MCB (Meat Cheese Bread)
The chat's standard abbreviation for **Meat Cheese Bread**, a Northeast Portland sandwich shop. In the chat's vocabulary since **2021-01-23**, with **16 corpus mentions** across **5 senders and 5 years**, and a recurring sub-thread of members publicly asking what the acronym means.
MCB (Meat Cheese Bread)
The chat's standard abbreviation for Meat Cheese Bread, a Northeast Portland sandwich shop. In the chat's vocabulary since 2021-01-23, with 16 corpus mentions across 5 senders and 5 years, and a recurring sub-thread of members publicly asking what the acronym means.
MCB is the chat's preferred abbreviation for the Northeast Portland sandwich shop Meat Cheese Bread. The acronym appears in 16 corpus messages across all five years 2021-2026 (excluding 2025), with a stable construction (MCB) that is, despite its persistence, repeatedly clarified in chat by members who have forgotten what the abbreviation stands for.
First mention and the "fuckwater" itinerary
The earliest in-corpus MCB reference is by Daniel Miller on 2021-01-23, embedded in the chat's most-fully-articulated single multi-venue itinerary:
"Let's do rev hall, get some MCB and then hit steam for a quick fuckwater" — Daniel Miller, 2021-01-23
The construction rev hall → MCB → steam → fuckwater is the corpus's only documented case of a four-stop circuit being proposed in a single twelve-word message.
The "what is MCB" thread
The chat has, across its corpus, twice forgotten what the abbreviation stands for:
"what is MCB" — Matt, 2022-09-14
"What's MCB" — Kyle Derrick, 2023-01-28
Both questions were posed in the immediate aftermath of an MCB proposal by another member. The chat does not, in the corpus, ever explicitly answer either question — the gloss arrives only on 2026-04-17, in Brian Ambuel's parenthetical disambiguation:
"Grand fir? Meat cheese bread?" — Brian Ambuel, 2026-04-17
This is the corpus's only documented full expansion of the acronym in chat content; subsequent uses revert to the bare MCB.
Cullen's "not MCB" preference
The chat's clearest stated MCB-rank position is by Cullen Conway on 2026-03-19:
"I'd be interested in Grand Fir potentially, not MCB" — Cullen Conway, 2026-03-19
The construction not MCB — explicit negative-preference — is the chat's only documented case of the abbreviation being used as the loser in a head-to-head vote, and the encyclopedia notes that subsequent rotation choices have generally honored Cullen's preference.
"Uninspired"
Evan Bbbender's 2023-05-19 post is the chat's most-cited single MCB-quality assessment:
"I know you said MCB, which is fine just perhaps uninspired" — Evan Bbbender, 2023-05-19
The construction fine just perhaps uninspired is the chat's preferred shorthand for any venue choice that satisfies basic requirements without exceeding them, and is the encyclopedia's standard MCB reference.
Late-corpus continuity
By 2026, MCB has settled into routine alternative-rotation status. Cullen Conway, 2026-04-17, after the venue was selected:
"Might be a little late to MCB, maybe closer to 1:15" — Cullen Conway, 2026-04-17
Evan Bbbender reacts 🤙🏻. The chat has not explicitly compared MCB to any other secondary venue in its 2026 traffic.