The Route 66 Food Truck Park in Springfield, Missouri, has been placed on the market, along with its 25-foot-tall Muffler Man statue the owner commissioned the venture.
KY3 in Springfield reports that owner Kirk Wheeler, who opened the food-truck park nearly two years ago, is wanting to retire, so he’s selling that and his Mother Road Motorcycles shop.
Wheeler acknowledged the COVID-19 pandemic, which occurred right after the Route 66 Food Truck Park opened two years ago, had a bad effect.
“The timing wasn’t great,” Wheeler pointed out. “The indoor dining and bar were open for just a couple of weeks before we had to shut it down because of the pandemic. It had a negative effect on everybody with fewer people getting out of the house and going out to dine. And the number of people traveling down Route 66 really slowed down.”
“It hasn’t really had the chance to thrive like it can,” added Gary Busker, a local realtor who decided to go into the highly competitive barbecue business and open his own food truck at Wheeler’s site. […]
“It has had its ups and downs,” he said. “But I’ve met people from Germany, Australia, and a lot of different places as they come through traveling Route 66.”
Wheeler said he prefers a buyer who is a Route 66 enthusiast. The food truck park is at 1530 E. St. Lous St. (aka Route 66).
Those interested in purchasing the property should call 417-861-6851. It’s not yet represented by a real estate broker.
(Hat tip to Mark Mahy; image of the Muffler Man at Route 66 Food Truck Park in Springfield, Missouri, via Facebook)