Al's Route 66 Cafe at 219 E. Dewey (Route 66) in Sapulpa, Okla., has closed but will soon reopen as a Granny's on Route 66 restaurant. The owners of a Steak & Eggs restaurant in Sapulpa bought the downtown building, which also houses a barbershop and bail bonds office. Paul Palladino, who once ran a … Continue reading Al’s Route 66 Cafe changes hands
Category: Restaurants
Off the beaten path
Martini Mike of the Duke City Fix collective blog talks about the Red Ball Cafe, which has sat at 1303 S. Fourth St. since 1922. You'll notice in one of the pictures that there's a Route 66 shield on the front wall. Despite that, this is a restaurant of which I'm mostly unfamiliar, mainly because … Continue reading Off the beaten path
La Posada chef readies cookbook
John Sharpe, chef/owner of the acclaimed Turquoise Room restaurant attached to the historic La Posada hotel in Winslow, Ariz., recently announced that the cookbook he's been working on will be hitting bookstores next month. The book launching will be at the historic La Posada at 3 p.m. Nov. 16. Please RSVP your intention to attend … Continue reading La Posada chef readies cookbook
Election Day for Atlanta
Nov. 4 is the day that Americans will choose a new president. It's also the day in which the residents of Atlanta, Ill., are considering a property-tax hike to boost the operations of a new museum. From the Lincoln Courier: Residents in the Atlanta Public Library District will be asked to approve a tax levy … Continue reading Election Day for Atlanta
Preservation Conference tour heads into Kansas
The Joplin (Mo.) Globe ran into a group from the National Preservation Conference in Tulsa that was touring Oklahoma's eastern end of Route 66, plus the Mother Road in Kansas. Among the sights taken in were the Blue Whale of Catoosa, Okla.; Afton Station in Afton, Okla.; a stretch of the old 9-foot-wide highway, the … Continue reading Preservation Conference tour heads into Kansas
Notes from the Preservation Conference
I attended a couple of Route 66-related seminars and took a stroll in the exhibition hall on Wednesday during the National Preservation Conference at the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa. Here are a few news items that should be of interest to roadies: -- I ran into Albert Okura, owner of the Juan Pollo restaurants … Continue reading Notes from the Preservation Conference
The original Golden Arches
Trevor Summons of the San Bernardino County Sun has an interesting article about the original McDonald's restaurant at 14th and E streets in San Bernardino, Calif. Situated on Route 66 - it is in fact the business loop of the famous road - McDonald's was originally brought there on a flatbed from Arcadia. The two … Continue reading The original Golden Arches
Try the fried pie
Within the past few weeks, the old Wings Hamburger restaurant at the old Route 66 location of 3409 E. Admiral Place in Tulsa had reopened. It's now called April Jo's Hamburgers, although the Wings sign is still featured prominently. The new owner boasts experience from the nearby Family Diner and the fabled Linda-Mar Drive-In in … Continue reading Try the fried pie
The magic of Magic Lamp Inn
The San Bernardino Sun has a nice article about the Magic Lamp Inn restaurant, which has been serving diners on old Route 66 in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., since 1955. The Magic Lamp is fish and chips and a classic Cobb salad. It's escargot with garlic butter and Marsala wine, French onion soup with a Swiss … Continue reading The magic of Magic Lamp Inn
Notes from the Web
The Barstow Route 66 Mother Road Museum in Barstow, Calif., has just announced the opening of its online store. Mother Road items offered by the museum include T-shirts, kitchen collectibles, patches, key chains, jewelry, lapel pins, metal signs and license plates. Go here for your early Christmas shopping. Jeff and Kelly of Vintage Roadside apparel … Continue reading Notes from the Web