From the Rockford Register-Star :
Forty years ago the Belvidere Oasis featured only a Howard Johnson restaurant and a few vending machines and small gift shops. But it still was enough of a novelty to attract high school freshman Fred Brereton and his homecoming date, who, before the big dance, dined above Interstate 90 as cars whizzed by below. "I was a pretty cheap date, I guess," said Brereton, who survived to become Belvidere's mayor. "I don't think she enjoyed it, but she still talks to me. I think she has forgiven me."If you've never been to an oasis on the Illinois Tollway, be sure to stop at one the next time you get a chance. It's a litle bit of 1950's Americana that's still going strong.On the off-chance any high schoolers might want to take their dates to the oasis, they'll have a few more dining options beginning June 29 when it reopens with at least six new businesses and a spacious, airy atmosphere designed to be more aesthetically pleasing. The 45-year-old oasis has been closed for nearly a year for extensive improvements as part of a $94 million renovation project to upgrade the seven oases that dot the tollway's roads from Chicago to Rockford to DeKalb to Dixon.
Starbucks, Krispy Kreme, Subway, Tropicana, TravelMart and Fifth Third Bank will join McDonald's at the oasis, which is flanked on both sides by ExxonMobil fuel stations and car washes. The oasis also will have wireless Web access, ATMs, phones and restrooms.
And if you've got your date with you, bring her along!
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