Big Chief Restaurant | |
 Big Chief Restaurant, Wildwood, Missouri | |
  Big Chief Restaurant  Big Chief Restaurant | |
| Location | 17352 Manchester Road Wildwood, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°34′52.00″N 90°39′37.75″W / 38.5811111°N 90.6604861°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Walter H. Petring Highway Hotel Corporation |
| Architectural style | Mission Revival |
| Website | bigchiefstl |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000181 |
| Added to NRHP | April 2, 2003[1] |
Big Chief Restaurant, located at 17352 Manchester Road in Wildwood, Missouri, currently operates under the name Big Chief Roadhouse. It was also formerly known as Big Chief Highway Hotel and Big Chief Dakota Grill. The restaurant opened in 1928 as part of a tourist camp that included overnight accommodations for travelers on the newly opened U.S. Route 66 in Pond, Missouri, now incorporated within Wildwood. After the highway was later routed to bypass Pond, the business struggled to survive, operating as housing for government employees during World War II. Eventually the cabins were demolished, and the restaurant was used for other business operations. It was reopened as a restaurant in the 1990s.