There it is again! The hot dog at a 45° angle. Funny, the linear quality of the food must make painters want to represent them at an angle. This hot dog has a Delta IV thing going on.
Asheville, North Carolina
Denver, Colorado
Ah-ha! This is the first example in the HPFSA where a single painter shows up on two different establishments. This is clearly the same painter who did this one at Alemeda & Sheridan.
(Wadsworth & Louisiana)
Tucson, Arizona
Tupelo, Mississippi
Tennessee (location unknown)
Show-Low, Arizona
Chicago, Illinois
Faben, Texas
Faben, Texas
New Orleans, Louisiana
That sandwich reaches the vanishing point. I was giving a presentation about the Hand-Painted Food Signs Archive recently and my neighbor from across the street came to the talk. He has a collection of photographs of signs using superlatives. This one would work for both collections.
(Chartres Ave.)
Natchez, Mississippi
Benson, Arizona
Ozona, Mississippi
Well, there are those asterisks again. Why is that a go-to embellishment all over the country? Where do we learn that?
Ozona, Mississippi
Popcorn, being brought to our attention by a pickle. I enjoy how the original image has been preserved by whomever was rolling on a fresh coat of white paint. This is begging for some popcorn to be spilt to complete the trompe l’oeil.