WILMINGTON, Ill. (WLS) -- A well-known Wilmington restaurant was damaged by its own owner. Police say the owner of the Launching Pad restaurant threw litter outside it and around the restaurant's ...

an iconic 28-foot tall astronaut looks down on the closed Launching Pad restaurant. New co-owner Holly Barker said the GoFundMe page launched Monday because the Wilmington community was anxious to ...

WILMINGTON, IL — A public partnership not only rescued ... of Gemini Giant and Historic Route 66 merchandise. The Landing Pad Souvenir Shop just opened this month in Wilmington.

No trip down Route 66 is complete without a stop at the Launching Pad. The restaurant is a true ... The eatery isn't the sole draw to Wilmington, a small town 20 miles south of Joliet: many ...

Five-Four-Three-Two-One . . . lift off! It`s a blast from the past. Wilmington`s own `50s style restaurant, The Launching Pad, offers a wide array of sandwiches, fried goodies, sodas, floats and ...

That afternoon, a truck with a specially designed rack on its trailer pulled up in front of the Launching Pad to take the Gemini Giant away. Wilmington’s mayor announced the giant was only ...

WILMINGTON, Ill. (AP ... Since October, the couple have been repairing the old Launching Pad restaurant, a stop along the old Route 66 highway most notable for being the home of the Gemini ...

The statue was put up in 1965 outside the Launching Pad Drive-In restaurant and Americana gift shop in Wilmington. The giant wears a green space suit and a space helmet, and holds a silver "rocket ...