April 15, 2008

NYC's Most Unappetizing Window Display

New York City is known for its amazing window displays, especially during the holiday season when stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Macy's spend tons of time and money trying to impress passersby.

A few weeks ago I was near Penn Station and walked by what had to be the most unappetizing, nonsensical window display I have ever see in my life. This is the window of the Roy Rogers restaurant on 7th avenue and 31st street. Now, I understand that Roy Rogers most likely doesn't have a huge budget to spend on window displays (do they have a lot of money to spend on anything?) but I mean... I don't even understand what they're promoting.

You can't really see, but the entire window is lined with burger wrappers, and then additional food containers are used to fill up the space on the bottom. Also, there are several plastic parakeets in the display as well. Um... why? What do the parakeets have to do with anything??? What exactly are in these food products?

The full window display, in all its glory. Notice the food boxes and birds.


At the top there is a ceramic chef without a head.


The chef's head lies at the bottom of the window, waiting to be devoured by plastic parakeets.

Does this make you want to eat Roy Rogers? I just thought it was strange and felt the need to share.

*UPDATE* Roy Rogers must read my blog because they have updated the window! Check it out!


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