The Gallup (N.M.) Independent reports that business has boomed at Badlands Burgers of Grants, N.M., since the Route 66 restaurant won the Governor's Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge at the New Mexico State Fair in September. On a recent Monday the parking lot was packed, and the line to order a now-famous burger was pushing the … Continue reading State fair victory spices up Gallup business
Category: Food
Cozy dogs and Ted Drewes
You can't do much better than this. Cozy dogs from the Cozy Dog Drive-In in Springfield, Ill., and frozen custard from Ted Drewes Frozen Custard in St. Louis will be among the fare served at the St. Louis Route 66 Festival next weekend at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, reports the Suburban Journals. Both … Continue reading Cozy dogs and Ted Drewes
Rendezvous Report
Here is some coverage from the Route 66 Rendezvous this weekend in San Bernardino, Calif. --- A lucky reporter at the Redlands Daily Facts tried the fare at the barbecue booths at the festival. --- The Contra Costa Times takes a closer look at the alternative-fuel vehicles and other "green" practices at the event. --- … Continue reading Rendezvous Report
It’s roasted chili season
Right now is one of the favorite times of year for residents of the desert Southwest -- when green chilis are freshly roasted and sold in the parking lots of grocery stores and farmers markets. In Flagstaff, Ariz., chilis are being roasted at the Flagstaff Farmers Market on Route 66, and customers are buying the … Continue reading It’s roasted chili season
Chicago chicken trip
The Chicagoland area is blessed with not one, but two, great fried-chicken restaurants on Route 66. WLS-TV took a trip down the Mother Road to check out these places -- Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket in Willowbrook and White Fence Farm in Romeoville. Both places are more than 50 years old. And they're less than 10 … Continue reading Chicago chicken trip
Notes from the road
--- The bad news in Oklahoma is that the state's turnpike authority will raise toll-road prices an average of 16 percent. The good news is that this probably means more traffic on old Route 66 in the Sooner State. --- On Monday we briefly visited with Dawn Welch, owner of the Rock Cafe in Stroud, … Continue reading Notes from the road
Notes from the road
A few things to move off my plate: --- One of the beneficiaries of federal stimulus package passed earlier this year is a Route 66 bicycle trail in Illinois. According to an Associated Press report, $25,000 in such funds will be used to build a four-way stop signal at an intersection for the Route 66 … Continue reading Notes from the road
They’re Cozy Dogs, not corn dogs
Dave Bakke of the Springfield (Ill.) Journal-Register explains that in Springfield, you order "cozy dogs," not corn dogs at the Cozy Dog Drive-In on Route 66 in south Springfield. “We usually give them funny looks when they say (corn dog),” says the Cozy Dog’s Sue Waldmire. The newspaper decided to do an update about the … Continue reading They’re Cozy Dogs, not corn dogs
‘Man v. Food’ host takes on Springfield eateries
Adam Richman, host of the Food Network's "Man v. Food" series, will film an episode at three Route 66 restaurants in Springfield, Ill., starting Friday, reports the Springfield Journal-Register. Richman's big task is to eat a record five bowls of Firebrand chili in one sitting from Joe Rogers' Original Recipe Chili Parlor. Richman and his … Continue reading ‘Man v. Food’ host takes on Springfield eateries
Chicken-fried bacon
In this warm review by Columbus Alive of Roadhouse 66 Bar & Grille in Worthington, Ohio, this excerpt caught my eye: If you're snacking with your nightcap, an appetizer menu is served until 11:30 p.m. This means you can get a pint of beer with Betty Boop's Tickle Pickles - battered and fried dill wedges … Continue reading Chicken-fried bacon