We only serve MEATLOAF and STRAWBERRY MILK
June 8, 2020 6:43 AM Subscribe
Driving into Athens from Nelsonville, it’s impossible to miss the massive billboard sitting on the right side of Route 33. The sign is loud, yellow and black, its text practically shouting at motorists, “WE ONLY SERVE MEATLOAF AND STRAWBERRY MILK.” This is the now-famous sign for Margie’s Meatloaf Mecca, a restaurant that doesn’t, and will never, exist.
well two out of three aint bad
posted by entropicamericana at 7:27 AM on June 8, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by entropicamericana at 7:27 AM on June 8, 2020 [5 favorites]
A succulent meatloaf meal?!?
posted by zamboni at 7:42 AM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by zamboni at 7:42 AM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
This reminds me of the Dixon Milk Farm sign, but the one difference there was that the Milk Farm actually used to exist.
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:58 AM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:58 AM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
I can understand why they're not open. Milking strawberries is incredibly time intensive.
posted by bonehead at 8:00 AM on June 8, 2020 [27 favorites]
posted by bonehead at 8:00 AM on June 8, 2020 [27 favorites]
MeatLoafilter
posted by oulipian at 8:29 AM on June 8, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by oulipian at 8:29 AM on June 8, 2020 [5 favorites]
well two out of three aint bad
You took the words right out of my mouth.
posted by Your Childhood Pet Rock at 8:31 AM on June 8, 2020 [9 favorites]
You took the words right out of my mouth.
posted by Your Childhood Pet Rock at 8:31 AM on June 8, 2020 [9 favorites]
I could really use some meatloaf right about now.
posted by bondcliff at 8:31 AM on June 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by bondcliff at 8:31 AM on June 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
Okay, this is fine, this is fun, but I have a question. What exactly is this? Because where I come from meatloaf cannot possibly be sliced that thin, nor does it reveal a closed, glossy, mortadella-like cut surface.
posted by qbject at 8:40 AM on June 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by qbject at 8:40 AM on June 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
Frustrated by a weakly made strawberry milk? Margie's strawberry milk lays on the powder.
posted by sammyo at 8:44 AM on June 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by sammyo at 8:44 AM on June 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
I dunno what it is, but it's distressing.
posted by aramaic at 8:56 AM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by aramaic at 8:56 AM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
Oh No....Meatloaf AGAIN?!
posted by mermayd at 9:18 AM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by mermayd at 9:18 AM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
I'm searching my soul to figure out why I'm so disappointed that this doesn't exist.
posted by dozo at 9:22 AM on June 8, 2020 [9 favorites]
posted by dozo at 9:22 AM on June 8, 2020 [9 favorites]
I am glad the real Margie seems enjoy this but ... for me, it's quite a leap to put your friend's face on a billboard without their consent (especially since all her friends and family seemed to know about it and she didn't). Maybe I'm just no fun, though.
I hope Margie finds a way to get her friends back.
posted by darksong at 9:26 AM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
I hope Margie finds a way to get her friends back.
posted by darksong at 9:26 AM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
What exactly is this?
It might be a jellied meatloaf. There are, alas, many ways to loaf a meat.
posted by 1adam12 at 10:53 AM on June 8, 2020 [10 favorites]
It might be a jellied meatloaf. There are, alas, many ways to loaf a meat.
posted by 1adam12 at 10:53 AM on June 8, 2020 [10 favorites]
If that isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.
posted by drivingmenuts at 11:04 AM on June 8, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by drivingmenuts at 11:04 AM on June 8, 2020 [3 favorites]
OU alumni John Sammon and Steve Dimatteo are the geniuses behind this enormous prank.
This seems something of an overstatement.
posted by w0mbat at 11:11 AM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
This seems something of an overstatement.
posted by w0mbat at 11:11 AM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
a restaurant that doesn’t, and will never, exist
I'm really hoping this article has to be corrected at some point
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 11:23 AM on June 8, 2020 [6 favorites]
I'm really hoping this article has to be corrected at some point
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 11:23 AM on June 8, 2020 [6 favorites]
this wholly delights me
posted by Countess Elena at 11:55 AM on June 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Countess Elena at 11:55 AM on June 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
It looks like they really worked to get the most unappetizing meatloaf photo on the internet. Does the aol.com recipe call for boiling it?
posted by cmfletcher at 12:56 PM on June 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by cmfletcher at 12:56 PM on June 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
(I see you, Zamboni. I see you.)
posted by uberchet at 1:19 PM on June 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by uberchet at 1:19 PM on June 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
Yet somehow more real than the 8000 signs for Wall Drug
posted by GuyZero at 3:04 PM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by GuyZero at 3:04 PM on June 8, 2020 [2 favorites]
Wall Drug exists. When you arrive, you only *wish* it didn’t.
posted by jon1270 at 3:50 PM on June 8, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by jon1270 at 3:50 PM on June 8, 2020 [3 favorites]
Yeah, but they have Ice Water for free at Wall Drug...
Unsure if boiled meatloaf is available, nor Strawberry Milk
posted by Windopaene at 3:53 PM on June 8, 2020
Unsure if boiled meatloaf is available, nor Strawberry Milk
posted by Windopaene at 3:53 PM on June 8, 2020
Now trolling my sister about takeout meatloaf 'n s-milk, so this is a gift that keeps on giving.
(I do think the sign should have been black and white, all signs in Athens seems to be b&w.)
posted by joeyh at 4:12 PM on June 8, 2020
(I do think the sign should have been black and white, all signs in Athens seems to be b&w.)
posted by joeyh at 4:12 PM on June 8, 2020
I kinda love the implication of "Your voices have been heard! Margie's Meatloaf Mecca is coming to Athens soon." Like this is exactly what everyone's been asking for.
posted by AllShoesNoSocks at 4:19 PM on June 8, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by AllShoesNoSocks at 4:19 PM on June 8, 2020 [4 favorites]
Strawberry milk AND meatloaf - it's like my wife determined the menu!
posted by Ber at 8:01 PM on June 8, 2020
posted by Ber at 8:01 PM on June 8, 2020
a restaurant that doesn’t, and will never, exist.
We've missed the real story here - Etrigan has a time machine.
posted by Chrysostom at 10:13 PM on June 8, 2020 [3 favorites]
We've missed the real story here - Etrigan has a time machine.
posted by Chrysostom at 10:13 PM on June 8, 2020 [3 favorites]
Meatlofstrodamus
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 10:40 AM on June 9, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 10:40 AM on June 9, 2020 [1 favorite]
I went to college here. This is... very very Athens and I miss it.
posted by bitter-girl.com at 2:16 PM on June 9, 2020
posted by bitter-girl.com at 2:16 PM on June 9, 2020
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