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Pal's Sudden Service, a Tri-Cities-area fast-food chain, is known for its distinctive giant fiberglass sculptures of a hotdog, hamburger, fries, and drink perched atop a teal-tiled patchwork roof design -- an idea sketched by artist Tony Barone for founder Pal Barger. The sculptures, produced by a manufacturer in Elizabethton, Tennessee, adorn roughly 30 Pal's locations in and around the Tri-Cities region, including the Gate City, Virginia location at 165 Kane Street, the chain's seventh restaurant, opened in 1991.
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Outdoor rooftop sculptures at an active fast-food restaurant; freely visible from the road at any time.
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165 Kane Street, Gate City, Virginia.
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