If you eat at a single, non first-of-its-name chain restaurant on Route 66, you’re doing it wrong. If you’re getting your kicks, you’re going to want to make sure you’re well lubed – and burger grease is easy to find on route.

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CHICAGO START : Lou Mitchell’s – Free milk duds for ladies and children. Their coffee is genuinely excellent. Get there early or prepare to wait.

ILLINOIS : Cozy Dog Drive In , Springfield – Invented the corn dog on a stick in 1946. The sign alone is worth the stop. Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket , Willowbrook – Off-the-bone fried chicken. The neon sign is *chef’s kiss*.

MISSOURI : Crown Candy Kitchen , St. Louis – BLTs the size of your head and milkshakes you need two hands to lift. Ted Drewes , St. Louis – the original ‘turn it upside down and it won’t spill’ ice cream treat, and arguably the best.…