There's a tiny town in Washington state called Tokio. It's on I-90, about 50 miles southwest of Spokane. We stopped because of a) the fact we lived an hour from the real Tokyo (that's the one in Nihon--Japan) and b) Templin is an ancestral family name and c) our daughter told us about it!
Apparently the name Tokio was attached to this location in Washington by the Asian workers who built the railroad through this area of the country. Today the "town" is not much more than a Weigh Station for truckers on the interstate.
Fortunately, they did not exercise their right not to serve us.
Kathy reading the menu.
To keep us entertained while we waited for our food, the diner kindly provided humorous books similar to this one:
So if you find yourself on I-90, halfway between Spokane and the Tri-Cities, and you're looking for a place to eat, check out the (now) famous Templin's Cafe in the tiny town of Tokio.
