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Restaurants.
Roadside restaurants sell an anticipated experience before they serve a meal. An enormous fish, a familiar domestic shape or a carefully lettered name can give a passerby something to remember. Look for the relationship between the promise outside and the practical entrance below it. These photographs bring together restaurants of many scales, from buildings that become their own advertisements to places whose personality rests in a single sign.
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Beef Burger, Amarillo, Texas

Beef Burger, Amarillo, Texas

Beef Burger, Amarillo, Texas

Fire Chief Hat Dog, Barstow, California

Variety Barrel, El Cajon, California

Variety Barrel, El Cajon, California

Rice Bowl, Merced, California

Rice Bowl, Merced, California

Rice Bowl, Merced, California

King's Fried Chicken (Church), Los Angeles, California

King's Fried Chicken (Church), Los Angeles, California

Burger King, Springfield, Ohio

Burger King, Springfield, Ohio

White Tower, Toledo, Ohio

Sombrero Taco Shop, San Diego, California

Sombrero Taco Shop, San Diego, California

Sombrero Taco Shop, San Diego, California

Sombrero Taco Shop, San Diego, California

Sombrero Taco Shop, San Diego, California

Burger Bar, Bristol, Virginia

Burger Bar, Bristol, Virginia

Johnnies Fat Boy, Los Angeles, California

Johnnies Fat Boy, Los Angeles, California
