The 50-year-old bright red and yellow neon sign hanging outside the Sugar Bowl restaurant in downtown Des Plaines, Illinois, will be saved. It even says that the inside is air conditioned, something not necessary today. This is good news as it is a classic. These are the kinds of signs I look for when on the road. Rarely have I been disappointed eating at a place advertised in such a way.
I have eaten at this place, and other than the 10% sales tax, it was a great experience. (It is on US-14, or Northwest Highway as it is called in this part of Chicagoland.) Within a couple blocks is another restaurant you have to experience called the Cho-Choo, where your meals are delivered to you on a model railroad train if you're sitting at the counter.
There was an article in the July 22nd Chicago Tribune by Georgia Harvey called "Sweet memories help save a 1957 vintage neon sign."
More to Come. --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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