Summer 1997

Route 66 News
Boots Motel set to reopen May 8

The historic Boots Motel, a Route 66 landmark in Carthage, Mo., that was endangered for several years, will reopen for business starting May 8, according to KODE-TV in nearby Joplin. According to the station, the motel will price its rooms for $2.50 for opening night. After that, rooms will be $66 a night. Those interested [...]

2/10/2012 11:11:25 PM

Route 66 News
Route 66 Task Force in Tulsa report

So what happened at the inaugural City of Tulsa Route 66 Task Force meeting Thursday night at the Campbell Hotel? The answer: Not much. That doesn’t mean it was a waste of time. The meeting was more of a reception and fact-gathering mission than a planning session. The Task Force isn’t going to be one [...]

2/10/2012 8:13:52 PM

Route 66 News
Release date, price set for “Route 66″ DVD set

Shout! Factory, which recently acquired rights to the “Route 66″ television series of 1960-64, announced Friday a price tag and release date for its 24-DVD box set of all four seasons of the acclaimed drama. The “Route 66″ box set has a street date of May 22. However, customers who pre-order direct from Shout! Factory [...]

2/10/2012 7:12:54 PM

Route 66 News
Persian food at an Okie barbecue restaurant

This Land Press a few months ago produced this video about the Golden Saddle restaurant, which is on Tulsa’s Admiral Place alignment of Route 66. Not only does the Golden Saddle serve such typical Oklahoma delights as steak and barbecue, but also Persian dishes. That’s because the restaurant is owned by an Iranian immigrant: Middle [...]

2/10/2012 4:15:24 AM

Route 66 News
Historic L.A. restaurant displays its original facade

Clifton’s Cafeteria, a historic restaurant in downtown Los Angeles near the original western terminus of Route 66, on Wednesday removed the aluminum that hid the building’s original 1904 facade for nearly 50 years, reported the Los Angeles Times. The new view was a little unsightly. But the facade will be restored as part of an [...]

2/9/2012 11:19:44 PM