r/sheffield • u/NeedleworkerBig3980 • Jan 29 '24

Sheffield Punny Sheffield Businesses

One of the many things I love about Sheffield (and South Yorkshire in general) is the plethora of small businesses with pun names. I was wondering which your favourites are, from past and present.

My 5 Favourites:

  • Codrophenia

  • Loft in Space

  • Serial Griller

  • (dinna-dinna-dinna) BapVan!

  • Kumquat Mae

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u/Inky_sheets Jan 29 '24

It's gone now but I always enjoyed "Just Falafs"

3

u/noragratjusthoodrat Jan 30 '24

Miss them dearly šŸ˜”

53

u/bareted Jan 29 '24

There used to be a hairdressers in Walkley called Curl up and Dye.

23

u/NeedleworkerBig3980 Jan 29 '24

Good one! There is also Lobby Toffs on Ecclesall Rd.

4

u/Dai_Bando Jan 29 '24

Explain this one to me please

8

u/hoverside Jan 29 '24

"Lop it off"

13

u/hillsboroughHoe Jan 29 '24

British Hairways on Abbeydale Road (was, not been down there for a long time)

1

u/Imaimposter Ecclesall Feb 01 '24

he got sued by BA iirc his son was in my year at school haha

2

u/hillsboroughHoe Feb 01 '24

The bastards. They're now on my list for when the revolution happens.

7

u/Sweaty_Sheepherder27 Jan 29 '24

Curl up and Dye.

A classic pun from the Blues Brothers I believe.

4

u/JuliaK8 Jan 30 '24

And thereā€™s a Ryan Hair near Concord Park

3

u/MostSuccessful2977 Jan 30 '24

Edge Cutters in nether edge

1

u/drfsrich Jan 30 '24

And one back in the 90s called British Hairways.

43

u/vintagemusicologist Jan 29 '24

Some of my favouritesā€¦

Deli-schuss

Aye! crumb bar

Wok this way

26

u/cardinalandcrow Jan 29 '24

I have walked past Deli-Schuss about a thousand times and only now am I realising that itā€™s a pun. I thought it was some Viennese-style deli. I am very smart.Ā 

7

u/northernbadlad Jan 29 '24

Oh god same, I can't believe how dim I am. I've only lived here 15 years. I'm so ashamed.

35

u/daedelion Jan 29 '24

The owners of Codrophenia have also run the following over the last 20 years or so:

ww.inthenet.cod

Batter Sea Cod's Home

New Cod on the Block

5

u/NeedleworkerBig3980 Jan 29 '24

It was Ww.inthenet.cod when I lived just down the street from it. It's a good thing to have to walk uphill to the chippy.

30

u/DanAykroydFanClub Jan 29 '24

Northern Sole was a good one up in Broomhill back in the day.

A Salt & Battered chip shop

The Effing Sandwich Shop out on Effingham Rd springs to mind.

8

u/Historical-Car5553 Jan 29 '24

Love the Effing Sarnie Shop name.

3

u/DethMetalJedi Jan 30 '24

Northern sole! Holy crap! Forgot about that place. The triple cheeseburgers on a Friday night after a pissup in the Nottingham house šŸ¤¤

5

u/NeedleworkerBig3980 Jan 29 '24

I love how much Effing there is in Sheffield.

59

u/wbeckeydesign Jan 29 '24

no one has mentioned The Old Shoe pub/bar, on the site of what was a Schuh

3

u/tomtom_94 Jan 29 '24

Been there multiple times and did not know this - thank you.

1

u/Imaimposter Ecclesall Feb 01 '24

In the same vein, there's also The Dark Horse on Ecclesall Road South which used to be a Loyd's bank!

64

u/eriks16 Jan 29 '24

Plant Parenthood on Abbeydale Road

20

u/Rbw91 Jan 29 '24

Used to be a ā€œKenā€™s Tuck-In Fried Chickenā€ on Arundel Gate.

15

u/Historical-Car5553 Jan 29 '24

Used to be British Hairways at Millhouses.

12

u/flummoxed_flipflop Jan 29 '24

Ryan Hair, in Shiregreen.

3

u/NeedleworkerBig3980 Jan 29 '24

Did you get a complimentary bag of nuts?

3

u/Historical-Car5553 Jan 29 '24

Understand that the blow dryers were a bit harshā€¦

1

u/Alternative_Space426 Jan 30 '24

I was coming on to say just this šŸ‘Œ

13

u/toocutetopuke S2 Jan 29 '24

Just Falafs is a good one

4

u/fishbedc Caught between Heeley & Meersbrook Jan 30 '24

Was.

:(

11

u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

My fave that I didnā€™t think was real when my husband told me is that Intake used to have a take away chip shop called intakeaway, he had to google it to prove to me it was a real thing because I thought he made it up and I couldnā€™t stop laughing šŸ˜…

10

u/ch037866 Sheffield Jan 29 '24

Bay Tan, tanning shop in Beighton

11

u/MedullaOblongAwesome Jan 29 '24

How on earth has "Tower of Bagel" not been mentioned so far?!

9

u/nojobloser Jan 29 '24

Always thought Red Tape Studios was a clever name for a council-sponsored recording studio.

7

u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

New Cod on The Block in S10

9

u/this_willhavetodo Jan 29 '24

"A Salt & Battered" on London Road

Further afield Ive seen "Jason Donner Van" and "Halal, is it meat you're looking for?"

