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| Other Giant Food (page 2) |
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| Egg Water Tower Newberry, SC |
Betsey Orb Miami Beach, FL |
Giant Egg Mentone, IN |
Giant Egg University Ave. San Diego, CA |
Giant Egg Mission Blvd. San Diego, CA |
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The Egg Water Tower proclaims, "Newberry County, Milk and Egg Capital". [map]
The egg-shaped Betsey Orb was built in 2016 and conceals a skybridge between the Betsey Hotel and the Carlton Hotel. [map] The Giant Egg in Mentone was created in 1946 for the local egg festival. It is made of concrete over a steel frame and is approximately 10 feet tall. [map] The Giant Egg in San Diego is on the roof of Eggie's, a takeout restaurant featuring breakfast sandwiches, which opened in 2021. The first Eggie's opened in 2020 and there are now about three locations in the San Diego area. [University map]; [Mission map] |
| Giant Egg Bombay Beach, CA |
Giant Egg Winlock, WA |
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The Giant Egg in Bombay Beach is installed on the roof of a mobile home which briefly housed an Airbnb known as The Nest. [map]
The Giant Egg in Winlock is 14 feet long and 7 1/2 feet tall. Winlock's first giant egg was created in 1923 from canvas. A plastic one was made in 1944. In the 1960s, a fiberglass egg was made, lasting until the early 1990s. This one was produced in 1993 from plastic and plywood. It was painted like an American flag for many years but has been plain white since 2006. Winlock was considered the Egg Capital of the World at one time and still celebrates with an annual Egg Days festival. There are also several Giant Chickens around town. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map] |
| Czechoslovakian Egg Wilson, KS |
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| The 20-foot-tall, fiberglass Czechoslovakian Egg was built and installed in 2012. It was painted from 2014-2015 and then turned upright in 2016. Wilson is considered the Czech Capital of Kansas. [map] |
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More Eggs:
Eggs & Bacon (Wilkeson, WA) Easter Egg (Vegreville, AB) Golden Egg (Barnevald, Holland) |
| Loaves of Bread Urbana, OH |
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| There are two giant Loaves of Bread at the American Pan building. They are made of fiberglass over wood, steel, and wire mesh. These photos are from 2010. In 2016, the Loaf shown in the bottom row had been repainted with a Bundy Baking logo. For more, see this website. |
| The Loaf Elysburg, PA |
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| The Loaf appears to be a former concession stand at Knoebels Amusement Park. The building looks like it is used only for storage now but there seems to be bread-making equipment inside as well. |
| Sliced Bread Chillicothe, MO |
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| This statue of Sliced Bread memorializes the Chillicothe Baking Company's invention of the bread slicing machine in 1928. It was installed in 2019. [map] |
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More Bread:
Lafayette, LA Portland, OR Manaia, New Zealand |
| Macaroni Champaign, IL |
Macaroni Springfield, MO |
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The Macaroni in Champaign was installed in 2012 in front of the Kraft Heinz Company plant. [map]
The Macaroni in Springfield was originally installed in 2012 at the Kraft plant in Northfield, IL. It was moved to the Kraft plant in Springfield in 2016. [map] |
| Magic Noodle Joplin, MO |
Oatmeal Carton Oatmeal, TX |
French Fries & Soft Drink Los Angeles, CA |
Drink & French Fries Las Vegas, NV |
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This giant bowl of food with chopsticks is located at the Magic Noodle restaurant. [map]
This giant Oatmeal Carton functions as a water tower and welcome sign. [map] The giant French Fries & Soft Drink in Los Angeles are installed on the roof of a McDonald's. They have been there since at least 2007. [map] The giant Drink & French Fries in Las Vegas are instlaled on the side of a McDonald's. They have been there since at least 2007. [map] |
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More French Fries:
La Fringale (Riviere-Ouelle, QC) [gone] |
| Pasghetti's Branson, MO |
Mammoth Cheese Perth, ON |
Giant Cheese [gone] Poynette, WI |
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The Pasghetti's Italian restaurant building features a giant bell pepper, tomato, and a fork with a meatball entrance. It opened in 2015. [map]
The Mammoth Cheese is a monumental tribute to the giant cheese that was produced in Perth for the Chicago Fair of 1893. The original, real cheddar cheese wheel was six feet tall, 28 feet around, and weighed 22,000 pounds. This full-sized monument was produced in 1943. This photo is from 2007. In 2009, a second monument was built. [1943 Cheese map]; [2009 Cheese map] The Giant Cheese in Poynette was located at the Curd & Whey Cheese House. It was gone in 2021. |
| Slice of Cheese Windsor, CA |
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| This steel Slice of Cheese sculpture was created by Robert Ellison in 1979 and is entitled "Slice." It was restored and installed in 2018 in Keiser Park. It was originally going to be displayed vertically. However, the 20-foot-wide sculpture was installed horizontally to be safer for children to interact with. [map] |
| Cheese House Wells, ME |
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| former Cheese House Arlington, VT |
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| former Cheese House Fiskdale, MA |
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The Cheese House chain consisted of 17 cheese-shaped locations in New England. There was also a location in Pennsylvania. I believe there are only five of these buildings left: the three shown here and another in Trenton, ME (1, 2). The stores were built in the mid-1960s and early 1970s. They were constructed of wood with a cut-out wedge for the entrance and windows. They are nine feet tall and forty feet in diameter. In the late 1970s, the chain disbanded due to financial problems.
The Cheese House in Wells became The Cheese Wheel. New owners added a kitchen in 1982 and the business became Sparky's Take Out. The store was called the Wine and Cheese Shop and sold gourmet food, cheese, and wine until it closed in 2024. The original "Chucky", a six-foot-tall mouse, is still on the roof of the building for now. According to some sources, his name might have originally been "Tony" or "Chunky". The statue was still holding his wedge of cheese around 2002. However, that's gone now. In 2003, he lost an ear in a storm. In 2004, he was "roughed up badly" by some vandals who broke his legs. By 2009, he was repaired and put back on the roof. The store closed in 2024 and the mouse is gone now. [map] The Cheese House in Arlington was built in 1965 as the first location for the chain. The building now barely resembles a wheel of cheese with its roof and addition. It appears from the postcard that Chucky, now gone, possibly had a bluebird on his right shoulder. Around 2021, the building was painted blue and began housing the Rablogan Castle of Scotland. [map] The Cheese House in Fiskdale now houses Bonardi's Formal Wear. The peaked structure above the door is not original. [map] This round building in Lanesborough, MA originally housed a Cheese House. The wedge shape has been filled in with an addition and the building now houses Krispy Cones Soft Serve Ice Cream. For more, see this website. There were other locations in Wiscasset, ME and Sturbridge, MA. For more mice, see this page. |
| former dairy store Brokaw, WI |
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| This former dairy store is shaped like a wheel of cheese with a slice removed. It has been abandoned for years but the dairy plant behind it still appears to be in operation. [map] |
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Cheese Drop (Plymouth, WI) More Food:
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