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![[Rao’s restaurant flag]](../images/u/us$raos.gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 February 2025
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Rao’s is a famous Italian-American restaurant founded in 1896 and located in
New York City. More info at
https://raossince1896.com and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rao%27s.
In late November 2024, Rao’s
had its first-ever float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a New York City
popular commercial event. When announcing this premiere, news outlets
illustrated the prospective float with a cartoon-like sketch (I got it from CNN,
second-hand via Colbert -see
https://youtu.be/-LbS4Gm35Kk?t=511 2024.11.22 ep. of The Late Show,
at timestamp 8′30″). It features a dragon-slaying knight, mounted and in full
armour (embodying the pun "Pasta Knight"), and holding a white rectangular flag
with the restaurant’s wordmark
https://raos.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/raos-logo-340x156-1.png,
which consists of the name "Rao’s", properly spelled with an actual apostrophe,
set in bold serif capitals (seems to be ITC Century Std Bold Condensed
typeface), and topped with a superscripted, sans serif "®". This design may or
may not be the actual flag of the restaurant, and may or may not have been used
in its Macy’s parade float.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 25 February
2025
