Fry’s is a unique Silicon Valley computer and electronics chain that opened in 1972 with a converted grocery store in Sunnyvale, CA. There are now more than 30 locations across the country, many with unique themes. Yesterday I shot a few photos of the Palo Alto Fry’s which as a Western theme. I think more computer stores need cowgirl mannequins shooting rifles.
My favorite Fry’s theme that I’ve seen is the Burbank store which has the retro 1950’s Sci-Fi movie theme.
UPDATE: Katie Fellows tipped us off to Christensen Design, which creates many of the themes for Fry’s stores, including the Space Station theme in Webster, TX.
photos by Scott Beale
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The Fry’s in Webster, TX is pretty amazing. In my opinion, it actually looks a heck of a lot more interesting than Space Center Houston (the visitor’s center for Johnson Space Center) ever has.
http://christensendesigninc.com/websterhome.html
All of Fry’s Electronics stores are amazing. They are huge, have everything any geek would ever want, and are all very entertainingly themed. The deals there are always the best, although the non-sale prices are rarely anything special. The employees don’t know anything though, so bring a real geek with you if you aren’t one. UFO crashed into the front of the building > Western theme.
Wow, I thought Fry’s was pretty amazing just as it was (see Alex Brown comment ;) )… I never noticed a “theme” in our Irving, TX one. I must say I find the theme description to be dubious as well. (pays tribute to *what’s* history?) I will certainly take a closer look next time, though!
I am so lucky as to work in the same building as this lovely Fry’s! Too bad you all missed ‘50 cent hot dog and coke day’ on friday…
The best Frys is Burbank Frys which is set in the middle of an alien invasion. There’s actually a giant octopus (or squid!?!) on the inside of one of the walls.
Sadly, our nearest Fry’s (up in Portland, OR, or at least in a suburb thereof) has the ever-imaginative theme of “Warehouse store”.
We call that one “the Freaky Fry’s.” I feel soooooo creeped out whenever I visit it…
I rode alongside that horse!
http://flickr.com/photos/pheezy/72676489/
You have made me very, very homesick.
My mate and I lived in Palo Alto for well over a year, and the SF south bay for about 6. This was the Fry’s we went to most often.
Now, we live in Australia. Which, on the plus side, has kangaroos and wallabies and poisonous toads. On the downside, it doesn’t have Fry’s. :(
I wish the the Fry’s in Austin had some special theme other than big box store. I feel left out.
I went to the Fry’s grand opening in Oxnard California. The Theme? Oxnard. Pictures of Oxnard. Mmmmmm. Oxnard.