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This historic cafe is Route 66’s oldest continuously operating restaurant

This historic cafe is Route 66’s oldest continuously operating restaurant
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LITCHFIELD, Ill. ( InvestigateTV ) - Nicknamed the Mother Road, Route 66 celebrated 100 years in 2026. One of the original highways, its diagonal course from Chicago to Los Angeles linked hundreds of rural communities. After the second World War, tourists flocked to destinations across the route....

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