I had planned to stop at Lou Mitchell's for breakfast but the best I could do was a drive by photo. This restaurant has been at the same location since 1923 and the Route 66 books say it is traditional for the 'Routers' to have breakfast here before beginning their journey. I was already behind schedule, as usual, so I had to pass it up. It took 4 hours to get out of Chicago proper but that was because I did a lot of turnarounds.