Amarillo, Texas: Big Tex-Rex
A grinning green dinosaur wears stylish cowboy boots with large spurs. An accompanying sign calls Big Tex-Rex a tribute to "the Spirit of the Mother Road."
Big Texan Steak Ranch
- Address:
- 7701 I-40 E., Amarillo, TX
- Directions:
- In the parking lot of the Big Texan Steak Ranch. On the north side of I-40 at exit 75.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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A giant green dinosaur is located in the parking lot of the Big Texan Steak Ranch. Both Big Texan brother-owners, Bobby and Danny Lee, share special memories of a family vacation that took them way-out west on Route 66 to a roadside attraction that featured giant dinosaur statues.
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A sign that accompanies the dinosaur, which wears large cowboy boots with spurs, calls it a tribute to "the Spirit of the Mother Road." The Big Texan Steak Ranch originally stood on Route 66 before the interstate forced it to move in 1970.