Food blog name ideas, and how to pick the one you keep.

Before you pick

Six rules for a food blog name.

• The radio test. Say it to a friend. If they could not type it after hearing it once, simplify.
• Two to four words. Long enough to mean something, short enough for a web address.
• No hyphens, no numbers. Both get lost when the name is said out loud.
• Room to grow. A blog about one dish is a hard corner to write yourself out of.
• Sound like your writing. A punny name over serious reviews feels off, and the other way round.
• Same name everywhere. The blog, the domain and every social handle should match.

1–12

Punny food blog names.

• Plate Expectations · The Sauce of Truth · Bread Between the Lines · Napkin Math
• Lunch Theory · Whisk and Reward · The Crumby Truth · Pan and Prejudice
• Dim Some Days · Brunch Ado About Nothing · Ramen Holiday · The Tart of the Matter

13–24

Restaurant review blog names.

• The Table Report · Booked and Fed · Worth the Booking · The Corner Booth Review
• Second Seating · Off the Specials Board · The Last Course · Notes From Table Nine
• Plates Worth Repeating · The Dinner Ledger · Reservations Pending · Overheard at the Pass

25–34

Food blog names with your name.

Swap [Name] for your first name or a nickname people already use.

• [Name] Eats Out · Dinner With [Name] · [Name] Took Notes · [Name]’s Second Plate · Eating Out With [Name]
• [Name]’s Plate Notes · Where [Name] Ate · [Name] Orders Dessert · Table for [Name] · [Name] Says Try This

35–44

Food blog names for your city.

Swap [City] for your city or neighbourhood. Short city names fit best.

• [City] on a Fork · The [City] Table · Eating [City] Slowly · Small Plates [City] · [City] After Six
• The [City] Lunch Hour · [Neighbourhood] Dinner Club · [City], Served · Every Noodle in [City] · [City] Counter Culture

45–54

Food travel blog names.

• The Long Way to Lunch · Gate to Plate · The Hungry Itinerary · Menus Abroad · Postcards From Lunch
• Eat First, Sightsee Later · Across the World, Across the Table · Second Breakfast Somewhere · The Detour Was Dinner · Window Seat, Then Lunch

55–62

Café, coffee and dessert blog names.

• The Sugar Hour · Saucer Stories · Flat White Files · Crumbs and Crema
• The Pastry Map · Afternoon Slice · Steam and Sweetness · Second Slice Society

63–70

Names built around one cuisine.

• Rice Is the Point · Noodle Dispatch · The Dumpling Index · The Curry Correspondent
• Broth Report · Silog Mornings · Hawker Hours · Pho Weather

71–78

Quiet, journal-style names.

• Things I Ate and Loved · A Year of Dinners · The Plate Archive · Meals Worth Remembering
• Notes From a Full Table · The Good Plates · Small Meals, Big Days · What We Ordered

Is it free?

How to check a food blog name is available.

1. Search the name in quotesSearch the exact name on the web. If a restaurant, a brand or an active blog already uses it, keep looking — sharing a name splits your readers and can cause trouble later.
2. Check the domainType the name into any domain registrar’s search. If the .com is gone, a short alternative ending is fine; adding hyphens or numbers is not.
3. Check every handleSearch the handle on each platform you might use, now or later, and try setting it in a profile — the app tells you straight away if it is taken.
4. Check the trademark databaseSearch your country’s trademark register for the name, especially if you hope to sell anything under it one day. In the US that is the USPTO’s trademark search.
5. Claim it all at onceRegister the domain and set up the handles on the same day, even if you will not post for weeks.

Behind the blog

Keep the notebook behind the posts.

Every good food blog post starts with notes you took at the table. PlateDiary is that notebook: one photo of the table and each dish is cut out on your phone and kept with the place, the date, who you were with and, if you add it, the price. Group saves into collections — “Best noodles this year”, “Places to review” — and the post’s outline is already there. It is not a blogging tool; it is where the details wait until you write.