Yoda’s Big Boy (Salem, VA)

Restaurant_YodaApparently, Yoda’s Big Boy was one of the earliest Shoney’s restaurants. It later merged with Lendy’s, also of Salem. Back when it was Yoda’s competitor, Lendy’s was simultaneously a Big Boy and a Kentucky Fried Chicken. Confused? That makes two of us.

I got the above info from the Lendy’s section of oldroanoake.net, which contains plenty of pictures. This page shows Col. Sanders (in person and in sign form) in front of a Big Boy, along with a newspaper ad for “Shrimp, golden fried the Yoda way”. For a picture of the actual Yoda’s building, scroll down this page. Spoiler alert: not as cool as the drawing, but it does have a Big Boy statue.

Most importantly: YES, they gave out Big Boy Comics!

I’m not sure who drew this one. I seem to remember the artist’s last name was Yoder, but maybe that’s just me seeing “J.Y.” in the signature and wanting a Yoda drawing by a Yoder. Ideas, anyone?

Pixie Kitchen (Wecoma Beach, OR)

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by John Peters

The Pixie Kitchen operated from 1953 to 1985 and is pretty thoroughly memorialized on the internet. If you visit Lincoln County, Oregon, you can see memorabilia from the restaurant on display at the museum. Stay at the Whistling Winds Motel and request the Pixie Kitchen room!

John Peters has been featured previously on this blog. He’s moved his comics to mooncowcomics.com, so follow him there!