List of businesses on The Simpsons

In the long running television animation The Simpsons, numerous fictional businesses have appeared, often recurring. These are sometimes spoofs or real life businesses.

The following is a list of businesses seen in the town of Springfield where The Simpsons live.

Recurring businesses
Aztec Theater
Aztec Theater is the downtown movie theater in Springfield. The first known appearance was in The Telltale Head where Bart and the school bullies Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph all sneak into the theater through the Fire Escape to watch Space Mutants IV. The theater was used to screen the premiere of the Itchy and Scratchy Movie in the episode titled as Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie.

Bowl-A-Rama
Bowl-A-Rama (also known as Barney's Bowl-A-Rama) is the bowling alley in Springfield. The Bowl-A-Rama has had several appearances in Simpsons episodes. The very first known appearance is the episode Life on the Fast Lane where Homer forgets Marge's birthday so after rushing out to purchase a gift he ends up buying a bowling ball. Marge is insulted at the fact her gift from Homer was something obviously intended for his own personal use given the fact the ball had Homer's name engraved on it. So Marge decides she will keep the gift for her own use and goes bowling for the first time.

In the episode And Maggie Makes Three Homer tells the family the story of Maggie's birth. In this story Homer tells how he quit his job at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to work at the Bowl-A-Rama, which was Homer's dream job. This episode reveals where the bowling pins go after they are knocked over, the pins are shown ending up in a heap and new pins are manufactered instantly to replace those knocked over.

The Bowl-A-Rama is used in the episode Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment as a way of smuggling beer into Moe's Tavern. In this episode alcohol is banned in Springfield and as a result Homer begins bootlegging beer he uncovered from the city dump. The beer is poured into bowling balls and Homer then bowls the ball into the gutter at the Bowl-A-Rama, the ball then falls into a pipe leading to Moe's Tavern where Moe charges and outrageous price.

Krusty Burger
Krusty Burger is a fast food chain owned by Krusty the Clown as one of the many products and services owned by Krusty. Krusty Burger is seen as a parody of a typical fast food chain such as McDonalds or Burger King, a typical store features a Drive-Thru with a speaker box and most of the employees are young teenage workers. In the episode 22 Short Films About Springfield the Springfield police are comparing the differences between Krusty Burger and McDonalds, this is a parallel of the Royale With Cheese dicussion seen on Pulp Fiction.

It appears that Krusty Burger is located across the entire United States, in the episode Boy-Scoutz N the Hood after Homer looses the map he tells the group that luckily he has brought a map along which happens to be a map of the entire United States with locations of Krusty Burger restaurants. There is actually a Krusty Burger located on an off shore Oil Rig, this was seen after Homer, Bart, Ned Flanders and Rod Flanders had been lost at sea several days and were saved after finding an a Krusty Burger on the Oil Rig. In the episode I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can it was also revealed that Krusty Burger operates in different markets across the USA when Krusty Burger start a new burger called the Ribwich. After the Ribwich stopped selling in Springfield Homer and group of Ribwich fans known as the "RibHeads" followed the "Ribwich tour" as the Ribwich was tested in various markets.

Kwik-E-Mart
Main Article: Kwik-E-Mart

Kwik-E-Mart is a convenience store located in Springfield and run by Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. The Kwik-E-Mart first appeared in the first season episode The Telltale Head and is still featured in current episodes. The episode Homer and Apu it is suggested that Apu is an employee of the Kwik-E-Mart and after loosing his job there had to travel to India where the Kwik-E-Mart head office is located, in the Himalayas. The episode The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons suggests different where Apu mentions at a bachelor auction that he runs his own business.

As well as selling food, alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and other items offered at a typical convenience store gasoline is also sold. In the episode Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song, Bart is visiting Principal Skinner at the Fort Springfield where a missile is fired in the wrong direction, the scene is then cut to Apu standing in front of the Kwik-E-Mart bragging about his 8 new pumps just as a shadow from the missile appears, the scene cuts back to Fort Springfield where a 'K' from the Kwik-E-Mart lands in smoke. The episode Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield also shows the Kwik-E-Mart selling gasoline where Apu refuses to go out and serve a customer on the forecourt.

