The Chicago Chop Suey Building Mystery

A few years back my daughter and I were driving up the coast to San Francisco. Along the way, we found ourselves on the streets of Guadalupe Ca, a small town about a hundred and fifty miles from Los Angeles. Driving around town we came upon this sweet little oddity of a place, the Chicago Chop Suey building. I loved it in an instant and we pulled over so I could shoot this picture. And then because I am who I am I tried to find out more about the place from the neighbors but…nothing. So this picture languished, having no purpose to call it to life but too sweet to delete.

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