We've been in Springfield since this past Sunday and staying at the Route 66 Hotel right on the Mother Road. It was originally a Holiday Inn dating back to the 1950s and I believe someone told me at one time that it was the first Holiday Inn in Illinois.
It is located on 6th Street right where Adlai Stevenson Drive joins it. The Stevenson and Dirksen Parkway constituted the old Route 66 bypass around Springfield on the east side.
Great food at the restaurant, especially their breakfast horseshoes which are $5.95and pert near too much to eat. All their meals are reasonable and not much will cost more than $10, including dinners. Right now, they have a $6.95 buffet for lunch which includes a salad bar. At dinner, it costs $1.95 more. And, they are running a $1 a bottle of beer special. I can definitely live with that.
You get complimentary USA Today and Springfield's State Journal-Register at the desk in the morning along with coffee and Danish (something you usually don't see at hotels which have their own restaurants. Plus, you are in easy walking distance of Mel-O-Cream where you can get some really fine doughnuts.
625 East St. Joseph
800-707-8366 (Got to like the 66)
www.rt66hotel.com
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RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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