We’ve rounded up 13 of the best puns from independent businesses around the area.
1. Only Foods & Sauces, Allendale Road, Farringdon
A popular breakfast and lunch place in the heart of Farringdon doffs its cap to the famous BBC sitcom, but sadly there's no mangetout or Pina Coladas on the menu. Photo: Photo: Sunderland Echo
2. Aye Phones, Borough Road, Sunderland city centre
Like the world famous phone brand - but with a Mackem twist. Photo: Photo: Google Images
3. Shiney New Appliances, Shiney Row
That extra 'e' wouldn't work anywhere else, but here it's genius. Photo: Photo: Google images
4. PG Trips, Hetton
This Hetton-based minibus even made national headlines when it came 20th in a poll of Britain's Best Bizarre Business names. Photo: Photo: Sunderland Echo