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Jacksonville, Oregon: Floor of 120,000 Pennies (Gone)

Cafe owners gathered 120,000 pennies -- from banks, friends and customer donations -- for floor covering in a 2014 renovation of their tiny eatery. New owner bought the cafe in 2022 and installed a new, boring floor.

Mustard Seed Cafe

Directions:
SE corner of N. 5th St. and E. C St.
Status:
Gone

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Floor of 120,000 Pennies

The Mustard Seed Cafe closed permanently in September 2022. Don't know the fate of the floor of pennies.

[Jeff B, 02/26/2023]

The newly rebranded cafe foolishly has a new, boring floor. Perhaps the old floor of pennies is underneath it, waiting to be rediscovered, some day.

Penny floor.

Floor of 120,000 Pennies

The Mustard Seed is a very friendly cafe with good food in a cute town.

[Kathleen Hayes, 07/04/2019]

Penny floor.

Mustard Seed Cafe: Penny Floor

Yummy place for breakfast and lunch. After eating breakfast we finally noticed the floor, which is covered in pennies, along with a counter wall.

[Cindy Wolford, 08/13/2015]

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