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Villa Ridge, Missouri, Diamonds Restaurant, Route 66, vintage postcard photos

A vintage postcard view of The Diamonds Restaurant, Villa Ridge, Missouri. Billing itself as the "World's Largest Roadside Restaurant", it was located at the junction of Highway 66, 50 and 100. See the later views of this well known Route 66 restaurant below.

The Diamonds Restaurant, Villa Ridge, Missouri during the early 1950's. The restaurant boasted of serving more than one million customers per year.

The Diamonds Restaurant, Villa Ridge, Missouri during the early 1970's. Today, the modern day Interstate 44 is located behind the restaurant. This eliminated most of the traffic that formerly traveled in front of the restaurant on famed Route 66.

Villa Ridge is in Franklin County, Missouri.