If you’re a tour bus operator, or planning to join a tour soon come visit us in Abilene, KS. The newly renovated Eisenhower Museum is now open, Old Abilene Town is up and running, and we have other attractions to enjoy. After being closed for renovation since May of 2018, we have been so excited […]
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Hotel / Menu has changed little in family business
During World War II, the restaurant thrived with business from the Smoky Hill Army Air Field and Camp Phillips. “There were not a lot of restaurants around those days,” Martin said. The food has always been a family-style chicken dinner. “Back then, there was a budget meal,” Martin said. People could choose between the $2 […]
In Brookville, the livin’ is easy and the chicken dinners are legendary
BROOKVILLE – As small towns go, this one is but a blink on the road for passing strangers – unless they know of its finger-licking claim to fame. All of Brookville, Kansas (population 239), is set in a thicker of elms, redbuds and rustling cottonwoods beside old state Highway 141. It is surrounded by endless […]
Brookville’s Hotel Still Going Strong
Its lifeblood was sapped 87 years ago when the railroad passed it by, but this tiny Kansas community has kept alive by a mixture of fried chicken and nostalgia. The Brookville Hotel, originally a feeding spot for cowboys on cattle drives, attracts 90,000 customers into its rustic dining rooms each year. They flock into the […]
