Tag: Horseshoe Sandwich
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Ross Restaurant Review – Bettendorf Iowa
Ross Restaurant Review Ross has been around forever, although it’s in a new location than the one when I used to live here. Owned a radio station here, and the light of my life, my daughter was born here. For those of you unfamiliar with the city, it is one of the “Quad Cities,” four […]
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Jubelts Restaurant Review Route 66 – Litchfield, IL
Dating from 1922, Jubelts is arguably the oldest surviving restaurant on the original US Route 66 segment in Illinois. It’s about halfway between Chicago and St. Louis. Functionally a full bakery with attached restaurant, the eatery is open to serve delights from all three meal dayparts. It was late when I rolled in, and I […]
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Palms Grill Cafe Review – On Route 66, Atlanta, IL
One of the original U.S. highways, Route 66 (US Highway 66), was established on November 11, 1926. A few years later, the Palms Grill Cafe opened on the “Mother Road” in Atlanta, IL, about equidistant between St. Louis and Chicago (now just off I-55). Not much has changed since then, in Atlanta, or at the […]
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Springfield, IL – Charlie Parkers Diner Review
Three things Springfield, Illinois is known for, not in order of any particular importance: possibly the birthplace of the corn dog; home of the locally famous horseshoe sandwich; and some dead president with a big hat. My reason for stopping was to grab a breakfast horseshoe, Texas toast on a plate, with your choice of […]