Seligman, Arizona, is home to the longest surviving stretch of Route 66. Without the Delgadillo family, that wouldn't have been possible.
SELIGMAN, Ariz. — A family-owned Arizona restaurant is making waves again, now for being included on a list of best diners in every U.S. state.
Seligman is the birthplace of Route 66 and home of the longest surviving section of America's iconic road.. Located right along the route, it's a fun, colorful, kitschy restaurant with a classic Americana style where John and Cecilia Delgadillo, along with their family, serve up fresh burgers and shakes and most importantly, smiles.
After getting out of the Army, Juan Delgadillo worked for the railroad in Seligman. Nicknamed"The Scrapper," Juan Delgadillo would take scraps of lumber to his property which he ultimately used to build Snow Cap, which opened in 1953.“There were 12 gas stations, or service stations, in Seligman, because so much traffic used to come through before the interstate," said Aerie Wolfe, Juan Delgadillo's granddaughter.That changed in 1978.
Juan and Mary Delgadillo have since passed away. The next generations have taken over the family business.“Nothing changes, you know. The grill is the same and it's not a big grill. People wait for their food, but it's worth the wait. But that grill is 70 years old, you know," John Delgadillo said."We don't like change," Cecilia Delgadillo added.Last year, they set a Guinness World Record for the“We're the only one in Arizona. So it was it was very cool.
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