With thousands of pizzerias around, it really helps to have a unique name that strikes a chord with your targeted customers when you start a new pizza restaurant or takeaway.

If you’re looking for a bit of inspiration for your pizzeria’s name, feast your eyes over these 43 names of the top places to get a pizza:

• California Pizza
• Zeppe’s Pizzeria
• BC Pizza
• Blackjack Pizza
• Marco’s Pizza
• Jerry’s Subs & Pizza
• Cassano’s Pizza King
• Giordano’s Restaurant & Pizzeria
• Fox’s Pizza
• Mary’s Pizza Shack
• Straw Hat Pizza
• Davanni’s Pizza
• Buck’s Pizza
• Johnny’s Pizza
• Papa Gino’s Pizzeria
• Buscemi’s Pizza
• La Pizza
• “We Toss’em, They’re Awesome” Pizza
• Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria
• Abby’s Legendary Pizza
• Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co.
• Minsky’s Pizza
• Buddy’s Pizza
• Pizza My Heart
• Round Table Pizza
• Donatos Pizza
• CiCi’s Pizza
• Hideaway Pizza
• Breadeaux Pizza
• Famous Famiglia
• Nancy’s Pizza
• Dion’s Pizza
• Toppers Pizza
• Ledo Pizza
• America’s Incredible Pizza
• Rocky Rococo
• Domino’s Pizza
• Abo’s Pizza
• Carbone’s Pizza
• Belleria Pizzeria
• Godfather’s Pizza
• Shakey’s Pizza
• Garlic Jim’s Famous Gourmet Pizza

While it’s important to have an outstanding recipe and fresh high quality ingredients, the success of a pizza shop is often linked to the strength of the brand too.

So, before choosing a name, make sure you’ve given it sufficient thought as it will be one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make.

As you can see, there are a number of naming strategies that can be used to create a cool name:

1. If you don’t want to use the word ‘pizza’ or ‘pizzeria’ in the name, you may want to consider using alliteration to make your name more catchy like ‘Famous Familglia’ or ‘Rocky Rococo’.
2. Going to have a wider menu and want to keep it simple, then just use your name like ‘Giordano’s Restaurant & Pizzeria’.
3. Only specializing in pizza and want to use your personal name, then follow ‘Mary’s Pizza Shack’ or cut it down to just ‘Dion’s Pizza’.
4. Looking for something a bit different? How about modifying ‘Pizza My Heart’ or ‘Hideaway Pizza’ to suit whatever you have in mind.
5. Wanna just get to the point and stake a claim? Check out how ‘America’s Incredible Pizza’ or ‘Garlic Jim’s Famous Gourmet Pizza’ does it.
6. Ready to take naming quirkiness to the max? Blow your customers away with a name like ‘“We Toss’em, They’re Awesome” Pizza’.

If you’ve come up with an awesome name and want some feedback, post it in the comments below. Or if you’ve come across some other great names of pizzerias, please share them below as well.

While you’re listing down potential names for your new restaurant, deli or café, you’re bound to have a number of options that you like, but feel that there’s just something not quite right with them.

Sometimes, one of the best ways to figure out how to choose a good name is to understand what not to do, and the things to avoid.

In the quest to be funny, a lot of people sacrifice meaning and sheer common sense in the punning names they try to create. One of the biggest mistakes is to use words that are inappropriate and project the wrong image about the business.

There’s a lot to be learned from the following 10 names, which good examples of creatively created names, but they just don’t quite work for one reason of another. Some of them have negative words, others try to be a bit too clever, and the others just have a quirkiness that doesn’t translate well into a restaurant’s name.

As you take note of the weaknesses in the names, do also look out for their positive aspects, as there are good points you can adapt to come up with your ideal name.

