The famous Brooks Catsup bottle water tower in Collinsville, Ill., will be on the Travel Channel‘s “Taste of America with Mark DeCarlo” at starting Tuesday.
The Brooks Catsup bottle isn’t on Route 66; it’s about a mile and a half from the Mother Road. But it’s an inextricable part of Collinsville and is frequently featured in Route 66 guidebooks as a prime example of roadside kitsch. The bottle even has its own festival.
The “Catsup, Mustard, Relish” episode will air first at 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, then 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and 4:30 p.m. April 1.
Hat tip: To Mike Gassman, who’s the Catsup bottle’s biggest champion.
The way I look at it, if it’s in a town 66 goes through, it is a 66 site, even if it’s not actually on it.