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 my area of the us I find the places are trying to cash in on the dominant ethnicity of a place. So like near me they have irish names but near china town or the greek area you have chinese or greek sounding names. I mean a lot of it is not just to get the locals as the areas become and ethnic area and the people coming there are expecting an ethnic experience with bars and restaurants.