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| Perry's Fish House South Burlington, VT |
Giant Lobster The Office Hazlet, NJ |
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Perry's Fish House is still there but the giant crab is not (see link). "Louie" was inflatable and was put on the roof during the annual crab festival in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s, local officials decided he violated the sign laws.
The Office has an inflatable lobster on its roof. He seems to be seasonal. I first saw him in 2003 but he was gone that winter. He was back in the summer of 2004. He was not there in 2007 but he might have been in storage for the winter. I spotted another lobster elsewhere at another restaurant in NJ, not the same chain, so maybe this is becoming a common and acceptable form of advertising in some places. |
| Sole Proprietor Worcester, MA |
Giant Crab Seafood Restaurant North Myrtle Beach, SC |
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The Sole Proprietor restaurant features a giant inflatable crab on its roof. Buster the Crab measures 75' from claw to claw. For more, see their website.
The Giant Crab Seafood Restaurant was built in 2003. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Nick's Restaurant West Swanzey, NH |
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| Nick's Restaurant features another giant inflatable crab on its roof. This crab and the one at Sole Proprietor shown above might be from the same manufacturer. |
| Giant Crab Tybee Island, GA |
Giant Crab Crisfield, MD |
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The Tybee Island Crab is installed at the Crab Shack. The restaurant opened in 1987 on the site of a former fishing camp. For more, see their website.
The Crisfield Crab is rather flat but I'll include it anyway. It stands in front of Crisfield High School. The crab is the school's mascot and their teams are known as the Crisfield Crabbers. |
| Boston Lobster Feast Orlando, FL |
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| The Boston Lobster Feast has a 15' lobster on the roof of a VW Beetle. They first opened in 1991 and have three locations: another in Orlando and one in Kissimmee. The car is moved around between them. Another giant lobster crawls up the side of one of their Orlando buildings. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Giant Lobster [gone] Islamorada, FL |
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| The Islamorada Lobster, aka Betsey, is the world's largest at 35' long. She is made of fiberglass and stood next to Treasure Village (a retail/restaurant complex). The complex has become a Montessori school and Betsey is now missing. I had heard that she would be moving a few miles south to Papa Joe's Restaurant but evidently that didn't happen. For more, see this website. |
| Giant Lobster Woolwich, ME |
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| The Woolwich Lobster is on the property of the Taste of Maine Restaurant. He has been nicknamed "Mainer C. Lobster". Initially, the restaurant owner was not pleased with the creation which turned up in his parking lot one day (seems the artist's trailer had broken down and he left it there). But customers liked it and the owner bought the piece for $2,500. Taste of Maine painted the lobster red and added some buoys and lobster traps. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Giant Lobster Hancock, ME |
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| The Hancock Lobster is 20' long and nicknamed "Wilbur" (the owners' last name is Wilbur). He resides at Ruth and Wimpy's Kitchen (Restaurant). |
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More Giant Lobsters
Shediac, New Brunswick (Canada): 1, 2 |
| Crawfish Lake Arthur, LA |
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| This Crawfish is mounted on a pole in front of Notts Corner Seafood. I don't know how long he has been here. |
| Crawfish Lafayette, LA |
Crawfish Chicago, IL |
Crawfish Chicago, IL |
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This Lafayette Crawfish is mounted atop a billboard in I-10. Sorry for the blur - photo taken while driving.
These Chicago Crawfish are perched on top of signs of at least three of "Las Islas Marias" restaurants. I think they are supposed to represent shrimp but I don't think they have claws like this. For more, see this website. |
| Crawfish Houston, TX |
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| This Houston Crawfish is installed on the roof of the Ragin Cajun restaurant. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Blue Claw Crab Galveston, TX |
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| The Blue Claw Crab is on the roof of Gaido's Seafood Restaurant. He has been here since at least the 1960s. For more, see this website. |
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More Giant Crabs
San Francisco, CA Treasure Island, FL Rockport, TX Queensland, Australia Kyoto, Japan Osaka, Japan |
| Shrimp Galveston, TX |
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| The Galveston Shrimp is mounted on a pole in front of Casey's Seaside Cafe, just next door to the giant crab described above. He might also be from the 1960s. Both were taken down temporarily during Hurricane Rita in 2005. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
| Shrimpy Big Pine Key, FL |
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| Shrimpy is mounted on the roof of a station wagon which is parked in front of the Bait Shack. He is 12' long and pink. Shrimpy was painted in 2006. [bottom row of photos thanks Bait Shack] |
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More Giant Shrimps & Prawns
New South Wales, Australia unknown location [vintage] |
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