Cuba (Missouri)

Route 66 Rocker in Fanning MO

Cuba is a city in Central Missouri.

Get in

BNSF railroad

Access is normally by road; Cuba is part of the Route 66 which once joined Chicago and Santa Monica. Route 66 in Missouri was entirely bypassed by Interstate 44 in the 1970s, with almost all signage removed from the state by 1979.

There is a Cuba Municipal Airport (UBX  ^IATA) with two runways, but no local control tower and no scheduled air service.

Get around

There is one local taxi, Cuba Cab at [phone].

See

• Cuba Jail, SW Main at South Prairie. The "calaboose" is a tiny, historically-listed freestanding one-room concrete block structure used as a town jail from 1908-1954. 
• Viva Cuba Mural Project, Rt. 66. 12 Outdoor Murals along the Rt. 66 Corridor 
• Fanning 66 Outpost, 5957 Route ZZ, Cuba, ☎ [phone]. 9am-6pm except Sun. A general store and souvenir shop in a tiny village four miles west of Cuba on Route 66. Listed by Guinness as home of the World's Largest Rocking Chair in 2008; it lost this record to Casey, Illinois in 2015. The Route 66 Rocker stands just over 42 feet tall. 

Do

Events

• Route 66 Cuba Fest. One weekend, mid-October, festive activities and live music. 

Buy

• All in Stitches Mercantile, 110 S. Smith St., ☎ [phone]. Sells reproductions of American Civil War clothing and accessories. 

Eat

• Missouri Hick Bar-B-Q, 913 E. Washington (Old Route 66), ☎ [phone]. Daily 11AM-9pm. great bbq with more than fair pricing! Another must stop joint for the foodie road warrior on Route 66. Outstanding hickory-smoked BBQ and killer cobbler. Food like this is why Americans need to drive giant vehicles. 

Drink

Sleep

• Best Western, 246 Highway P, ☎ [phone]. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. 
• Holiday Inn Express, 97 Ozark Dr., ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. 
• Super 8, 28 Highway P, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. $55-65 (Doubles). 
• Wagon Wheel Motel, 901 E Washington St., ☎ [phone]. Oldest continuously-operating motel on US Route 66 (established 1938), three fieldstone buildings with 19 rooms and neon signage, listed as historic district on National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Restored 2011 with HDTV, wi-fi, souvenir shop, laundry, motorcycle parking, deck and pavilion. $55-85, suites $110, pets +$10 extra. 

Connect

• Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center at exit 208 on I-44. T-shirts, coffee, water, rest rooms, free WiFi and tourist information.

Go next

Routes through Cuba

Springfield ← St. James ←	W  E	→ Bourbon → St. Louis
Springfield ← St. James ←	W  E	→ Bourbon → St. Louis