Has anybody ever been to White Fence Farm? "1376 Joliet Road, Romeoville, IL "

[fattyre]

And a bunch of Ordinary's-

 

[fattyre]

Some other cool things. They have a quite impressive collection of Moto Meters. I could only get good pictures of a few. I've always liked the one with the Schwinn looking hat. I have no idea what it really is.

 

[fattyre]

Some Cars and Motorcycles-

 

[fattyre]

And a few pictures of the place in general. Lots of clocks. The place is loaded with them. Probably 100's of them through out the restaurant.

 

[fattyre]

And some night time window shopping at the Twinns....

 

[Robertriley]

And a few pictures of the place in general. Lots of clocks. The place is loaded with them. Probably 100's of them through out the restaurant.

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This is one of the first threads I followed just to see the goodies. Thank you for sharing.

 

[the tinker]

I went there as a kid and still go at least 3 times each year. they close the month of Feb. The displays change at Christmas time. Great Christmas display. It used to be a farm, but now is built up with industrial buildings all around it. I remember when it was all farmland, as far as you could see. The Hastert family owns it. Aunt and uncle to Speaker of The House, Denny Hastert. It was converted from a working farm to a restaurant in 1952.
This place is the" real deal". Not fake like Famous Dave's, Cracker Barrel and the rest of the plastic wanna be old looking places. If you go there, Order the "Family Style Chicken Dinner." You will get a large platter of fried chicken, served with: homemade fritters [ TO DIE FOR ]Beats [yes, beets] large curd cottage cheese, vinegar coleslaw, kidney bean salad, choice of baked potato, fries or mashed [ with their famous green gravy.
This place is old, everything in it has been there a long time. Folks still donate stuff for display, and it's family owned.
The pictures displayed, do not do it justice, as there are many room, with stuff jammed everywhere.

Here is me and the "Boss", taken there a couple years back

 

[MarkKBike]

My family also visits the restaurant after funerals. One memory that really sticks with me, is when my 97 year old great aunt passed away. She was a musician, and once held a job playing piano or organ for black and white silent films. They put us in a dinner room with a vintage piano. (I think the family may have requested that). Several of her older friends showed up, and played instruments after the meal. The skill they had, and there age really amazed me. It was a fitting good by. I remember one older gentleman stepped up to the piano, and put on a Jerry Louis like performance, the energy he put into that was remarkable. It was really cool that they let us do that.