… just about gone. The “new” Diamonds restaurant on old Route 66 near Pacific, Mo. (seen above), has been gutted and is about to be torn down, reports Kip Welborn of Friends of the Mother Road.
It has been closed for years, and it’s going to make way for a reconstruction of the Gray Summit interchange at Interstate 44. “This is something that’s been in the works for a while, so it is not a surprise that it is finally ‘gone,'” Welborn wrote.
Incidentally, the “old” Diamonds restaurant building, built in 1948 on Route 66 near Pacific, now houses the Tri-Country Truck Stop, and it’s still going strong. The “new” Diamonds moved to its current location in 1967.
To see what the complex, which included the restaurant, looked like in its heyday, check out this vintage postcard below:
