Mike Vick Gets His Eat On; Mexican Food Surprisingly Not On The Menu

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Mike Vick Gets His Eat On; Mexican Food Surprisingly Not On The Menu

By Jay Busbee | March 15, 2007

Word out of the AJC this morning is that Mike Vick, the NFL’s version of Courtney Love — there’s so much talent there, yet so thick of a skull — has opened a new restaurant in the Atlanta suburb of East Point. While we think he missed a chance at worldwide attention by not naming it “Ron’s Mexican,” we can understand that he wants to be all formal and stuff, a pocket passer of the restaurant trade, as it were. (We’ll leave it to the guys at Kissing Suzy Kolber to come up with captions for that photo, as we still have to live and work in this city.)

All fine and good. But what struck us about the story was the final sentence:

“I can’t play football forever. I’m going to have to become an entrepreneur and make my money grow. This is a step in a different direction. I’m trying to do some things differently.”

Yeah, yeah, fresh start, new venture, yadda yadda. But wait a minute — what about that bit about “making his money grow.” Grow? GROW??? Mike. You signed a nine-figure contract. Your money doesn’t need your help to make it grow. You could spend $10,000 a day and you’d still never run out of cash. No need to make white people feel cool by “hanging” with you and “getting down with their dope fly fresh homie M.V.” — save your money, my friend. Save your money.

But let’s not tear down Mr. Vick. We say, support the home team! Matter of fact, we’d like to offer up the first entrees to be served at Chez Vick:

The No. 7 — Scrambling Eggs: They look good right when you get them, but they run all over the plate, make a huge mess of everything, and you’re left feeling unsatisfied. Plus, they cost a pantload of money.

Drink Special: “That Ain’t Just Water” Water — It looks like water, but it doesn’t smell like water. Hey, does this place sell Chee-tohs?

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12 Responses to “Mike Vick Gets His Eat On; Mexican Food Surprisingly Not On The Menu”

Jennifer Lopez Says:
March 15th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Michael Vick is so perfect, that he almost makes me forget about tacos. Mmmm, yummy tacos and burritos in my tummy.
Christine Says:
March 15th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Your article is ridiculous, how can you talk about him like that. Come on, you can’t be serious. All the best to you and your writing.
Jay Busbee Says:
March 15th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Christine: First-time visitor, I’m assuming? Welcome. You caught us at a rare jocular moment. Usually, we’re graveyard-serious.

Tomorrow, we’ll discuss the Palestine-Israeli conflict with Nick Saban and Joe Johnson. Can we count on you to join us?
AJ Says:
March 15th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
lol honestly, any time Mike Vick is in the news, it just sets him up to get ripped on.

If Mike Vick was in the news for donating 10 milion dollars to charity or saving a baby from a burning building, I’m sure he lit up an L before he left the building.

And you can always add a tidbit about Marcus in there…That’s my favorite part!!!
Jay Busbee Says:
March 15th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Yeah, AJ, Vick is fast becoming another Steve Spurrier for this site — a go-to guy any time there’s a need for a cheap laugh.

Sad thing (for my career) is, I’ve interviewed the guy — he was cool to me, answered my questions straight-up, then I treat him like this. God, I am a worthless human being.

Oh, and the Marcus tidbit was Will Leitch’s bit of genius…but I’ll happily claim an assist on it.
Sportable » Blog Archive » Blog Roundup for 3-15-07 Says:
March 15th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
[…] Mike Vick Gets His Eat On [Sports Gone South]: Apparently, Michael Vick has some other ventures this offseason. Sure, we can assume he’s still smoking tons of weed and using the Falcons’ playbook as rolling paper. The suggestion to call this blog “Ron’s Mexican” is simply genius. […]
alec Says:
March 16th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Does Michael Vick personally prepare all the entrees? Or is that his brother? Cause I could really go for a drugged up 16 year old right now.
mojo Says:
March 18th, 2007 at 9:28 am
I looked at the AJC online article about the restaurant, and in particular at the “content related” text ads at the bottom.

They were for “viagra and herbal alternatives,” “Escape! Golf Package,” and “enlarged prostrate.” I guess we can say that context sensitive ads really work!
Jordi Says:
March 19th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
How about “Falcon Fingers”: five chicken fingers layed out on the plate where the middle one sticks up just a bit higher?
Jay Busbee Says:
March 19th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
You gotta be careful eating those Falcon Fingers. Very, very easy to choke.
Prose Before Hos Says:
March 20th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
[…] Frankly, I’m tired of the whining. I want more sexy scandals and pictures of Lindsay Lohan. More reality TV shows! More Alberto “They Still Let My Kind Add Random o’s to WASP Names” Gonzalez please! More hot Michael Vick herpes stories! […]
davante Says:
April 14th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
the food sucks and the waiters are lazy