12/22/2017
Today the building that replaced the Munger Moss Restaurant was cleaned out. In the mid 90's a local person bought the restaurant.. he was going to remodel it, but in tearing off the roof, they found water, and under the next layer more, water. So he had to demolish the whole building. He rebuilt, and when it opened he leased it to a church... so for a few years there were church services there. Then they leased it to the Lebanon R III
school system.. and they have been in that building till now. The
school offices are now downtown, in what was Commerce Bank.
I'm posting this for a reason. This end of town is slowing dying. What was the Holiday Motel... was torn down... The Forest Manor motel has been closed by the health department. A few years ago what was a fantastic restaurant, and loved by Route 66 er's (the Bell) was bought after the owner died, and tore down, with nothing replacing it.
At one time this end of town was called little Las Vegas, with all our neon lights... Wrink's has put their lights up again, but the motels, the bowling alley... no neon lights.
This building is for sale, I presume... or lease... would make a
fantastic Route 66 restaurant... I think... We need something on this end of town.. Does anybody out there have a big, big
dream????????????
The Munger Moss Motel in Lebanon, MO - A ROUTE 66 ICON. Come and stay at our motel and be transported to the heyday of The Mother Road.