Names of Taverns, Bars, and Inns

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

Some of the best pub names can be gleaned from your local phone book. From mine:

Good idea, Stik!
Off the top of my head, I can think of a few bars/inns near me:
The Spur
Field and Stream Inn
The Alibi
The Silver Dollar Saloon
The Cortez Room
Grumpy's Tavern
The 21 Club
The Refuge
Planet Rock, formerly Rugby's, formerly the Sports Exchange
227 (this is the address of the bar)

 

[Markn]

I came across this inn name the other day - The Dew Drop Inn. My apolgies to the author who created it since I can't remember the name but I thought it was very clever.

 

[Kemrain]

We've had a Blue Boar, run by a halfling pickpocket by the name of Stubby.

We've had a Fallen Virgin, which you can probably guess was a brothel.

We've had The Cat's Paw, which had live sex shows but no 'full beds'.

We'e had The Green Gauntlet, which was just a boring old bar.


Also:
The Blue Mackerel
Falling Waters
The Eatitorium

And more I'm too ashamed to recall.

- Kemrain the Drunk.

 

[Starman]

I suspect that it's either something you do in the bathroom or the bedroom. Or both.

Well, the question was rhetorical. I never did imagine it as being good, wholesome fun for the entire family.

 

[Pbartender]

The major city in practically every D&D campaign I've run has featured four tavern/inns specifically catering to adventurers...

The Blood & Guts
The Cloak & Dagger
The Smoke & Mirrors
The Heaven & Hell

Making it painfully obvious who owns and hangs out in each.

Every sci-fi/space opera game I've ever run has featured one particularly infamous dive (and my personal favorite watering-hole name)...

The Rotgut Saloon

 

[Elder-Basilisk]

The old Dick Tracy TV show always had a tavern named after a tool of death:

The bloody dagger
The hangman's noose
etc.

I think the convention could easily be taken to D&D for seedy sounding taverns.

 

[JollieRoger]

Some of the tavern names we have used are:

For Star Wars:

The Banths Dump
Droids
The Empire is welcome


For CyberPunk

Alice's (Where all the staff loolked like the cast for the sitcom Alice about a cafe in Phx)
Electrolite
Stinky fingers
Open all Night (The only part of the neon sign that would work)
Vacancy (Hotel converted to a club/house of ill repute)
Tasty Ghoulies (Alternative foods specializing in human treats)
The Piss Ant
Turds

For D&D

The Hairy Virgin
Pain and Frenzies
Elves not allowed
Beer and food cheap
Dwarves!
The Lusty Paladin
The pretty Dwarf

Conspiracy X

IGoMEOY Inn (The players could not figure out why the bad guys knew what they were planning until they were told what igomeoy was.)
Grey Matter

 

[Raven Crowking]

In the UK, there's a chain of pubs called Hobgoblins where they serve Hobgoblin Ale http://www.wychwood.co.uk/wychwood_hobgoblin.htm.

Hey. I've actually had this ale! I had a friend travel to Scotland and bring back some interesting beer to try, and the Hobgoblin was one of them! It was good, too.