Vintage roadside

[BobHufford]

Went by this store in Williamsburg, Missouri yesterday. Had to stop in...

Started in 1885 and in this location since 1926.

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[3fingers]

Went by this store in Williamsburg, Missouri yesterday. Had to stop in...

That store alone would make the trip worthwhile.

 

[1930artdeco]

Is it my imagination or is that a prototype DeLorean time machine?

Mike

 

[Frunobulax]

Is it my imagination or is that a prototype DeLorean time machine?

Mike

Hey, Doc Brown needs a burger now and then. Besides, everybody know the fries were better before they switched oils.

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[BobHufford]

South of Eldon, Missouri.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Looks like Max has a dinosaur, too. [emoji846]

Rob

 

[BobHufford]

Villa Ridge, MO. Closed in early 2000's.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Sad.

Rob

 

[BobHufford]

Sad.

I ate there once in the late 1980s. We were on a Route 66 Tour of Missouri and I was driving this.

 

[tonyb]

Sad.

Rob

Nice structure, “streamline moderne,” if I had to put it in a category.

Is it still standing in that boarded-up state?

 

[Ghostsoldier]

That photo was taken in 2008, but I'm not sure if it's still in that condition.

Rob

 

[Frunobulax]

I ate there once in the late 1980s. We were on a Route 66 Tour of Missouri and I was driving this.

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Nice! Did you have the meatloaf? I'll bet they had great pie.

That car's absolutely (expletive deleted) amazing.

 

[BobHufford]

Nice! Did you have the meatloaf? I'll bet they had great pie.

That car's absolutely (expletive deleted) amazing.

I always get meatloaf if available ... and coconut cream pie.

Thanks. The Caddy was a daily driver for a few years, until I traded it for a VW Bus.

 

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[3fingers]

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There is a twin to that DQ, including the sign still in operation in Iowa City, Iowa.
My wife and I stop in season every time we go to her arthritis doctor there.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Before it grew into the travesty that it is now.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Free TV, with vacancy.

Rob

 

[3fingers]

^^^ I'd pull in there for the night if it was only early afternoon.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

SSS.... I'd eat there.

Rob

 

[tonyb]

Free TV, with vacancy.

Rob

Any idea where? Love the structure, love the colors.

I happen to have a pair of steel cantilever chairs all but
identical to those in the photo. Torran’s, a Texas-based outfit, has them reproduced in China. In some ways the new ones are actually superior. They’re powder-coated, for one thing, and I believe the stamped steel is a heavier gauge.