At Quickies Food Stores in Monaca, Pennsylvania.

"Monaca" is not pronounced like "Monica." Rather, the stress goes on the middle syllable, and it rhymes with "alpaca."

 

A "quickie" is a brief sex act.

 

We are expected to understand that there is only one Quickies Food Store here at this site, not multiple Quickes Food Stores, despite what the sign says.

 

Weirdly, the actual name of the business on its building is "Mamula's Mini Mart," and a Google or DDG search for "Quickies Food Stores" turns up zero exact matches as of July 2022.

 

My favorite part of the sign is the black plastic rectangle of the "FOOD STORES" portion.

 

Of the numerous businesses in the U.S. that sell refrigerated multipacks of hot dogs, most do not routinely advertise the price on roadside signs, nowadays.

 

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In Monaca, Pennsylvania, on July 10th, 2020, at the southwest corner of 9th Street (Pennsylvania Route 18) and Indiana Avenue.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Beaver (county) (1002171)

• Monaca (2090853)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

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Wikidata items:

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Advertising—Cigarettes (sh85001109)

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