This is one sign I'd like to see Miller make! The Hill Top

We had dinner there when returning from Maine a month ago.  No idea it was closing!  I too would buy that sign in a heartbeat.  It would make a great image for any layout.  

It would be really cool if it were a 3d sign but I would take a 2 sided flat sign.

Another "Sign" of the times.

I would like this one as well.

 

Print on 8-1/2 x 11 photo paper and cut out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was so disappointed when I read this in the paper Sunday down here in NJ.  Growing up, I remember The Hilltop was one of my parents' favorite places to eat.  They had a modest income so dinner at The Hilltop was a big deal!  Loved their Lazyman's Lobster Casserole!  

 

That would be a cool sign for someone to make!

 

- Mike

My wife and I use to drive up from Rhode Island to have a great meal and then head over  to the Hilltop Butcher shop and load up with about 6 months worth of meats for our freezer. Your right Chris. We certainly have lost an icon.

That's right Mike I remember that and the fillet minion!   Yum!      "Sue city table for six" 

When I would stop there in the 70's a NY strip steak was $5.95. Since the late 90's it has been going down hill. Up until a year ago we would stop there for lunch on the way home from Charlie Ro's. Now we stop at the continental.

I wonder how much that sign would cost today?

We went to the Hilltop for one last feast about a week ago. It was a two hour wait. A friend of mine went this past week and it was a four hour wait. Amazing. I was talking with one of the host while waiting. The cactus sign is registered as a national landmark and will be saved. The cattle out front are up for sale at $3000.00 each.

That's good news for the sign!   $3000.00 for one of the cows!  I wonder how much for one of the calf's?

Chris I dont know but I would not mind having the little grey calf. Another note was the looting that was taking place during the last few days. Patrons were caught taking menus and other furnishings from the dining rooms. Our waitress was kind enough to give us a few placemats as a souvenir.

The placemats are already on Ebay for $20.

I was startled to be told at York that Miller's could not get licensing for a Coor's sign!

This when they offer several other beer brand signs.  Said the owners of the brand

didn't want to badly influence us children.  I'll have to find photos of signs for some

other, defunct, brand of Colorado beer,

It's gonna feel awfully strange driving up and down Rt. 1 and not seeing that huge cactus sign!

Not sure what that has to do with the Hill top? I'll bet licensing may not be a big problem for the Hill top sign.

I'll miss the Hilltop Steakhouse too.  I drove past the Hilltop last week and the parking lot was packed. 

 

Back in the 1990's I was working for an insurance company and we were asked to quote on the property insurance.  I had the opportunity to survey it and I have a couple of things to pass on as a result.  Occasionally pranksters, like MIT students, would steal cows so the Hilltop would have new ones made from molds they stored in the basement.  Also, I think they were defering maintenance because when I went on the roof I stepped in a huge grease accumulation from the deep fat fryers.  It was pretty deep and went over my shoe.  

Chris:

 

This is one of the best ideas in a long time for a new Miller sign. Sorry to see this landmark restaurant go away.