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Put a Fork in It

May 25, 2017 Earnest Painter
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There is a delightful restaurant in the Hyde Park area of Austin called Hyde Park Bar & Grill. It opened around 1982, when Austin was still undeniably weird. The landmark fork in front came about (according to their website) in response to a sign ordinance. The Fork has since taken on a life of its own, with different objects being used in conjunction – most notably the French fries, because their French fries are legend. 

Since the idea of selfies has become a part of our nation's fabric (for better or for worse), they have installed a selfie stand, which is designed to allow people to take a picture of themselves with the fork. Pretty engenious, if you ask me.

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It's unfortunate that the hash tag they chose seems to be making a disparaging remark about their fork in Spanish. But, oh well.

TTFN,

Earnie Painter

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