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    Cheese-sus: Murray’s says goodbye to Roquefort, throws a party

    Posted in Eat Out by Gabriella Gershenson on March 11th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
    Bye bye, Rocquie. We hardly knew ya. (Photo: Courtesy Murray's Cheese)

    Bye bye, Roquie. We hardly knew ya. (Photo: Courtesy Murray's Cheese)

    See this very fin de siècle (and can we say depressing?) memo/party invite, just in from our pals at Murray’s Cheese:

    George W. Idiot imposed a 300% import tariff in his last days of office on “luxury foods” from Europe. They didn’t want our hormone-infected beef cattle, the gall of them. Anyway, Roquefort was one of those foods, meaning that on Sunday, March 22 the cost of the cheese basically goes from $8 to $30. Meaning,  most people will stop importing it because there’s no way to sell it and turn a profit. True here at Murray’s as well.

    All that is to say: The famed cheese vendor is throwing an au revoir Roquefort party on Sunday, March 22, from 2 to 5pm. A $5 entry fee buys you a farewell taste of the cheese, plus Murray’s two recommended replacements. The first 50 people who come on down get a glass of dessert wine as well. An additional $10 gets attendees a cheese-cave tour, going on every half hour from 2:30 to 4:30pm.

    We at The Feed love parties and all, but this is kind of a downer. Well, Obama, what are you going to do about it?

    Tags: Murray's Cheese, Roquefort
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    4 comments
    1. Posted by Jackie on March 12th, 2009 at 11:35 am

      V. depressing!! Thanks for letting us know so we can go out and stock up!!

    2. Posted by Paul on March 15th, 2009 at 1:53 pm

      Do you hear anything about the real AOC Camembert “introuvable” [nowhere to be found in} in California, even at Wholefoods. Did it have the same fate?

    3. Posted by fork on March 21st, 2009 at 10:38 am

      The tariff has been delayed a month. Obama is trying to work it out with Sarkozy!
      http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/features/la-fo-roquefort18-2009mar18,0,7141232.story

    4. Posted by acousaAcews on April 17th, 2009 at 11:45 am

      nice, really nice!

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