Shamrock

U-Drop Inn and Tower Station on US Route 66

Shamrock is a town in the Texas Panhandle.

Get in

Shamrock is on Interstate 40 about 20 miles east of McLean and 85 miles east of Amarillo. Route 83 also connects it with Wellington and Childress to the south, and Wheeler and Canadian to the north.

Get around

As in other towns in the area, you'll want to have a car.

See

• Pioneer West Museum, 204 N Madden St, ☎ [phone]. M-F 10AM-noon & 1PM-3PM. 
• Texas Theater, 217 N Main St, ☎ [phone]. Vintage downtown theater 
• U-Drop Inn and Tower Station, 12th St. at Main, ☎ [phone]. A 1936 art deco café and filling station which served Route 66. Closed in the 1990s, it was restored to its former glory in 2004 as a local visitor center; fountain drinks, coffee and floats returned in 2014 after many years with no food or beverage service. Photographed by many, this iconic building appears as "Ramone's" in Radiator Springs in 2006 Pixar film Cars. 

Do

Buy

Shamrock has a number of craft and antique stores.

• Homestead Antiques, 115 N Main St, ☎ [phone]. 
• Irishmoss, 315 N Main St, ☎ [phone]. 
• Olde Station Antiques, 100 S Main St, ☎ [phone]. 
• PJ's Resale & Crafts, 314 N Main St, ☎ [phone]. 

Eat

• Cicero's Green Frog Pizza, 911 N Main St, ☎ [phone]. Better than average pizza. 
• Hasty's Hamburgers, 203 E 18th St, ☎ [phone]. Fast-foodish burgers. 
• Irish Inn Restaurant (Off highway 83 north of town), ☎ [phone]. 
• El Sombrero, 210 S Main St, ☎ [phone]. Decent Tex-Mex with a daily $5 lunch buffet. 

Drink

• Blarney Stone, 303 E Interstate 40, ☎ [phone]. 

Sleep

• Best Western Inn, 1802 N Main St, ☎ [phone]. 
• Blarney Inn, 402 E 12th St, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. $29-59. 
• Econo Lodge, 1006 E. 12th St., ☎ [phone]. 
• Irish Inn, 303 E Interstate 40, ☎ [phone]. 
• The Route 66 Inn, 800 E 12th St, ☎ [phone]. 
• Shamrock Country Inn, 711 E 12th St, ☎ [phone]. $60-70. 
• Texan Motel, 412 W 12th St, ☎ [phone]. Vintage hotel that has been restored. 
• Western Motel, 104 E 12th St, ☎ [phone]. 

Go next

• Black Kettle National Grassland, north on highway 83 about 55 miles (Take highway 60 from Canadian and look for the turnoff about 10 miles out). Part of Cibola National Forest. While most of this park is in Oklahoma, this separate 576-acre park includes Lake Marvin, providing a beautiful relaxation spot for any Panhandle traveller who misses seeing lots of trees.

Routes through Shamrock

Amarillo ← McLean ←	W  E	→ Texola → Oklahoma City
Liberal ← Wheeler ←	N  S	→ Wellington → Abilene
Amarillo ← McLean ←	W  E	→ Texola → Oklahoma City