There are things on Route 66 still worth stopping for.
Walk into Dowd’s Catfish & BBQ and you know exactly where you are. Fishing gear on the walls, the smell of something good, and the kind of welcome that doesn’t have to try.
This is the Ozarks.
Bennett Spring is just down the road. Missouri’s most popular trout fishing spot, and people have been making the drive for generations. Some of them stop here on the way. Some of them stop here on the way back. Some of them stop here both times.
Dowd’s sits right on Route 66. That’s not an accident. This is the kind of place the road was always leading to.
When we reached out about the Hope In Action Awards Banquet, they said yes.
They know what community looks like. They’ve been feeding it for years.
Partners
This community is built by the people and businesses who show up, not because they have to, but because they belong to something. These are the neighbors who make everything possible.
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