A couple weeks ago, I went to a store called Half-Price Books in Arlington Heights, Illinois, located in a shopping center at the corner of Dundee and Rand (US-12) roads.
Retired as I am, I have begun to try to cut back on books that I buy, but ended up getting six books on areas I have interest. Two were on the naval actions of the Civil War, two were on music (charts from the 50s to 2000 and black music) and two were of road interest.
This being the road blog, one of the books is "Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age" by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle. For $5, this was a really great deal. It is part of the Road and American Culture series. Series editor is Drake Hokanson, a name I am familiar with.
Chapters are as follows: Rise of the Quick-Service Restaurant, Quick-Service Restaurants in Auto Age, Restaurant Chains, Hamburger Places, and McDonald's.
Other chapters were about places serving sandwiches, ice cream, breakfast, chicken, seafood, pizza, tacos, steaks, and concept.
One whole chapter is devoted to the roadside restaurants in Springfield, Illinois. This being on Route 66 and a place we've visited many times, it is of great interest.
If You Only Get one Book on Roadside Food, This Should be the One. --RoadDog
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.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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