Along 66, November 2018: The Painted Desert Trading Post and Sirloin Stockade

These are taken from the Route 66 News site, your ultimate source for all things Route 66.  I just select the items of most interest to me.

NOVEMBER 12--  Volunteers have been at work on the long-abandoned Painted Desert Trading Post in Arizona.  Volunteers jacked up the corners which were sagging so badly it threatened the building.

Always great to have any kind of preservation done, even if it is just to keep the structure standing until it can permanently be saved.

NOVEMBER 16--  The Sirloin Stockade in Rolla, Missouri, has reopened, nine months after it was devastated by a fire.

In February, the structure, located near the city's west side traffic circle, was declared a total loss.  Then it had an almost 100% tear down.

Sirloin Stockade has about eighty locations in the United States and was founded in 1966 in Oklahoma City. Many of the restaurants feature a large fiberglass steer.

The one in Rolla is the only Sirloin Stockade on Route 66.

We have often driven past there and often thought of stopping in, but never did.  Next time in Rolla, we will be stopping.

--RoadDog