Weird California - By Joe Parzanese
World's Largest Artichoke
11261 Merritt St.,
Castroville, California
95012
The World's Giant Artichoke in Castroville
Castroville, the Artichoke Center of the World, not surprisingly plays host to the "World's Largest Artichoke". At 20 feet tall and 12 feet wide, the artichoke made out of concrete and rebar stands before a local business aptly named "The Giant Artichoke". The restaurant and giant artichoke were created by Ray Bei. Artichokes at the restaurant are served in a variety of ways including but not limited to: frozen, fried, quiched and steamed.
The Giant Artichoke stands near the intersection of 156 and 183, pretty close to where 156 becomes route 1.
Comments:
- Doug of Clovis, Calif on 2008-07-11 said:
- This was really cool. I went and saw this last year (2007). I have been that way many times, but did not know about it till i read about it in the book and saw it on the web.
Last Edited: 2007-01-23
