Yes, that is a giant crab. It is on the roof of the building where Jake’s Famous Crawfish is located. Jake’s is one of the oldest restaurants in Portland. For whatever reason they put this crab up around St. Patrick’s Day and it stays for there for a few weeks. I am not sure what the connection to St. Patrick’s Day is.
Here’s a better photo that I found on Google Images.
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haha, is all i can say!!! ha
We used to have a giant purple octopus on the roof of the Greek Cucina restaurant. That made more sense, Greek and octopus.
Jake’s has always been, and will always be, my all time favorite restaurant.
We DO have a really pretty city, don’t we?
We do have aprety city. Look at these photos I found when looking for a better one of the crab. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/112578440_ae51fe97f3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/congaman/galleries/72157622864196392/&usg=__NN4QM3SS1XOPY84swKzJ1h-9dQE=&h=397&w=500&sz=155&hl=en&start=2&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ejwpMoYORQ-RDM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djake%2527s%2Bcrab,%2Bportland%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1
Tara always picks Jake’s for her birthday dinner. And she always orders the same thing, the salmon stuffed with shrimp, crab and brie. Way too rich for me. On her last birthday we were trying to decide on what to order when her husband made some wise ass remark about the menu. Then we noiticed that it said Happy Birthday Tara. They asked me when I made reservations if it was for a special occasion. That is a nice extra touch.
Hey, when I was younger and we did that kind of thing, I always chose Jake’s too for my birthday dinner! I always ordered the same thing, too, but it wasn’t stuffed salmon, I want to say it was halibut with crab and hollandaise.. can’t remember now. But still just as rich!