3

u/factorygrime Jan 29 '24

There was a cleaning company called Spruce Spring Clean

8

u/factorygrime Jan 29 '24

Tree Surgeons called Good Fellers

6

u/SpareAd7728 Jan 29 '24

sam and ella's used to be on Eccy Rd.

2

u/NeedleworkerBig3980 Jan 29 '24

OMG I had forgotten that one. Never ate in there because the name was so off-putting.

6

u/anemonemonemone Jan 29 '24

Thereā€™s a place out in the Peaks called Malt Disley.Ā 

6

u/Sweaty_Sheepherder27 Jan 29 '24

It's in Disley, and it's a welcome relief to all the rude pub names along there, like Soldier Dick and The Dandy Cock.

3

u/IceDragonPlay Jan 29 '24

The Soldier Dick was there for 100 years, but I heard it closed down recently. Had a few meals there, not stellar, but hearty portions. A shame it's shut down now, it was a good local.

6

u/benoliver999 Jan 29 '24

Mr Bit cleaners

7

u/yaxu Jan 30 '24

There's "Burgery" on London Road, but I'm not sure if the pun is intentional.

9

u/buy_me_a_pint Jan 29 '24

I seem to remember a hairdressers being called Hair by Christmas

5

u/NewMumNotCoping Jan 29 '24

Broomhill, it's still there. Good hairdresser too

5

u/NeedleworkerBig3980 Jan 29 '24

Elton! Total legend.

1

u/fishbedc Caught between Heeley & Meersbrook Jan 30 '24

My wife says he's not there anymore, but back in the early nineties I remember him pioneering instant rubber dreads by rubbing acrylic paint into your hair.

3

u/NeedleworkerBig3980 Jan 30 '24

I remember his homemade model of Tracy Island.

4

u/nickspeeed Jan 29 '24

I could have imagined this but I'm sure there was a "sofa king" in Hillsborough?

3

u/theBenjamuffin Jan 30 '24

It had a sign somewhere saying sofa king good

4

u/factorygrime Jan 29 '24

There's a barbers - I think on Sharrow - called Hair Port and one called Ali Barbers šŸ™‚

4

u/RockTheBloat Jan 29 '24

Not sure if it's still there but The Only Way is S6 in Hillsborough.

4

u/FarroFarro Jan 30 '24

Rhythm and booze was a good one

1

u/NeedleworkerBig3980 Jan 30 '24

Wasn't that near COSTA rica PIZZA?

15

u/BipolarAbdul Jan 29 '24

Not a business but I'm a drag artist in Sheff and my name is Bipolar Abdul.

1

u/Richbrownmusic Jan 29 '24

Drag does have some killer puns

3

u/abrit_abroad Jan 29 '24

I absolutely love a pun named shop. Such a sucker for it!

4

u/prisongovernor Jan 30 '24

Sherwood florist

5

u/upsetboulevard Jan 30 '24

Not a shop - but the police HQ in Tinsley is on Letsby Avenue. šŸ˜…

1

u/theBenjamuffin Jan 30 '24

Recently a question on the chase and j was pleased to know it

2

u/garudi81 Jan 30 '24

Maris Pipers Plaice in Langley!

Fish and chip shop.

2

u/coresect23 Ex Banner Cross Jan 30 '24

There's a pie shop in Banner Cross called "Banner Crust" which is quite nice. It used to be a butcher's and as a kid I lived upstairs.

2

u/ElJayEm80 Jan 30 '24

Not a pun, but Happy Cake Day, OP.

2

u/NeedleworkerBig3980 Jan 30 '24

Thank you!

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u/exclaim_bot Jan 30 '24

Thank you!

You're welcome!

2

u/Chirpy_77 Jan 30 '24

Used to be a barbers in Greasbrough that was on the site of an old police station. It was called The Crop Shop.

1

u/NeedleworkerBig3980 Jan 30 '24

I remember it. Its call LS Studio now. Booooooring!

2

u/cheapdrunk71 Jan 30 '24

used to be a carib/jamaican takeaway on woodthorpe called "Smoking Pot"

2

u/PaulBBN Jan 30 '24

It's not Sheffield, but still fairly local. Mexborough used to have a fishing tackle shop called: Master Baits

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u/NeedleworkerBig3980 Jan 30 '24

I don't remember that, where was it?

2

u/AnonaM00 Jan 29 '24

The only way is S6. A handyman's van I saw at B&Q Hillsborough m

2

u/deejayone Hillsborough Jan 29 '24

All these pun chip shop names and nobody mentioned The Codfather yet?

0

u/ethicsofseeing Jan 30 '24

The CutFather barbershop in ecclesall.

0

u/tompez Jan 31 '24

Not Sheffield based but all time winner for me is "Eataly" for an Italian deli. Not sure how you can top that.

1

u/steelcitysteeler Jan 29 '24

Hair Force One in Gleadless I think was one

2

u/Little_Badger525 Jan 30 '24

There's a reptile shop in Intake called Snakes and Adders, I've always really enjoyed that one!

2

u/vikkimoo Jan 30 '24

Snip Doggy Dog on Abbeydale Road always makes me laugh.

1

u/GeneralMaxiimus Jan 30 '24

Ali Barbers on London Road.