Oasis Drive-In

S. Grove St., Lexington, IL
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East < GO > West

Elmo & Arline Winterland built the Oasis Drive-In in 1960 squeezed between two alignments of the Mother Road. They operated the business until 1976 and it finally closed in the 1980s. The drive-in was honored by being inducted into the IL Route 66 hall of Fame in 1998. It is currently vacant.

GPS: 40.636554, -88.793979

I was a teenager in the 60's and this is the kind of place that we'd hangout at on Friday nights after we washed our cars and picked up our friends. The patio on the west end of the building held picnic tables so customers could get out of their cars and dine in the open air. A few old cars, trucks and other stuff are all that hang out under the canopy today.

Photo(s): 2015