Lumi the Pie Lady

Atlanta, Illinois, United States

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Lumi the Pie Lady is a 19-foot fiberglass waitress holding an apple pie in the parking area of the Country Aire Restaurant in Atlanta, Illinois. Mark Cline made her from the original Uniroyal Gal model, and she was installed on August 16, 2024.

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A waitress nearly 20 feet tall, holding a pie, stands in the parking area of a family restaurant on Route 66 in Atlanta, Illinois. Route 66 News describes the town as the “Land of the Giants”, and Lumi the Pie Lady is one of its newest. She was installed on Friday, August 16, 2024, on the west side of the Country Aire Restaurant parking lot, which Route 66 News places on the 1947 to 1977 alignment of the highway, a short distance from Interstate 55.

The figure is a Uniroyal Gal variant of the Muffler Man type of roadside giant, which Route 66 News dates to the 1960s and 1970s. According to the town’s announcement, Mark Cline used the original model of the Uniroyal Tire Gal giants built in the 1960s by International Fiberglass Company to design and fabricate Lumi at his Enchanted Castle Studio in Natural Bridge, Virginia. She is dressed as a waitress, with an order pad, cat-eye glasses and a waitress cap. The firm Re-Giant installed her, as it did the Texaco Big Friend at the American Giants Museum.

She is named after the restaurant owner’s wife, an Illinois State Fair Grand Champion pie baker, whose success inspired the pie-holding design. A historical marker at the restaurant says she won two first-place blue ribbons at the Illinois State Fair in 2009, for her peach and apple entries, and that the owner wanted to celebrate her baking in a big way.

Lumi joins other giants in town, including the Bunyon Giant, installed in 2003 along the original Route 66 downtown, and the American Giants Museum, which opened in 2023 and says admission is free. The museum calls Lumi “a fantastic addition to the town and great photo op”, and the 2024 announcement said a picnic table sits beside her. The restaurant is a working business, so check its hours before planning a meal around the visit.

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A roadside photo stop in the restaurant parking area, with a picnic table beside the statue according to the 2024 installation announcement. The American Giants Museum (which says admission is free) and the Bunyon Giant are a short distance away in downtown Atlanta.

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Country Aire Restaurant, 606 E South St, Atlanta, Illinois, as listed by the City of Atlanta. She stands on the west side of the restaurant parking lot, a business property; check the restaurant’s opening hours.

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