...that the Blow Fly Inn -- in Gulfport, Miss. -- is quite the local phenomenon. It specializes in seafood, like a whole fried flounder (check out the photo of this baby), fried oysters and gulf shrimp.

Apparently it got its name because it was next to a cow pasture. It was originally Hickory's Bar-B-Que, but another restaurant owner got frustrated, so the story goes, because people were always asking directions to the other place, so he said, "Make a right and follow the string of blow flies."

My favorite part of the story is that after the owners changed the name to the Blow Fly Inn, they tried for years to get it listed with the phone company, which refused because the name was "inappropriate." After the phone company continued to be deluged with directory assistance inquiries for several years, it finally gave in.

I did find one appetizing photo on the Web -- except for the giant blow fly on the window -- but it took a fine photographer, Bill Strong, to make it happen. This is his Web site. 

Feel free to post any restaurant names that can top this one, or even come close.

(Photo courtesy of Bill Strong)

(Top two photos courtesy of the Blow Fly Inn's Web site)