There’s no doubt Naomi Klein would shake her head in disgust were she to stumble upon this. Earlier on ye olde DCist staff email list, DCist Amanda related a conversation she had with friends recently about how much they love it when a truck bearing the Metropolitan Meat Seafood & Poultry logo rolls by, for the sole reason that they have such an adorable logo. It’s just so friendly, and optimistic, the way the lobster extends his claws (normally devices of torture and mayhem) to embrace his friends, the cow and the chicken. It’s as if Metropolitan were trying to say, see here, if creatures as different as these three can put aside their differences, there’s no telling what we could accomplish in the Middle East. This logo melts the heart, even though it doesn’t necessarily make us, oh, hungry and desirous of ordering bulk meats. These guys have a little too much personality for anyone to eat them.

This got us talking about which other local businesses have memorable logos, so we thought we’d share some of our favorites, which we’ve added below. Do you recognize them all?

Feel free to tell us which local businesses (try to keep it local, too) have your favorite logos in the comments.