David Landsel is blogging from Route 66 for the New York Post. He’s made it from Chicago to St. Louis, and seems to be having a good time so far …
Sunday night, driving across the prairie south from Chicago in the pitch dark, it must be said that I was having second thoughts.
Then came Springfield which, if you haven’t visited, you really should — the Lincoln sites, museum and presidential library make for a fascinating day. Even if all that stuff bores you, the Route 66 sites are cool too — lunch at the Cozy Dog Drive In , for example, is worth the trip. Who doesn’t like corn dogs, with a side of chili and nacho cheese?
Of course, save room for St. Louis, just an hour and a half down the road. Even if you don’t fancy a pizza topped with Provel cheese, you’re going to absolutely flip for the concretes at Ted Drewes’s custard stand, the legendary Route 66 stop that inspired Danny Meyer‘s Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. The worst part about driving through St. Louis: You can only handle so much Ted Drewes’s custard in a 24-hour window.
He must be on a hefty expense-budget account, though. He’s staying at the Four Seasons Hotel in St. Louis.