LAWRENCE MOTEL, Mt. Vernon IL
   
   

There’s more flair hanging off that sign than the buttons on a TGIF suspender. Still, it has a certain stolid 50s flair. Cocktail lounge, restaurant, room service, and of course "carpeted vacancy." Lots of amenities for a 44 room joint. in the days before the Holiday Inn, places like these covered all the bases.  

Poolside service! Or, dine in our utterly deserved restaurant, where the tables are jammed together so you have to crawl over everyone else to get out.