A joyous story of reuse and renewal after COVID.

Celebrates its comeback with Public Art….

Originally commissioned for a holiday event at the MN State Fair.

Honoured Butter Sculptor Linda Christensen who has sculpted all the Dairy Queens, and their courts, in butter, during the State Fair for the past 40 years.

Sculpted Linda as the Butter Queen. It’s very convincing, many asked us how we manage not to have the butter melt.

Added bling.

The tiara made the winter of COVID seem less dark.

We slowly drove it to the Mn State Fairgrounds.

The stainless steel tiara had many fans, over 180,000 people drove past it during the Glow Festival. It was later was re-commissioned by St. Paul’s Winter Carnival and thousands more had their chance to see it.

Of a time before COVID, the Butter Tiara made people happy.

In the summer of 2021, Alison Kirwin, the new owner of Al’s Breakfast, a Butter Queen herself, decided to give the Butter Tiara a new home.

It will sit on Al’s Breakfast roof top...a colourful place.

A Butter Tiara is what DInkytown has always needed.

during smog warnings.

Ready to instal in their High-Vis vests.

And strapping it down with steel.

for the Butter Queen who owns Al’s

The 25 year employee bought the business and now carries on Al’s 75 year tradition.

You can take a selfie, too. And post it. And wish Al’s Breakfast a happy 75+ Anniversary!