Braidwood, Illinois: Polk-a-Dot Drive In
Retro drive-in diner along Route 66 since 1956. Decorated with many outdoor life-sized statues of classic movie stars and music legends, and a nine-foot-tall guitar-strumming Elvis Presley.
- Address:
- 222 N. Front St., Braidwood, IL
- Directions:
- Route 66, N. Front St.
- Hours:
- Daily 11-8 (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 815-458-3377
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Good food, good fun (Try the Green River as your drink). It would be difficult not enjoy a place where even the restrooms are celebrity-themed: Marilyn for the men, Elvis for the women.
[Crawford Hurley, 10/11/2024]
At the Polk-a-Dot Drive In there's fun inside retro-diner decor.
[Ladona Smith, 09/18/2021]
Retro diner with life-sized statues of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, James Dean, the Blues Brothers and Betty Boop. The locals love it for their classic diner food and shakes. On the classic Route 66.
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Mass-produced pop legend statues spotted at many places, but usually not all of them at one business. The Polk-a-Dot has been feeding Braidwood since 1956.