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Hatch, New Mexico - Muffler Man We are the ones who bought the MM from the Heritage Museum in Ohio. We own Franciscan RV in Hatch, New Mexico and love the "Big Guy." He stands in front, facing the highway. He just got up in early April, and within one hour we were visited by the police regarding a local complaint -- sign and frontage violations.
Because of this, I would like to locate another large figure, or the A&W Root Beer Family for an upcoming diner we are remodeling 5 blocks down the street to give the town folks even more to gossip about. [teako nunn, 04/20/2006]
RV Muffler Man:
Address: 661 N Franklin St, Hatch, NM
Directions: 35 miles east of Las Cruces. I-25 Exit 41 - 1/2 mile south on SR 26 at Franciscan RV.
Phone: 800-605-2280[Show Map]- Hatch, New Mexico - Space Race – No Squirming Hatch Blowers in NM
Statues at Sparky's BBQ: Hatch has accepted delivery of a 65-foot-tall nuclear missile, which it plans to erect out by the highway to attract visitors to the town. It’s part of Hatch’s town slogan, "The New Gateway to Space." [07/08/2010] Complete Story...
Sparky's - Uncle Sam, Pig, Chicken, Root Beer Family:
Address: 115 Franklin St., Hatch, NM
Directions: Sparky's Burgers, Barbecue and Espresso. From I-25 exit 41, turn west on Franklin St. Sparky's is about a mile down the road on the right.
Admission: Free.
Hours: Su, M, Th, F 10:30-7, Sa 10:30-7:30. Closed Tu, Su. (Call to verify)
Phone: 575-267-4222[Show Map] - Hatch, New Mexico - Prodigious Porker In Peril, Potentially
Giant Pig Statue: Teako Nunn has a thing for big Roadside statues. He erected a Muffler Man at his RV dealership and an Uncle Sam at his BBQ restaurant — and other oversized eye-catchers as well. [01/14/2010] Complete Story...
Hatch, New Mexico - Uncle Sam From December 2009 - spotted an Uncle Sam holding a Christmas Tree. [Josie Nunn, 01/09/2010]
Hatch, New Mexico - Sparky's World Famous - Uncle Sam, Pig, Chicken, Root Beer Family On our way to Deming, NM, we took exit 41 off 25 South, and the first sign that something unusual was coming was the sign that proclaimed Hatch the "Chile Capital of the World." In just minutes we spotted the large hot dog (about 7 feet from nose to tail) advertising Sparky's Burgers, Barbecue & Espresso. (The hot dog was in the lot of Franciscan RV, which also held a Muffler Man with a cowboy hat holding an RV...and a car from Toon Town. I love these people!)
Sparky's was just up the road, and it's a Roadside America fan's dream! Across the street in the parking lot are a giant pink pig and a big chicken, and just before you get to the restaurant is a humongous statue of Uncle Sam. At the restaurant itself there's a metal robot (Sparky) and on the roof are the A&W Root Beer mom and dad.
Sitting on a bench in front is an original Colonal Sanders, photo-op ready. Sparky's is perhaps the world's only Burger, Barbecue and Espresso joint. They rival any fancy coffee chain in their imaginative selection of hi-octane drinks.
The decor inside is equally funky, including a giant moose head in the dining room, and vintage chinese checker boards, along with lots of old signs. We were in a hurry, so we had to get our order to go, but the burgers we got were to die for. So good that we stopped in again on our return from Deming. [Judy Pancoast, 07/24/2009]
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