Dukes Drive In, Bridgeview, Illinois
Grate Sign Company made this neon sign for Dukes Drive at 81st Place and Harlem Avenue. They closed in August 2019.
The building will be demolished to make way for another Panera Bread which is currently located at 79th & Harlem Ave.
Southbound traffic can not turn left into PB due to the high center divider. Due to customers not being able to get in off Harlem they decided to move up the street where there is a dedicated center turning lane.
Dukes Drive In is planning on re-opening in a much smaller Brown's Fried Chicken building which is in a vacant building on an out lot at 87th & Harlem Avenue. That building houses several other tenants, as well.
Update: THe 87th location never materialized. Dukes eventually did move into a Gas & Go Convienience Store as the main eatery at 19990 South LaGrange Road, Mokena, ILL
Dukes Drive In, Bridgeview, Illinois
Grate Sign Company made this neon sign for Dukes Drive at 81st Place and Harlem Avenue. They closed in August 2019.
The building will be demolished to make way for another Panera Bread which is currently located at 79th & Harlem Ave.
Southbound traffic can not turn left into PB due to the high center divider. Due to customers not being able to get in off Harlem they decided to move up the street where there is a dedicated center turning lane.
Dukes Drive In is planning on re-opening in a much smaller Brown's Fried Chicken building which is in a vacant building on an out lot at 87th & Harlem Avenue. That building houses several other tenants, as well.
Update: THe 87th location never materialized. Dukes eventually did move into a Gas & Go Convienience Store as the main eatery at 19990 South LaGrange Road, Mokena, ILL