Ted?s goes ?frostop-side-up? again
 

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People who might have spotted the giant mug sign from Ted?s Frostop (3100 Calhoun St., 861-3615) being loaded onto a flatbed and trucked away one day last fall could be excused for thinking they?d witnessed the end of an era. In fact, it was part of a new chapter for a long-running legacy.




That mug is a 14-foot-tall, sheet metal relic from the glory days of the American burger stand, and it?s been a kitschy landmark along South Claiborne Avenue since it was first installed in the 1950s.? [ Read more ]

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