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| Giant Burger Statues |
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| Plant Power Fast Food Las Vegas, NV |
Giant Burger [gone] Pittsburgh, PA |
Giant Burger [gone] Max & Erma's Columbus, OH |
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The Giant Burger in Las Vegas is installed on top of the sign at Plant Power Fast Food which opened in 2021. The sign was built by Hartlauer Signs. [map]
The Giant Burger at the Max & Erma's in downtown Pittsburgh was installed above the entrance in 1998. This location closed in 2012 and the burger is gone now. The Giant Burger in Columbus was installed on the back of Max & Erma's headquarters building in order to be visible from I-71. The company was bought out in 2010 and this burger is gone. I don't know of any other locations that have these giant burgers. |
| Giant Burger Herreid, SD |
Giant Burger Seymour, WI |
Giant Burger Dillon, SC |
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The Giant Burger in Herreid was installed in 2017 at the Pebble Drive-in. The restaurant opened in 2015. The Burger is about 7 feet tall. [map]
The Giant Burger in Seymour is a replica of the World's Largest Hamburger that was cooked here in 1989. The hamburger fed 13,000 people and was cooked on this 5,000-pound grill. I believe this statue was produced by FAST. Seymour is known as the "Home of the Hamburger" and a statue of its inventor, Hamburger Charlie, is just across the street. For more, see this website. [map] The Giant Burger in Dillon appears to be from the same mold as the one in Seymour. There are actually two of these installed on the Hot Tamale restaurant. It fits right in with all the other giant fiberglass statues, neon and carnival-like atmosphere of South of the Border. There are two giant ice cream cones nearby as well as a giant spark plug. For more about South of the Border, see this page. [map] |
| Giant Burger Panorama City, CA |
63 Diner [gone] Columbia, MO |
Giant Burger Suring, WI |
Giant Burger [gone] Waseca, MN |
Giant Burger Port Townsend, WA |
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The Giant Burger in Panorama City is located in the food court at the Plaza Del Valle retail center. It was installed around 2020. [map]
The 63 Diner had a giant burger and fries displayed outside. This burger appeared to have come from an A&W Family statue. The restaurant closed in 2015 and remains vacant. The burger and fries were still there in 2016. However, they were gone by 2018. The fiberglass Giant Burger in Suring is located at Cool Twist Depot. I'm not sure if the business is still there but the Burger was still there in 2018. [map] The wood-carved Giant Burger in Waseca was installed at Barney's Drive-in. This photo is from 2012. The burger was still there in 2014 but it was gone by 2019. The wood-carved Giant Burger in Port Townsend is located at Fat Smitty's restaurant. [map] |
| Giant Sandwich North Myrtle Beach, SC |
Norma's Burgers [gone] Olympia, WA |
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The Giant Sandwich in North Myrtle Beach is installed on top of Oscar's sign. The 3-D sculpture features every imaginable sandwich filling. It is approximately six feet long. [map]
Norma's Burgers opened in 1993. This giant burger might have been installed then. These photos are from 2015. In 2019, Norma's closed and the building was housing Smokehouse BBQ. The burger was still there but it was painted black. By 2023, the entire building and burger were gone. |
| EZ's Burger DeluxeWenatchee, WA | ||
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| EZ's Burger Deluxe has been here since 1992. Between 2009 and 2012, the soft drink cup was repainted from Coca-Cola to Pepsi-Cola. The burger and fries were also repainted. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Major's BurgersYakima, WA | Major's BurgersUnion Gap, WA | |
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| These two Major's Burgers locations feature giant burgers, fries, and cups on the restaurants' roofs. There was also a spinning plate of food at a location in Kennewick, WA. That location is gone now. The Yakima location opened in 2000. [Yakima map]; [Union Gap map] |
| Carnitas Michoacan #3 [gone] Los Angeles, CA |
TV Cafe [gone] Los Angeles, CA |
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| Sam's Tacos Los Angeles, CA |
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Carnitas Michoacan #3 featured a giant burger, fries, drink, and dinosaur on the roof. The place is closed in 2016. The building was demolished and the statues are gone.
Sam's Tacos is just around the corner from Carnitas Michoacan #3. The burger, fries and drink appear to be the same design. The elephant and giraffe are probably the work of a different artist. The drink had some damage in 2022 and was gone by 2023. [map] This photo of the TV Cafe was taken in 2008. By 2012, the building was gone. The giant food and animal sculptures have enough variation that I don't think they are the same ones that are at Sam's Tacos. For more, see this website. |
| Giant Hamburgers North Hollywood, CA |
Giant Hamburger [gone] San Francisco, CA |
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These Giant Hamburgers were built as a prop for the 1988 film "Miracle Mile". They revolved on a pole which projected from a sign built for Johnie's Coffee Shop in Los Angeles during the filming. The Hamburgers are now part of the Valley Relics Museum collection. They are in storage at the museum's North Hollywood storage lot. For more, see this website.
The Giant Hamburger in San Francisco was installed at Burger Urge in 2011. Around 2020, a Middle Eastern restaurant occupied the space and the Burger was gone. |
| Giant Burger Gainesville, FL |
Giant Quarter-Pounder Rapid City, SD |
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The Giant Burger in Gainesville is installed at a Burger King in 2017. [map]
This bronze Giant Quarter-Pounder was installed at a McDonald's in Rapid City in 2020. [map] |
| Giant Burgers Atascadero, CA |
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| These Giant Burgers at the A-Town Diner are constructed in quarters which makes them capable of creating a four-piece full burger or, as a single unit, fitting perfectly in a corner. They were installed by 2015. [map] |
| Burgermobile Kansas City, MO |
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| This Burgermobile was created in 2009 by Matt Targon with carved polyurethane foam for the Westport Flea Market Bar & Grill. The vehicle underneath is a Chevrolet S-10 pickup. [map] |
| Burger Car St. Louis, MO |
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| This Burger Car is located at the Hi-Pointe Drive-in. The 1975 AMC Pacer appeared in the 1997 movie "Good Burger." In 2019, the restaurant owner bought the car for $6,000 in Daytona Beach, FL. It was in bad shape and didn't run. He had it restored and returned to operating condition. It features pickle wheels, a crinkle-fry-shaped back bumper, and a ketchup bottle lid projecting from the back window. For more, see this website. [map] |
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More Hamburgers:
MacPherson's Drive-In: 1, 2 (Long Beach, CA) [vintage, gone] Big Steve's Grill (Plainville, CT) Don Hall's Restaurant (Fort Wayne, IN) [gone] Burger Dive Burgermobile (Somerville, MA) [gone] Stack City Burger Bar (Columbus, OH) [gone] Big Mac (North Huntingdon, PA) Hamburger Joe's (North Myrtle Beach, SC) A&W Burger Family statues (various locations) |
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