Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for February 25, 2022
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restaurant closings the following establishments have been closed for health code violations. ice cream 346 flavors ice cream - several suspicious flavors (spongesqueezins, maybeberry, death by vanilla, thingy & countercop) listed merely to boost the total to 346. lugubrio's since 1904 lugubrio's - grim edifice & decay-ing waitstaff prompted patron complaints of anxiety & depression. also, gaping hole blown through salad bar sneezeguard. mughraibhnaorheach mughraibhnaorheach - undeter-minable ethnicity - scandinavian? gaelic? urdu? plus most dishes on menu contain gravel, silt or pumice. homerule authentic d.c. cuisine homerule authentic d.c. cuisine - there is no such thing, not since they closed down all the "little taverns."
Cpeckbourlioux about 3 years ago
Death by vanilla sounds good.
seismic-2 Premium Member about 3 years ago
This makes me hungry for a bag of Little Tavern hamburgers.
Sisyphos about 3 years ago
Oh, my! Back in my Day there, Hot Shoppes were the place to go for late night burgers and for my favorite milkshake, which I in fact introduced to the Hot Shoppes by way of a skeptical but yet agreeable waitress, the coffee-banana milkshake. Mmm, those were the days, my friend!