roadside barbecue signs — Carolina Barbecue
The sign a barbecue place puts at the road: a steel pylon with a lit box on top, neon or bulbs picking out a name, a bottler's disc above it, and a changeable letterboard underneath for the day's news.
nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/art/roadside-barbecue-signs/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 49K
The sign a barbecue place puts at the road: a steel pylon with a lit box on top, neon or bulbs picking out a name, a bottler's disc above it, and a changeable letterboard underneath for the day's news.
nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/art/roadside-barbecue-signs/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 49K
the pig that serves itself — Carolina Barbecue
A barbecue sign on which the pig is not the meat but the staff: a pig in a chef's toque carrying a covered tray, a pig in an apron at a pit, a pig in sunglasses eating a pork sandwich, a pig holding the restaurant's own…
nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/art/cannibal-pig-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 50K
A barbecue sign on which the pig is not the meat but the staff: a pig in a chef's toque carrying a covered tray, a pig in an apron at a pit, a pig in sunglasses eating a pork sandwich, a pig holding the restaurant's own…
nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/art/cannibal-pig-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 50K
Pigs in the City — Carolina Barbecue
Life-sized pig sculptures, painted by artists and set out on the sidewalks of Lexington, Davidson County. Uptown Lexington, Inc.
nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/art/pigs-in-the-city/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 52K
Life-sized pig sculptures, painted by artists and set out on the sidewalks of Lexington, Davidson County. Uptown Lexington, Inc.
nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/art/pigs-in-the-city/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 52K
barbecue postcards — Carolina Barbecue
Between about 1930 and 1945 an American restaurant could order its own postcards by the thousand.
nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/art/barbecue-postcards/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 48K
Between about 1930 and 1945 an American restaurant could order its own postcards by the thousand.
nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/art/barbecue-postcards/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 48K
Buffalo murals — Wing Country
Buffalo paints its own story on its walls, and the wing is part of what gets painted.
nanobotco.github.io/buffalo-wings/art/buffalo-murals/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
Buffalo paints its own story on its walls, and the wing is part of what gets painted.
nanobotco.github.io/buffalo-wings/art/buffalo-murals/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 40K
Neon chicken — Wing Country
A chicken drawn in bent glass tube, filled with gas, and run off a transformer over a bar, a drive-in or a wing counter.
nanobotco.github.io/buffalo-wings/art/neon-chicken/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
A chicken drawn in bent glass tube, filled with gas, and run off a transformer over a bar, a drive-in or a wing counter.
nanobotco.github.io/buffalo-wings/art/neon-chicken/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
The donut on the roof — Pink Box
Oversize donuts built on or around Southern California shops to catch drivers: roadside novelty architecture, most of it from the decade after the Second World War.
nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/art/giant-donut-roof/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Oversize donuts built on or around Southern California shops to catch drivers: roadside novelty architecture, most of it from the decade after the Second World War.
nanobotco.github.io/pink-box/art/giant-donut-roof/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K