Part of exterior sign knocked down in a recent storm.
People can write about 24-hour diners in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. Been there, done that. What’s most amazing about Bill’s Toasty Shop is that it is open around the clock in rural Taylorville, IL. (pop. 10,200.) Taylorville is about 30 miles southeast of Springfield.
Taylorville has gritty and feisty roots. My mom’s parents arrived in neighboring Carlinville and then Taylorville around 1920 after emigrating from Lithuania. My grandfather found work in the Peabody Coal Mines of the region. In April 1932, miners went on strike against the [...]
