Scotty's Route 66 Restaurant in Hamel, Ill., was inducted into the Route 66 Hall of Fame. So it celebrated Saturday with fried chicken, burgers and beer, according to the Belleville News-Democrat.
Here's something I would have liked to have seen:
Four signs of past restaurants in the building were the centerpieces for the party in Scotty's rear parking lot. First there was Tourist Haven, opened in 1936, then the Village Inn, Earnie's and Scotty's Route 66 Bar & Grill.
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The Allens own all the building's historical signs, except Tourist Haven. Former mayor and Madison County Board member Bill Meyer found the Tourist Haven sign he remembers from childhood on the flip-side of another sign.
Scotty's plans to make the celebration an annual event.