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Launching Pad Drive In

Submitted by The Admin on February 4, 2008 - 12:17pm.

First opened in 1960 as a Dari Delite, the establishment sold only hot dogs and ice cream. Launching Pad is the home of the Gemini Giant. Today, the menu has expended and in 2000, the Launching Pad Drive-In was inducted into the Route 66 Hall of Fame.

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Launching Pad Drive-In
810 E Baltimore
Wilmington, IL, IL, 60481
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