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I`d prefer Mia`s Pancakes

Double entendre.

Sexy also.

Mia xxx means "my xxx" in Italian, if I`m not mistaken.

Mia`s Pancakes is certainly better than Mary`s Pizza Shack, a huge successful eatery.



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I tend to concur with Mel, above. A monk seems to refer more to a Catholic designation, here in the States, and seems a bit weird for Japanese pancakes, y`know? Or at least a religious connotation.

Plus there`s that TV character. :-)

It seems that "Monk" could refer to an Asian, Buddhist-style monk.  However, I concur with the others that its an ambiguous Japanese reference at best.  "Monk" also evokes thoughts of fasting - definitely not something to associate with a food cart

You don`t just want a catchy name - you want a name that will attract qualified interest.  If I spotted a food cart down the street with the name "Joe`s Cheesesteaks", I`d walk over if I was in the mood for beef and provolone.  Upon arriving, if in fact the cart served only cold cut sandwiches, I`d be pretty disappointed.  Its in your best interest to find a name that more closely reflects Japanese cuisine so you bring in customers who actually want Japanese pancakes.

How about "The Bento Box"?  Its short, catchy and definitely Japanese.  Plus "Box" helps reinforce that your business is a food cart


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A name that describes what your business can do for the prospect
in as direct a form as possible is much better than a name which
must be decoded because it is referring to some cultural paradigm
the prospect may not be familiar with.

Basically:  I have no idea what you name choice means.

Curiosity is a sad advertising strategy.  Don`t try to build a business
on such soil.

I would suggest you look at how the large franchises choose their business names; i.e. Waffle House, Subway, Outback Steakhouse, Burger King, International House of Pancakes, etc. in most cases they all have something about what they do in their name.

The reason why they do this is because it`s easy to identify what they are selling. If I person doesn`t know the restaurant (if its not a big name like Denny`s, McDonald`s, Carl`s Jr.) and if the person doesn`t know what they are selling, then they probably won`t go to that restaurant.

By having something about what you`re selling in your business name helps people to at least identify what you`re doing and then they can decide if they want to give your restaurant a try. But if the name is ambiguous and they haven`t been to your place before it will be harder to get them in the door.

But this is just my opinion.
Hope it helps.


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I feel somewhat Monk refers to Buddhists. I think you can go for Mai`s Pancake.

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I would have to agree with Lyon and stevens. From what I`ve seen in people,very few like to think about what a name of a store menas. Something simple, yet personable would be much better. Going back to the prior suggestion, Mia`s Pancakes; that name would offer a personable view of your product(both in the sence that it would identify what your selling and make the person get the feeling they know you (For example, "Hey you wanna get some of those pancakes Mia makes") ) Remeber you don`t have to use your name, you can use a name of a petor an invented name(I`ve wanted to be know as a different name on occassion)