Ye Olde Orchard changes name
I can’t tell how much of this was required by the OQLF and how much is performative passive aggression, but the owner of Ye Olde Orchard pub in NDG is changing its name to Maison Publique Orchard. I think Le Vieux Verger would’ve sounded nicer.
Ian 11:51 on 2023-11-10 Permalink
Boo hoo, a chain fake Irish pub is upset. At least McKibbins had the dignity to drop the apostrophe without making a big oergirmstive fuss.
If it were that big a deal they could have simply registered their name as a trademark like Chapters or Home Depot. Cheap angryphones, whatevs.
DeWolf 12:54 on 2023-11-10 Permalink
Yeah, Ian is right on the money with this one. They’re a chain pub, surely their name is trademarked. This is just attention seeking.
Some local bars, restaurants and cafés that have opened up in the past few years: Name’s On The Way, Don’t Yell At Me, Milky Way, One Punch Mickey’s, White Heron. That’s just off the top of my head.
MarcG 13:28 on 2023-11-10 Permalink
Man I wish oergirmstive was a real word.
Ian 13:53 on 2023-11-10 Permalink
It can be if you want it to be – and it’s technically not even English, so you can use it to name your pub 😀
GC 14:24 on 2023-11-10 Permalink
I had not heard of “Name’s On the Way”, but I like it.
Ian 14:48 on 2023-11-10 Permalink
If I ever open a bar it’s going to be called TBD.
Orr 18:28 on 2023-11-11 Permalink
How about Le Loup Phoque, or Le Phoque for short?
(channelling Plume Latraverse here, as those of you with a ethnomusicalogical background will have noticed)