Route 66 Town: Willowbrook, IL

First opened in the summer of 1946, the place was inducted into the (Illinois) Route 66 Hall of Fame in June 1992 and chosen as "Best Fried Chicken in the Chicagoland Area" by Pat Bruno of the Chicago Sun-Times in 1993.

We arrived at 4 PM, after lunch hour and before dinner. The waitress said it would be busy very soon. The place is filled with all kinds of artwork of chickens from outside to the inside. There are descriptions of its historical stories. The famous Chicken Basket was for fried chicken. We asked to taste a little bit (for health considerations) and were offered two fried drumsticks. They were battered in cornmeal and then fried, and tasted super delicious. For our dinner, we ordered a BBQ Chicken dinner and a Roasted Chicken dinner, both of which came with salad bar and soup. Roman ordered a key lime pie for dessert. Just too yummy. Felt sleepy after eating!