What does 马大碗 (mǎdàwǎn) = "horse big bowl" mean in 马大碗拉面? This sign is on our campus's halal cafeteria:

It says:

马大碗拉面 各种面食
mǎdàwǎn lāmiàn   gèzhǒng miànshí


拉面 = &quot;pulled noodles&quot;, famous noodles in China, often from Lanzhou (兰州)
各种 = every kind of
面食 = flour-based foodstuffs (noodles, in this case)

I'm not sure what 马大碗 means here.  It's possibly a name; I'm not sure because the given name (名字) would be &quot;big bowl&quot;.

马 = horse
大碗 = big bowl

Question: What does 马大碗 (mǎdàwǎn) = &quot;horse big bowl&quot; mean?
马 means 马氏, the family name.

大碗 - big bowl; large quantity.

(马氏)(大碗拉面)

The company was established in 1993.
It registered the name 马师傅马大碗.