In Britain we have a load of royal named things, e.g “The King’s Head,” “The Prince Henry,” or animal themed pubs like “The Three Pikes,” The Red Lion (most common oub name) or something gorey like “The Hanged Man,” “The Village Chopping Block.” On that note, we also have pubs named after landmarks, e.g “The Old Oak,” “The Anvil.”
Any more modern establishment like a bar can have posher or more postmodern names. Sometimes jokey names.
I was struck by a realisation thst i don’t know how other countries name their pubs amd bars. Would be helpful to know, for understanding other cultures. I even don’t know for places like the USA, which also speak English. Excited to hear your responses!
In the USA Most are generic names for chains like and they are bar in grills the other are shit pubs like the Londoner that are truing to be British pubs without the culture its like a pub at Epcot. There was a place called Wickers that was great but got shutdown for kids underage drinking.
We also have a ton of local bars with wildly varying names depending on the type of theme. Auntie Mae’s, The Goose, The Goose II, Kickers (country bar), The Booby Trap, and O’Malley’s Alley are ones I recall off the top of my head plus there were tons more. A bunch more are variations on something Saloon and lots of creative puns.
There is a lot of variety in the US, mostly because it is huge and varied.