Today was another episode of "I’ve driven past this dozens of times and I must find out what it is."

Located in front of Fiesta Garibaldi Chicken Palace, 1937 W. Forest Home Ave., is a large orange – or maybe a mango – structure. It looks like a citrus-themed spaceship as well as something that kids could climb on or interesting outdoor seating.

It’s actually none of these things.

Enclosed by a small white picket fence, it’s not accessible to the public. I could see from outside the little fence that inside the "mouth" of the orange (or mango) is a sink and work space.

Suddenly, it reminded me of the root beer barrels at festivals.

Curiosity got the best of me, and I went in and asked an employee the purpose of the fruit.

"I have no idea," she said.

So I asked another employee, and she told me it was supposed to be used at street festivals to serve mango drinks, but they did not use it as such. (Ah ha! So it is a mango!) Instead, it serves as an attraction for the restaurant.

"People like to have their picture taken next to it," she said.

Good enough for me. So I went back outside and took a picture of it.