Strasburg, Pennsylvania: Big Amos, Barefoot Amish Giant
Giant fiberglass Amish Man, formerly outside a diner, now outside a restaurant. The restaurant burned in January 2023, but Big Amos escaped unharmed.
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Amos - Barefoot Amish Giant
Boy he's big!
While we visited, the area was holding a Whoopie Pie Festival. A treat local to the region, it's made from two cake like cookies, preferably chocolate, with sweet creamy filling in between. You can find other flavor combinations as well. The festival was offering folks a piece of the world's largest whoopie pie the day we were there, weighing in at over 200 pounds!
[Cris Swanlund, 10/20/2008]Amos - Barefoot Amish Giant
Amish Man welcomes folks to the Hershey Farm Motor Inn and Restaurant.
[Dave Hilsdorf, 07/04/2008]Amos, formerly of Zinn's diner.
Here is a recent picture of Amos, the barefoot Amish Man.
[Ed Steinerts, 05/17/2006]Big Amos, Barefoot Amish Giant
Big Amos the wisecracking Amish Guy, displaced when Zinn's Diner closed, is back in free public view. The 15-ft. tall fiberglass statue stood at Zinn's from 1969 until 2003. He's on loan to Hershey Farm Restaurant And Inn from the Heritage Center of Lancaster, where he was donated by Christian Zinn II. His cement mount and official plaque suggest he'll be at Hershey Farm for a while. Amos is freshly painted, but no more broadcast wisecracks -- he's mute. Flanked by two Amish buggies, the once boisterous farmer seems out of place in this basket-and-doily destination.
[Roadsideamerica.com Team, 08/16/2005]Good old Amos is in the care of the Lancaster Heritage Center, but he's much too big to display at their facility in downtown Lancaster. So the Heritage Center loaned him to a restaurant near the Sight and Sound theater in Lancaster county. You can see him at the Hershey Farm Restaurant and Inn on Route 896 between town of Strasburg and Route 30. He'll be there for a five-year stint beginning in 2004, with option to renew the loan at the end. He's still wired for sound, but the "Yumpin' Yiminy" tapes are not with him, so Amos has now been silenced.
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Big Amos, Barefoot Amish Giant
Hershey Farm Restaurant And Inn
- Address:
- 240 Hartman Bridge Rd/Hwy 896, Strasburg, PA
- Directions:
- 1.5 miles south of U.S. 30 on Hwy 896. At the Hershey Farm Restaurant And Inn.
- Phone:
- 717-687-8635
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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