From 1947 to 1994, The Mighty Midget kitchen stood at the Y-shaped intersection of Market and Loudoun Streets in Leesburg, standing sentry at the westbound entry point into downtown. The aptly named takeout spot was fashioned from the fuselage of a World War II vintage B-29 bomber and served burgers, dogs, and fries.
The structure was retired and sat in storage for several years before it found new life a few blocks away as part of the Hamburg Döner, a German street food and beer joint. I had more than a few brats from its tiny kitchen during the Döner's annual Oktoberfest. After the Döner closed in 2019, the kitchen itself stood dormant.
That's about to change. At this very moment, work crews are installing the newly-renovated Mighty Midget at its original location. The metal of the fuselage is gleaming, almost as if it's found a renewed purpose, a happy little kitchen. Avis Renshaw, owner of another Leesburg icon, Mom's Apple Pie (which shares a parking lot with the relocated Mighty Midget, will run what she calls, "the original food truck without wheels" when it reopens next year.
I'm very much looking forward to a mini-summit with Marls at the Midget. Worlds will be coming together, and my town will be all the better for it.
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your tribe 8.5-point dogs on the road against spidey tonight at 7
ReplyDeleteWe're going to need a photo of Rob in the mini to complement the Midget's Seafood pic from a few OBFTs ago.
ReplyDeleteCount me in for Marls at the Midget.
ReplyDeletei'll make sure to be behind the wheel of my mini when we take the pic. layers on layers.
ReplyDeleteand kenny, we can eat and then walk across the street to loudoun brewing company.
we need that little chair.
ReplyDeletealso, isn't a food truck without wheels a restaurant?
literalist
ReplyDeleteSeveral of the grease trucks did not have wheels. Were they restaurants?
ReplyDeletetribe went on an 8-0 run to tie the game at 82. then gave up a 5-0 run. spidey held on to win, 90-86. tribe beat the spread, tho. decent effort on the road.
ReplyDeleteupdate: ignacia fernandez was crowned miss chile world 2025! she moves on the compete for the miss world 2026 title in puerto rico. more death metal!
ReplyDeletei believe the majority of the grease trucks had wheels. any that did not have wheels were food stands.
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actually, if you google it, there's a whole history of how they became more and more immobile, to meet with various restaurant requirements. i guess i have to rename my band "food stand"? ycuk
ReplyDeleteWhat does that stand for, Dave?
ReplyDeleteI’m being hired by a former colleague that runs a sales org for a healthcare software company that specializes in RCM and AI (my space). The company is based out of Miami and I’ll be allowed to continue to work remotely. Will I double dip and work two jobs (which I’ve done before)? Possibly.
ReplyDeleteCurious, Mark: If you decide to double dip, what's the chance of 1) burnout? 2) inability to do both jobs well? 3) either employer aware of your arrangement and getting cheesed off that by working both jobs you somehow aren't maxing effort for "their" company? I'll hang up and listen.
ReplyDeleteI hope none of Mark's supervisors read GTB.
ReplyDeleteI did it before in 2021 for a company in Utah and one in Long Island. It’s not long term sustainable but I lasted about 8 months working both. It requires a lot of organization and definitely need to be sure there’s no overlap that leads to a discovery by either party. I already know where I’ll ultimately land but I have enough deals in process with my current gig that I want see through because, well, money.
ReplyDeleteAs for burnout, definitely possible and that’s when I’d pull the plug. Doing both jobs well shouldn’t be an issue. I’ve worked this space for quite some time and know the home healthcare world very well.
Driving a few hours for a work meeting, I popped on the audiobook for Chuck Klosterman‘s The Nineties. A couple of hours in, and it’s pretty damn good. (Dave reviewed this book positively upon its release in 2022.) Of note is that Chuck posits that the decade really began on September 24, 1991. The first thing he says about it is that it’s the day that Nirvana’s Nevermind was released, along with the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ BloodSugarSexMagik and The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest.
ReplyDeleteGTB is so far ahead of the rest of the world sometimes, it’s staggering.
Interesting. I just listened to Klosterman and Simmons on a pod this morning while tending to my tomatoes. Also of note from a 90s musical standpoint, both Midnight Marauders and Enter the Wu Tang were released on 1993 just a few ago (November 9th).
ReplyDeleteobx dave has already written his day 9 gheorghemas entry. the rest of you'd better show up on time this year.
ReplyDeleterick george stepping down as colorado's athletic director at the end of this academic year. that either means he knows prime is gone and thinks it's good timing to step away, as well, or that prime's taking over the department. i don't think there's a third realistic option.
ReplyDeleteYou are the realistic third option. You’ve run a thriving blog for years. You can clearly run a large athletic department.
ReplyDeletemany people are saying this
ReplyDeleteCould Rob borrow one of Mark's moves and do the job remotely while keeping his other gigs?
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