Popular Plates magazine is devoting its current issue to food and restaurants along Route 66. This particular magazine boasts the added cachet of employing Michael and Jane Stern, authors of the popular "Roadfood" book and website, as the editors. The magazine is 96 pages and costs $9.99. It will be on sale at bookstores and … Continue reading Food magazine devotes entire issue to Route 66
Category: Restaurants
“Man vs. Food Nation” features Barstow restaurant
Wednesday night's edition of the Travel Channel's "Man vs. Food Nation" show will feature the Idle Spurs Steakhouse in Barstow, Calif., and other Route 66 restaurants and attractions, according to the Desert Dispatch newspaper. The TV show visited Barstow on July 17 as part of its Route 66 episode, which highlights food and activities along the … Continue reading “Man vs. Food Nation” features Barstow restaurant
Route 66 TV goes nuclear
The second episode of Route 66 TV on YouTube was posted today. And I'm sure host Jim Conkle was all aglow doing this segment: On this episode, Jim talks about an upcoming road trip from Amarillo to Santa Monica. You'll see a nuclear waste transport rig, and you'll learn a bit about the Summit Inn. … Continue reading Route 66 TV goes nuclear
“I’m chained to the highway …”
This is a video about Route 66 in the desert of Southern California, particularly in the Victorville area. You'll see some footage at Emma Jean's Hollandburger in Victorville. https://youtu.be/iXL5v--_imo Music is by Chris Rea.
KUAF’s Route 66 stories, all in one place
KUAF-FM, a National Public Radio affiliate based at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, posted daily reports from Route 66 in Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas this week. Here's the complete set of broadcasts, which you can hear at the link: Monday, a report from Vintage Iron Museum in Miami, Okla. Tuesday, a report from the … Continue reading KUAF’s Route 66 stories, all in one place
Town House eatery in Albuquerque is reopening
The historic Town House Lounge and Restaurant, which operated on Albuquerque's Central Avenue for 49 years before closing in 2007, will reopen within weeks. Dino Argyres, son of Town House founder George Argyres, will operate the restaurant, said Dino's daughter Shay Argyres. She said the menu will remain mostly similar to the original Town House … Continue reading Town House eatery in Albuquerque is reopening
“Serving homemade food from scratch”
I'm glad to see this finally show up on YouTube: the Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Drives" paid a visit to Emma Jean's Holland Burger Cafe on Route 66 in Victorville, Calif., a few years ago. https://youtu.be/n3ILD8Tfbd4 The food is fabulous, and the retro atmosphere at the restaurant almost matches it.
Using video to sell books
This sounds counterintuitive, but publishers and authors are using videos and other multimedia to help promote the written word. That includes Ron Chavez, former owner of the famed but long-closed Club Cafe on Route 66 in Santa Rosa, N.M. He posted a video on YouTube today to promote his 2008 collection of short stories and … Continue reading Using video to sell books
2011 cost-share grant awards announced
Today, the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program announced the awarding of 10 cost-share grants to Route 66 property owners for the 2011 fiscal year. Here's the listing, straight from the agency: Route 66 Motel sign and roof rehabilitation, Kingman, Ariz. ($10,319 federal grant, $10,319 match by owner) -- The Route 66 Motel has been a welcoming … Continue reading 2011 cost-share grant awards announced
A new wrinkle on Wrink’s Market
For an all-too-brief period, Terry Wrinkle resurrected Wrink's Market, the longtime Route 66 business in Lebanon, Mo., owned and operated by his late father Glenn Wrinkle. When Terry shut down the business in 2009, the future of the building looked cloudy. However, in recent weeks, the old Wrink's Market has found new life with D.C. … Continue reading A new wrinkle on Wrink’s Market