Malta, Illinois: Mighty Mouse and Elephant
Mighty Mouse protects all customers of a pizzeria from evil cats and sneaky wolves. Restaurant is full of pop culture items.
Old School Pizza
- Address:
- 507 N. 3rd St., Malta, IL
- Directions:
- Old School Pizza. IL-38/Lincoln Hwy to town. Turn south (no stoplight) onto N. Fourth St. Drive two blocks. Turn right onto E. Jackson St. You'll see the pizzeria on the right; it's in an old school building.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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I believe that this statue originated from New England Playworld, which was the new name in the final year of Benson's Wild Animal Farm [Hudson, New Hampshire] before it closed in 1987. Playworld had licensed Terrytoon characters from CBS in a last-ditch rebranding. Old photos of the statue that I've seen have a Magic Forest [Lake George, New York] sign on it, so it must have ended up there for a time, like so many other fiberglass items from closed attractions in the area.
[Jay Pennington, 07/15/2022]
Mighty Mouse and elephant still there. The restaurant is in a 1937 grade school gymnasium filled to the brim with pop culture relics. But Mighty Mouse and the ghostbusters car out front are free photo ops if you are not hungry.
[Clark W, 09/06/2021]
Inside the restaurant there are many pop culture items and displays.
[Craig Grondfeldt, 08/30/2021]
The temperature was 89 degrees, so at first we thought this was a mirage: a big, weird statue in front of the old high school. A Ghostbusters ambulance and the Pacer from Wayne's World are parked behind it.
[Ben, 06/16/2021]The Mighty Mouse and elephant statue was sold and has been removed from the car wash. It is now standing in front of Old School Pizza in Malta, Illinois.
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