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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...