Jacques the World’s Largest Bobblehead

Name: Jacques the World’s Largest Bobblehead
Address: 810 OH-97, Bellville, Ohio, US

This 35-foot-tall hamburger-toting chef is said to be the largest bobblehead in the world.

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This 35-foot-tall fiberglass chef standing outside the Buckeye Express Diner has cheeseburgers instead of hands and claims the title of the World's Largest Bobblehead.

Jacques, as he is known, started life in the late 1960s as a French waiter and mascot of a restaurant in Mansfield, Ohio. Carrying two trays stacked with immense sliced meat sandwiches, Jacques leaned far forward to the edge of US Highway 42—too far, apparently, because when the restaurant closed he was busted up and taken down. Michael Byrne, a local businessman, salvaged Jacques and parked the shattered statue, which weighed over two tons, in his construction yard.

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Jacques the World’s Largest Bobblehead

810 OH-97
Bellville, Ohio
United States

40.647283, -82.540664

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