BUSINESS: La Gondola Spaghetti House LOCATION: North Water Street, Decatur, Illinois USED TO BE A: KFC CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Hey who wants to come over for a GIANT BUCKET OF SPAGHETTI????? PHOTO: Michael R. Allen & Claire Nowak-Boyd
Original Restaurant: KFC (Contemporary)
BUSINESS: California Welcome Center LOCATION: Lincoln Way, Auburn, California USED TO BE A: KFC CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: For those who have just mysteriously arrived in landlocked Placer County, California, the state would like to welcome you from this abandoned KFC. PHOTO: Lunar Shadows
BUSINESS: China Star LOCATION: Chili Boulevard, Rochester, New York USED TO BE A: KFC CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: The streamers, the floodlights, the Chinese characters—this conversion really is a star! PHOTO: Dan Varenka
BUSINESS: Oriental Kitchen LOCATION: Fifth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio USED TO BE A: KFC CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Well, no, not really. PHOTO: Jim Early at Columbus Restaurant History
BUSINESS: Mann’s BBQ LOCATION: Research Blvd. near Ohlen, Austin, Texas USED TO BE A: KFC CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Maroon exterior is both convincingly jarring as well as reminiscent of BBQ sauce. Not bad! PHOTO: Kelly Vaccaro
BUSINESS: Gilstrap Chiropractic LOCATION: 71st and Elm Streets, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma USED TO BE A: KFC CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: Um, Mr. Gilstrap… I don’t know how to tell you this… but there’s a giant bucket of chicken attached to your sign! Winner of
BUSINESS: Rosie’s Xpress Take Out & Deli LOCATION: Brock Street, Toronto, Ontario USED TO BE A: KFC CREATIVE INTERPRETATION: That awning could use some more yellow paint, eh Rosie? PHOTO: Liz Clayton