09/05/2026
Our home for the last 15 years!!. Thank you Salem for all your support.
Todayโs ๐๐๐๐ฃ-๐๐ฃ๐-๐๐ค๐ฌ takes us to the Walnut Bowl at the intersection of Highways 32-72 and 19.
๐๐๐๐ฃ, the Walnut Bowl was constructed in 1958 as the final piece of Dr. Hartโs tourist court. The modern diner featured slanted glass windows inspired by Tokyโs BBQ on Route 66 in Rolla. The restaurant was popular with Current River floating traffic, and was even featured in a Duncan Hines book of must-eats for travelers. In the 1980s, an addition to the rear of the diner more than doubled the space inside, adding the iconic fireplace and vaulted ceiling.
๐๐ค๐ฌ, the Walnut Bowl closed in the early 2000s. The old diner became home to the Red Hen Cafe for several years in the late 2000s, and since then has been home to Mexican restaurants. Arandas Mexican Restaurant calls the building home today. It is the only remaining piece of Dr. Hartโs Walnut Motel tourist court.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ก๐๐ ๐, ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ด.
