Chicken Boy

Story of Chicken Boy on KPCC

Thank you Alex & David & KPCC.

It was the 66th Annual NE LA Holiday Parade today (Dec. 5), and we got invited to ride along. It was great fun waving, peace-signing, LA-signing, and flapping our wings. Thanks Stuart, Richard, our driver Jesus, and TK who shot this photo. Happy Holidays Highland Park!

 

 

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As seen on Channel 4 local news on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010

Thank you Gordon Tokumatsu.

Wayne Donaldson 'splains about Chicken Boy

A quick trip to Sacramento for a fun award ceremony at the Leland Stanford Mansion Friday afternoon. Eleven awards were given (we got a certificate signed by Arnold), presented by Wayne Donaldson (State Historic Preservation Officer) and Ruth Coleman, Director of California State Parks. After we got a special tour of the mansion. While we were gone, we missed a call from Channel 4 News and Channel 7 News who both ended up running stories about CB on the evening local news. We're trying to get a link...

That's the governor of California, as in Mr Schwarzenegger. And Chicken Boy won one, which we find unbelievable, funny, and humbling. We're heading to Sacramento on Nov. 19 for the awards ceremony. Watch this space.

Nine outstanding preservation projects and two individuals who have made a significant contribution over time in historic preservation endeavors have been chosen to receive a 2010 Governor's Historic Preservation Award. Recipients will be honored at a ceremony to be held in mid-November.

• Amy Inouye and the Chicken Boy Team for Chicken Boy, Los Angeles
  
  
• Tuolumne County Historic Preservation Review Commission and Department of Community Development for Keeping Time I through III
  
  
• Homeowners Joe DeMarie & Madeleine Brand for the Bubeshko Apartments, Los Angeles
  
  
• City of Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources for the SurveyLA Public Participation Program
  
  
• Fiddletown Preservation Society and Garavaglia Architecture for Rehabilitation of Historic Chinese Structures
  
  
• Save Our Heritage Organization (SOHO) for their Documentary of Four Decades of Historic Preservation in San Diego
  
  
• University of California at Berkeley for the Sather Gate and Sather Tower Restorations
  
  
• Charles Krug Winery for the Restoration and Renovation of 1872 Redwood Cellar and 1881 Carriage House
  
  
• California State Parks and the California State Railroad Museum Foundation for the Restoration of Sierra #3, the “Movie Star” Locomotive, Jamestown
  
  
• Chris Brewer for his Many and Varied Contributions to California Historic Preservation
  
  
• Lorie Garcia for her Part in Investigating, Preserving, and Recording the History of the City of Santa Clara

America's Best Roadside Attractions--we are pretty honored to be in the same list as the worlds' largest twine ball, peanut, and Mitchell's Corn Palace.

Check it out...

Who doesn’t enjoy a not-chicken taco? Chicken Boy for sure, who, even though he was the spokesmodel for a fried chicken establishment for many years, and believe us, he realizes the irony of that fact, and even though he has a moral and philosophical issue over the consumption of animal protein anyhow, cannot deny the tastiness of a Yuca’s Hut taco, particularly when served by Dora Herrera, who owns the James Beard award-winning Yuca’s (which by the way does not offer any chicken items on the menu) with her mom, Socorro. We like tiny, no frills establishments that treat you nice and make you happy so we visit often (if you’ve ever visited the Chicken Boy Souvenir Stand, you know we mean that; btw, please visit in person or online). While we’re on the subject of not-chicken tacos, we think that tacos should be the official cuisine of Los Angeles. Within walking distance of Chicken Boy, we enjoy a plethora of tacos, including potato and tofu variations, not to even mention the sopes, huaraches, tortas, and cemitas. A short ride gets you kimchi fusion variations. Peckish?

We got included in this very groovy photo essay about Chicken Boy's kin... thank you to Will Etling and GOOD!

http://www.good.is/post/picture-show-roadside-giants

It's our August trading card... Chicken Boy really is the Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles! Photo by Andy Caulfield.

It's our July 2010 Chicken Boy trading card, photo by Ted Meyer in Thailand. Pick one up at Second Saturday Gallery Night at Future Studio Gallery (Sat. July 10, 7 to 10 pm).