Portland Pictures: "Jake The Crab" @ Jake's Famous Crawfish
March 4, 2010 — PDXPIPELINE
“Jake The Crab”
Jake's Famous Crawfish
Portland, Oregon
Photo by Kimberly Gehl
Well, now that the purple octopus of Greek Cusina is gone, there appears to be a new king blow-up sea-life animal in town at Jake's. More Portland pictures on Pipeline here…
Update: JakieInPDX has some more pictures here in the daytime and from above.
March 4, 2010 at 10:03 am
The crab actually comes out every year, just in time for St. Patrick’s day.
March 4, 2010 at 10:31 am
That’s actually really tacky because it covers up so much of the building with its legs. How long do they plan on having that there?
March 4, 2010 at 12:32 pm
A crab equals St. Patrick’s Day? Are crabs popular in Ireland? Did St. Patrick beat the crabs out of Ireland along with the snakes? (making a joke)
March 5, 2010 at 6:11 pm
[...] is located. Jake’s is one of the oldest restaurants in Portland. For whatever reason they put this crab up around St. Patrick’s Day and it stays for there for a few weeks. I am not sure what the connection to St. Patrick’s Day [...]