britain...
You may be right about the clubs. Goodfellas in sheffield was new, but closed down. Perhaps it was as it didn't adhere to the Bola rules of thumb for success.
On the subject of good pub names, saw a pub called "The Romping Cat" today in Walsall. Was most impressed.
Ha! That's great!
I saw 'The Surpise at Pimlico' last weekend which I liked a lot.
How's about a bar named after two of the most iconic art/fashion/pop culture figures of the 20th Century (Salvador Dali and Amanda Lear) that won't let knitters in?
And of course as knitting would be regarded as iconic art, then that's entirely unnacceptable..
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