Moe's Tavern
Main Article: Moe's Tavern

Moe's Tavern is the local bar in Springfield run by owner Moe Szyslak. Moe's Tavern first appeared in the episode Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire and is still featured in current episodes. In the first season of The Simpsons the entrance appeared to be a saloon style door. The bar sells mostly Duff Beer although other beverages are served. In the episode Flaming Moe's Moe got behind on his beer payments and the distributor cut off his supply of beer as a result Moe started selling a drink Homer invented which Moe claimed title to and branded as the Flaming Moe. The Flaming Moe was an extremly popular drink until Homer revealed the secret ingredient allowing other businesses to create a similar product, The Flaming Moe has never appeared in any later episode.

Moe's Tavern has seen several other makeovers in various episodes of The Simpsons but the tavern always reverts back to it's former state before the show has ended. Most notable are in the episode Bart Sells His Soul where Moe turns his tavern into a family restaurant called Uncle Moe's Family Feed Bag and in Homer the Moe Moe turns his tavern into a yuppie bar called m.

Noiseland Video Arcade
Noiseland Video Arcade is the video arcade in downtown Springfield a popular place for the youth of Springfield. The video arcade has had several appearances in The Simpsons however mostly in the earlier seasons. The earliest known appearance was in Moaning Lisa where Bart challenges Homer to a boxing game on their home TV game system and while Bart is continuosly undefeated Homer decides to fight back by going to the video arcade to learn from the young children how to win in the same boxing game. Homer almost beats Bart but Marge switches off the game at the crucial moment.

The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop
The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop is a comic book store owned by Jeff Albertson who is better known as Comic Book Guy. The comic book store and it's owner first appeared in the episode Three Men and a Comic Book when Bart sees the store is selling the very first edition of Radioactive Man for $100.

In the episode known as Worst Episode Ever (which is a remark often used by Comic Book Guy) Bart and Milhouse are given the job of running the comic book store after Comic Book Guy suffers from a heart attack and is told to take a rest from the store and go out and make some friends.

The Leftorium
The Leftorium is a store in the Springfield Mall that specializes in products for left-handed people. The store is owned by Ned Flanders who first started The Leftorium in the season 3 episode When Flanders Failed. At first business at the store was going very poorly, Homer wished that Flanders store would go out of business after receiving the larger half of a wishbone. Homer got his wish and the Flanders family were forced to sell many of their possessions much of which Homer purchased at a very low price, the bank reposessed the Flanders home and the store was to be next. Homer then regrets making this wish and the fact he never told any of his friends, who were in need of left handed items, about The Leftorium and as a result manages to get everyone he knows in town to shop at Ned's store saving the store.

The Leftorium has continued to trade profitably since this however there has been episode where Flanders has mentioned the store doesn't do that well such as in the season 9 episode Thirty Minutes over Tokyo Ned mentions that most of his possessions he purchased cheaply. Also in the episode Home Away from Homer Ned mentions how a mega left hand store, recently opened, called Left-Mart is threatening his business.

Once off or seldom seen businesses
King Toots Music Store
King Toots Music Store is a music store located next door to Moe's Tavern. The store sells musical instruments and is the place where Lisa's saxophone was purchased. The most notable appearance of King Toots Music Store was in Lisa's Pony where Lisa asks Homer to pick up a new reed for her saxophone for her recital. Homer heads to the store after work and realises Moe's is next door and since the store wasn't to close for 5 minutes Homer decides to have a quick beer first. Homer finishes his beer with 15 seconds to spare but only to find the store owner has closed early. Homer goes back to Moe's fortunately to find the owner of the store and after much convincing from Homer and Moe the owner opens up to sell Homer a reed, unfortunately Homer is too late for Lisa's recital.

The other appearance was in Lisa's Sax where after Lisa's Saxophone was run over by a truck, as a result of a fight between Bart and Lisa, Homer tells the story of how Lisa first got her Sax as she can always remember having it.

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