1. Dear Meat – There’s multiple ways to interpret this name. This most obvious is ‘deer’ meat, which is probably what the restaurant is known for. But the ‘dear’ could also be a play on the ‘dearest meat’ or ‘my dear meat’ type of dear, in which case it won’t be limited to deer meat. However, ‘dear’ could also mean ‘expensive’, so this ends up being a bit confusing and possibly negative.
2. Highway Ribbery – Although this may be misinterpreted in the wrong way that the restaurant is a bit of a rip off, most people will probably appreciate the adaptation of the phrase ‘highway robbery’ into a great name for a rib shack.
3. Melting Spot – A twist on the term ‘melting pot’ that could be positively regarded as a place where all sorts of food and people congregate, or it could be perceived as a hot and sweaty restaurant by people who read it the wrong way.
4. Nylon Prawn – This is definitely super quirky. Nylon is the last thing you’d associate with prawns, and even if its not the two most fitting things in the world, the name will get people’s attention and make them want to find out more.
5. Aftertizer – Clearly, this is some sort of play on the word ‘appetizer’, but it is a good example of a naming creation that doesn’t quite work. Don’t get too creative and fit a square peg into a hole. It needs to flow phonetically and meaningfully.
6. Prawnosis – While the word play is quite clever by combining ‘prawn’ with ‘prognosis’, the end result may be tricky to pronounce and recall for a lot of people, and there’s no natural meaning that jumps to mind.
7. Road Krill – This looks like a mash up between ‘road kill’ and ‘road house grill’. It’s creative, but it doesn’t work. ‘Road kill’ is not a really good image for a restaurant to be associated with, and the end product doesn’t roll off the tongue smoothly.
8. Bar Flight – This is obviously modified from the term ‘bar fight’, and while it doesn’t project the best image for a bar, it’s definitely memorable. Hopefully, it’s the drinks that get you flying out of there and not a punch.
9. Spanish Harem – Obviously a take on ‘spanish harlem’ where the ‘l’ has been removed. But ‘harem’ may not be an good word to associate with a restaurant though.
10. Hindenburger – The Hindenburg disaster doesn’t conjure a great image, but if you’re serving flame-grilled burgers, it may be possible to make a vague connection. From a word design point of view, it is a nice fit.

You’ve probably already spotted that it’s negative concepts and associations that should be avoided. Even if the play on words is very cleverly witty, or extremely funny, if the underlying words have a dark or unpleasant meaning, the name is just not going to end up being very good.

Are you thinking of opening a new restaurant or café and are having a hard time trying to find a good name for it?

As you already know, some places have really terrible names that are uninviting, and don’t even make you want to go in to try out the food. Try not to make the same mistake, as a great name can help your business in plenty of ways.

While we can’t offer you suggestions to suit your specific concept, we’ve gathered a collection of cool names of restaurants to give you lots of inspiration.

There are various naming styles used, so you can take your pick and customize it to fit your restaurant’s identity:

1. Central Pork – This is a really cool name, especially if it specializes in delicious pork dishes and is based in New York. No prizes for guessing that this is a play on the famous ‘Central Park’. With just a change in one single alphabet, a beautiful name can be created.
2. Simply Gorge Us – A clever and meaningful name that sounds the same as the phrase ‘simply gorgeous’. Just by dropping the ‘o’, it’s been transformed into a common phrase meaning to ‘fill oneself with food’. Nice.
3. Double Felix – Even if you don’t know it’s a play on ‘double helix’, this is a unique name makes a cool brand. If the owner or chef is called Felix, this is a good name, especially if there is some element of the restaurant that authenticates the ‘double’ in its name.
4. Janga Java – This is a nice sounding name that’s uniquely appealing. Both words start with a ‘j’ and end with an ‘a’ to produce a brand with a phonetic bounce.
5. Poultry in Motion – Chicken doesn’t always mix with poetry very well, but this name modifies the phrase ‘poetry in motion’ perfectly. Hopefully their chicken dishes taste just as good.
6. Rib Rage – Simply perfect! From ribs being all the rage to a play on ‘rib cage’, this name has all the makings of a cool, meaningful and easily remembered name that should resonate with anyone who comes across it.
7. Jelly Roll Deli – If Jelly Rolls are your specialty, why not just name your deli after it? Of course, if what you’re focusing on is overly common, this naming style may not work as well. ‘Sandwich Deli’ is kind of boring.
8. Club Soba – Anyone who is into Japanese food and soba noodles is going to appreciate this name. Even if you don’t click that it’s a play on ‘club soda’ this is a great name that holds its own.
9. Slam Banjo – This doesn’t rhyme, and the first letter of each word doesn’t start with the same letter, but it’s a short and sweet name that’s quite catchy.
10. Above Bored – It sounds the same as the phrase ‘above board’, but it’s not instantly obvious whether the brand is focused on openness or ensuring that customers are always entertained when they’re there.

Hopefully, you’re now full of ideas to create an awesome name for your new venture. If you have any questions or want more suggestions, post the details of what you have mind below.