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Carved Hilltop Steak House Sign
By Chrissy Lebel ~ Amesbury

This replica of Hilltop’s iconic cactus sign was hand-crafted and painted by sign maker Chrissy Lebel using HDU – a high-density medium used for modern outdoor signage. Brilliantly carved detail and finish.

Appx Dimensions: 29"H x 22.5"W

The Hilltop Steak House was the famed area restaurant located on Route 1 in Saugus. Founded in 1961 by Frank Giuffrida, a butcher from Lawrence MA, it was one of the busiest restaurants in the United States from the 1970s to 1990s. 

Designed in 1966 by electric sign company Mack Advertising. A hole eight feet deep, 28 feet long, and 15 feet wide was blasted for the base of the sign. It took six flatbed trailers to haul the parts for the massive 67-foot sign, which contained 210 fluorescent light bulbs and nearly a half-mile of neon tubing, took five days to assemble.