Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
Long Beach, CA
This machine is no longer here. The listing stays up because collectors come back years later to check whether the one they remember was real.
From collectors
The Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurant and Market is a seafood restaurant chain inspired by the 1994 film Forrest Gump. The first Bubba Gump restaurant opened in 1996. The Bubba Gump restaurant is named after the film's characters Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue and Forrest Gump.
Hours of operation: Sunday through Thursday: 11:00 am to 10:00 pm and Friday and Saturday: 11:00 am to 11:00 pm.
Parking is available at the Pike Parking Structure with a 90 minute validation and also at the Aquarium Parking Structure with an $8 pre-pay fee. For more City Parking information, visit: http://www.dlba.org/Interactive_Parking_and_Route_Map.
The penny machine is located directly to the right as you walk in the main entrance, up against the inside wall of the entrance, directly across from the gift shop. Cost to press: 51¢ each design. Designs are:
1) (V) Forrest Gump running by Long Beach skyline with 'Run Forrest Run Long Beach, CA'.
2) (V) Bubba Gump logo with 'Long Beach California'.
3) (V) Forrest Gump siting on a park bench with 'Life is Like a Box of Chocolates Long Beach, CA'.
4) (H) A shrimping boat named Jenny with 'Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Long Beach, CA'.
G.P.S. coordinates: N33° 45' 48.2358" Longitude: W118° 11' 45.2472"
Google Maps coordinates: QR73+9P Long Beach, California
2/06/26: The machine was working and pressing fine when I visited today. KLG
09/08/2026: Machine removed. Server said they no longer had pennies to hand out, so they took out the machine. He doesn’t expect it to return.
Machines and designs
| Machine | Designs | Coin type |
|---|---|---|
| Inside front door to the right | 4 | Penny |
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