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This place was more on my mind than the Dixie Highway when I left
Knoxville but I followed the latter until I was approximately due west of
the former then detoured to an early lunch.
Litton's Market, Restaurant, and Bakery has been
around since 1946. At least the market has. The restaurant and bakery were
later additions but are now the heart and soul of the enterprise. Litton's
hamburgers are deservedly famous and that's what I was thinking of, but
I'd downed that steak yesterday and a fish (scrod)
and chips special caught my eye. A superb lunch although maybe not as
photogenic as a juicy 'burger. The bakery display case was part of my view
from my seat at the counter, and when I paid my bill, I selected a turtle
brownie to take with me.
On the way in, I spoke with a fellow doing some repairs on a free-standing sign near the street. He told me that he had recently repaired some neon on the beauty atop the building. On the way out, I encountered Barry Litton who was the first to speak and said he recognized me from previous visits. I'm a little skeptical but know it's possible. |
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I returned to the DH where I'd left it and before long pulled into the
former Nickle Brothers gas station. Its restoration has been completed
since I was last here, and John York opened his barber shop there in 2016.
It's closed for the holidays but will open on January 2. The gas pumps are
new since my last visit and so is much of the lighting. The matching
mailbox is an oldie that has also be refurbished. The sign behind it,
however, is very new. Readable here, it was
revealed at a ceremony in July. And this
was new to me, too.
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Ciderville Music is very much a fully functioning
store although the walls full of beautiful guitars, mandolins, and other
stringed instruments can make it feel like a museum. I've yet to time my
visit to catch some local pickers who congregate here most Saturdays but
I'll keep trying.
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Several remnants of the old highway exist in this area but this one, just
north of the music store, is the only one I drove on this trip.
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On a previous early morning visit to
Hoskins Drug
Store I was almost all alone but not today. At least a third of the
booths were filled with people having lunch and I had the counter to
myself only briefly. That counter is a great place to enjoy a root beer
float.
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As I've noted several times before, this stretch of US-25/Dixie Highway
between Caryville and Jellico is one of my favorites. While driving it,
there is always a sense of the three parallel paths but, with the aid of
leafless trees, the road and river can actually be seen in the second
picture and there is at least a hint of the railroad beyond.
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So far today has all been repeats. I expected that to continue in Corbin,
Kentucky, but was surprised by a park and statue that was dedicated in
2015. In addition to photographing the Colonel, I grabbed a shot of the
locomotive behind the park and a drive-by of the recreated Sanders Cafe
as I moved on.
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Some people would have no trouble driving between Knoxville and Lexington
in a day but darkness caught me before I'd reached the section of DH I was
most interested in driving. I'll have to backtrack a little to pick that
up, but here I am in the motel, ready to go to work while enjoying my
turtle brownie. I'm sure glad that root beer float didn't spoil my
dessert.
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