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"Angelo Man" is an 8.5-foot-tall fiberglass "Papa Burger" statue -- one of the four-figure A&W Burger Family mascots introduced by A&W in 1963 -- now standing outside Angelo's Burgers at 2035 S Coast Highway in Oceanside. In 1977, when Tony Regakis opened his first Angelo's Burgers restaurant on the site of a former A&W Drive-In, he purchased the Papa Burger statue from Oceanside's other A&W location and it has greeted customers there ever since. A 2017 makeover gave the statue a painted-on mustache, eyeglasses, and an arm tattoo to match the restaurant's own branding.
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A&W Burger Family (Angelo's Burgers)
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Site-level location · 33.1855° N, 117.3795° W
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Stands outside a currently operating burger restaurant; freely visible from the sidewalk/parking lot at any time.
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Angelo's Burgers, 2035 S Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA -- statue stands at the restaurant's entrance/parking area, visible from South Coast Highway.
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