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'''Fred and Red's''' is an historic [[greasy spoon]] [[diner]] in [[Joplin, Missouri]]. The restaurant was started in 1923 and moved to its current location in 1943. The original arrangement and features have remained relatively unchanged as Fred and Red's entered its second-generation of family ownership. On March 5, 2012, it was announced that the owner was retiring, and the business would be closing soon.
==History==
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Fred Herring started a chili counter on Joplin's [[Main Street]] just 3 blocks south of what would become [[U.S. Route 66|Route 66]]. The eatery catered to local [[blue-collar]] workers such as the area miners and in 1943 was moved seven blocks south to its current location, which happened to be across the street from the grocery store that supplied the meat for Herring's chili. According to a 1951 Joplin City Directory, the restaurant was known as Fred and Grover's. The [[butcher]] at the grocery store was William "Red" Wilcoxson, who bought half of Fred's business in 1956 to become his partner.
In 1973 Herring retired, turning his responsibilities over to Red's son and current owner Larry Wilcoxson, who had been working at the restaurant since he was
==Business description==
[[Image:SpaghettiRed.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Fred and Red's Spaghetti Red dish.]]
Fred and Red's is famous for their award-winning<ref>Editor's Choice award for Chili http://www.ruralmissouri.org/05pages/best05.html#chili</ref> chili, [[tamales]], and [[Spaghetti Red]]. They also serve [[coneys]], chili burgers, [[hamburgers]], [[frito pie]], and home-made fruit pies.<ref name=globe/> Red Wilcoxson died in 2005, causing his son Larry to consider selling the business
The restaurant has a distinctive "U-shaped" counter, 22 barstools, and a central serving area. One of the restaurant's unique features is a home-made tamale press created from scrap [[Ford Model T]] car parts and used to manually make 5400 tamales every week.
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