HOLY HELL. Look, gang! The octopus from the old Greek Cusina downtown has popped up on Craigslist!
Greek Cusina, on SW 4th and Washington, closed down more than four years ago, in January 2010—after a blistering code fight between owner Ted Papas and then-zoning Commissioner Randy Leonard. (That code fight later spilled into a court fight.) The iconic sea beast was moved to a fancifully painted barbershop out on SW Barbur the month after.
The octopus is looking a little worse for wear these days. But the ad doesn’t explain why it’s got to go. It also doesn’t include anything like… oh… say… contact information. Just a note that whoever shows up to kick the thing’s tentacles come with their own crane.
I think the Merc should adopt it in place of the defunct Trivia Cat.
I second ujfoyt’s suggestion. The Merctopus could be a vivifying presence at parades, hoe-downs, and bacchanalias sundry and varied.
My good friend owns Moonshrimp Brewery just below it, sounds like it was the landlord’s decision to put up the ad. Going to be hard to see ol’ Jacques go though.
Ceiling octopus is watching u drink lol.
Maybe Denis doesn’t use CL much: there is a “Reply” button in the upper left of the ad, which provides a CL email address that forwards to the poster’s email address. It is an anti-spam feature (to avoid revealing the poster’s email address to the whole world).
If I owned a crane, that thing would be on it’s way to my front yard