The historic Coney Island restaurant in Springfield, Ill., has reopened in the equally historic Sonrise Donuts building, according to the Springfield State Journal-Register. Both restaurants boasted long tenures on Route 66. Emilio and Rosa Lomeli reopened The New Coney Island this month at Sonrise Donut at 1101 S. Ninth St. (aka Route 66). It is … Continue reading Coney Island restaurant moves into Springfield’s Sonrise Donuts building
Day: September 23, 2012
Mother Road music on tap
Here's a sing-and-tap version of Bobby Troup's "Route 66" by Merry Lou Metzger and Jack Imel on a 1980 episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show." https://youtu.be/7YdTrKs9zvw That'll never be as surreal as this moment from the Welk show.