No fun with Apostrophes

[Blind_Justice]

I should plan better when giving names to things.

In my current story, there's a city called Unity's Landing, after a historic spaceship. Now, when writing about that city's premier watering hole, how do I write it technically correct?

"Welcome to Stan's, Unity's Landing's finest watering hole!"

That's quite a mouthful and not very elegant, now that I see it in writing. Dang. Any way around the issue besides replacing the name with "the city's"?

 

[lovecraft68]

I would suggest using just "Unity's finest...etc"

once you have established the full name it makes sense natives will shorten it.

Best example I can give is Stephen King's Salem's lot. The city was named Jerusalem's Lot, but they nick named it Salem's Lot

 

[TarnishedPenny]

How about “Welcome to Stan's, the finest watering hole in Unity's Landing!”

 

[Blind_Justice]

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. With a bit of restructuring, "the city's" and shortening the name in subsequent paragraphs, I should be good to go. I've provided the "Stan's" line merely as an example to get my issue across, but the solutions given should help.

Thank you!

 

[Javahead]

Or just assume people use a short form, like LA for Los Angeles, or “the Bay Area” rather than “the San Francisco Bay Area”. How about “Welcome to Stan’s, the Landing’s finest watering hole!”?