The U.K. website, loveFOOD.com, released a list of U.S. best eateries on July 17th, 2025, compiled by Miriam Carey. DeCamp Station on Route 66 in Staunton, IL was named #5 Best roadside restaurant in the nation!
DeCamp Station offers a unique dining experience with fresh food, classic recipes, and rich history. Enjoy great meals and stories, plus volleyball courts and a baseball and softball field for fun. It’s the ultimate hangout for friends, families, and tourists.
The roadside restaurant has served Route 66 travelers and 66 Roadies for decades. Formerly called “DeCamp Junction,” this historic roadhouse on Route 66 had tourist cabins, a dance hall, gambling, and a brothel. In 1930, gangsters arrived in a black sedan with guns drawn and robbed the bar of slot machines, alcohol, guns, and cash. The historic tavern displays the photographs of the old dance hall that was there.
According to their website, “loveFOOD.com is passionate about creating fresh, accurate and insightful food and recipe content to inspire amateur home cooks, accomplished chefs and enthusiastic eaters alike. We’re here to dish up cooking tips and advice, to share stories about food and culinary culture from around the world and, above all, to make you hungry.”
Congratulations to our long-standing Byway member, DeCamp Station! Visit them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/decampstation/.
