Long after the printing press rendered town criers obsolete, that other ancient form of information dissemination, the sidewalk sandwich board, quietly persists.

Seattle restaurant and bar Saint John’s makes a practice of putting out chalk-art sandwich-board signs — some political, some just meant to be funny (like “YOUR WORLD SERIES HQ” with a ...

“I’ve been using the sandwich board, chalkboard signs this whole time, just like many other stores around here,” said Zachary Langster, co-owner of Petersburg restaurant Loco Kitty.

The Westminster City Council agreed to take another look at sidewalk sandwich boards last night after hearing an impassioned plea from the owner of a West Main Street bakery.“We are decaying. We ...