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Route 66 Stop: The Palms Grill Cafe - posted on July 13, 2009
The Palms Grill Café in Atlanta, Illinois, was a Route 66 hotspot from the 1930s to the 1960s, the place locals and travelers along the Mother Road gravitated to for five-cent coffee, home-cooked meals, and waitresses with a bit of sass.Now, roughly 40 years after the restaurant closed, it’s open once again—looking much as it did in its heyday and offering a hearty menu sure to satisfy the appetite of any wanderer or local. Slide onto a stool at the counter or grab a table and see for yourself.The SettingLocated right on Arch Street, the main drag in Atlanta, the Palms is conveniently situated next door to the local museum annex and across the street from a rather tall Paul Bunyan clutching a hot dog, just two of the many Route 66 sites you’ll find downtown.The gri...

Travel Back in Time: Atlanta - posted on July 2, 2009
Looking for something to do this weekend? Take a walking tour of a history-packed stretch of Route 66 in Atlanta, Illinois.It’s hard not to grin when you’re greeted by a giant smiley face water tower, the first site that meets the eye when as you drive into Atlanta. And it’s even harder not to smile when you park downtown in front of the J.M. Judy & Sons Grocers mural (a replica of the same mural from the early 1900s) and realize you’ve been transported back to a simpler time.This will be your starting point for your walking tour of downtown Atlanta, with its historic Route 66 sites, Lincoln history, and a whole lot of small-town charm.At the corner of Arch and Race streets, get an up-close look at the Atlanta Public Library and Museum, an eight-sided limeston...