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Riviera Restaurant Site

Hwy. 53, Gardner, IL
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The Riviera Restaurant burned down in 2010 and all about that's left is a gravel parking lot. It was located east of town on Hwy. 53 just West of the Mazon River on the east side of the road.

GPS: 41.205705, -88.284192

I'm not sure when the photo op was erected, but here it is in 2022.

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Before the photo op was installed theer was just a vacant pullout as seen in this 2012 photo. The old diner that sat beside the restaurant is now in Gardner.

Photo(s): 2016, 2022

 



 

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