When I think I'm Being Original, Until Google Bursts My Bubble

[Kumquatqueen]

I've used very generic names - pubs have been the Red Lion (commonest pub name in Britain) and the Black Swan (generally known as the Mucky Duck by locals).

Putting new combinations together needs to be done with great care if you're going for a realistic story. If it's a tongue-in-cheek (and other orifices!) type story, you can get away with more exotic names.

I've also created an Indian takeaway called the Raj (there are hundreds called the Day of the Raj, Raj of India, Taste of Raj, etc) and a greasy-spoon caff called Mario's (they're often called after the owner or the location, and many Italians started cafés in the 40s and 50s, introducing Brits to decent coffee, so Italian names work).

I created a gay café called Out To Lunch when I needed one to be somewhere other than First Out (a real place, sadly demolished). I doubt that's original, but I was proud of it.

 

[MrPixel]

And maybe a pub in an industrial area:

The Lathe & Drill Press

 

[Duleigh]

I created one pub named Worzils which was named after a real place that has changed names a half dozen times but everyone still calls it Worzils. In my stories the name remains the same when ever it is sold, just the spelling is changed because everyone in town will still call it by its original name.