Iconic Pig Stand, birthplace of Texas Toast is demolished

Crews demolish the Pig Stand in Beaumont on Tuesday. Photo taken 10/11/16 Crews demolish the Pig Stand in Beaumont on Tuesday. Photo taken 10/11/16 Photo: Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise Photo: Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise Image 1 of / 57 Caption Close Iconic Pig Stand, birthplace of Texas Toast is demolished 1 / 57 Back to Gallery

A demolition crew will tear down an iconic Pig Stand in Beaumont on Tuesday.

The restaurant, said to be the place where Texas Toast was invented, was sold to a new owner in September after two years on the market. For more than half a century, the Pig Stand served burgers, fries, malts and more to hungry Southeast Texans. First erected in 1941, the building has been vacant for 10 years, after the chain shuttered locations in 2006.

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Though a place filled with fond memories for Southeast Texans, efforts to preserve the building as a restaurant or cultural landmark failed.