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THE STORY SO FAR

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'Mad' Jack Wyatt
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Sheriff William J Browne

​THE LEGEND


THE pacific coast of the United States in the late 1800's was a harsh environment for all but the hardiest of travellers. Known as the 'Wild West' for good reason.

Famous throughout the region at the time was 'Mad' Jack Wyatt – the baddest, gun-toting smuggler in the land - and his trusted four legged sidekick. Wyatt was known for his cunning and wiles, he would make easy work of illegally transporting on horseback the much sought after cheese and hand made burgers from the farmers of Buffalo Range. His route took him through the notorious Death valley and up into the rich and developing new state of California. It was here his goods would sell for huge premiums and net old Wyatt a small fortune. Anyone who stood in his way was swiftly dealt with and very few dared cross his path...

The cheese smugglers story was passed from generation to generation and today is known throughout the Mid-West as the
"The Legend of Monterey Jack"


Our story continues as age finally caught up with the legendary "Monterey Jack" - and so did the law! After a long chase, the notorious cheese smuggling ring was eventually caught by unforgiving Sheriff, William J Browne in 1879. After being paraded before the County Judge the next morning, "Monterey Jack" was sentenced to death and hung that very noon.

'Mad' Jack Wyatt never recovered from that fateful day and retired from the cheese trade just 12 months later. He lived many happy years off the proceeds of their ill-gotten gains, but he never forgot the good times he had with his trusted four-legged companion - "Monterey Jack"

Funnily enough, in those days, it was considered that as the 'carrier' of the illicit, smuggled goods should be the one to face the gallows! Old Wyatt passed away in 1887 from severe gout. His last words are rumoured to be:
“I never knew a better nag than trusty ol' MJ.... except me first wife”.

(It should be noted, meat from hung horses was not popular in 1879...
...this is still the case today, all Monterey Jack's burgers are horse meat free)

-  AWARDS and COMMENDATIONS PRESENTED TO MONTEREY JACK'S BARS AND RESTAURANTS  -

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-  OUR LOCATIONS  -

Dunfermline
37 Canmore Street
​Dunfermline
​KY12 7NX
Glasgow
Merchant Square
Glasgow
​G1 1NY
Stirling
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1 Corn Exchange Road
FK8 2HX
Perth
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16 St John's Place
​Perth
​PH1 5SZ
Hamilton
42 Gateside St
Hamilton
​ML3 7JQ
Paisley
30-32 Moss St
​Paisley
PA1 1BA
Airdrie
1 Rochsolloch Rd
Airdrie,
​ML6 9BG
Falkirk
43 Vicar St
Falkirk
FK1 1LL
COMING SOON
GLASGOW FORT
​NEWCASTLE
DUNDEE

EDINBURGH

ADDRESS

International Customer Services Dept.,
​17 State Street, New York. NY 10004.

TELEPHONE

National Voicemail: +44 845 869 8754
(Free to all UK landlines, some mobile operators may charge)
International Customer Services: +1 212 739 0497

Contacting MJ's

Please note our branches do not have direct lines as
we don't offer a telephone booking or ordering service.

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