The Shop On Route 66 315 North Center Street, Gardner, IL 60424

"Was here on Saturday with a friend who lives in Gardner. What a gem. So glad we decided to walk to the Two Cell Jail, then here. I got to look at (almost) everything because we were the only ones in there. Tom was great with answering questions about memorabilia, including showing historic photos of the town while telling us about the history."

"Awesome visit. First ever electric motorcycles to ride the entire Route 66. Loved this place."

"Tom is literally a gold mine when it comes to the route 66. We had the fortune to meet him today and he allowed us to step in his shop if it were closed. Inside it's like a memorabilia of the route 66. Plus it's a pleasure to talk with Tom, he know so many things of the Route (not only in Illinois but the whole journey) that you could hear him talking for hours. Such a pleasure !! ❤️"

"Stopped by today but unfortunately we missed Tom and weren't able to step inside. The outside still made for great photo ops and we will be returning to hopefully see the treasures inside!"

"We stopped by the Shop the beginning of May, 23. Tom had to run home for something and left a note. So we went right down the street to the two jail cell house first. The when we saw his car was back, we went back over. Tom was a wealth of information for traveling Rt 66. He spent quite a bit of time talking to us about the highway, the Gardner of yesterday, and his grandfathers lumber yard. It was an interesting visit. Tom shop has a lot of little things to go with a lot of Coke memorabilia. If you look around, you see a lot of little run things. Then ask him about his caterpillar collection. :)"