Burger Beast’s Future Burger Road Food Trips

My first road trip out of my home state of Florida was in February 2009. Since then, I’ve done multiple comfort food out-of-town drives with my wife Marcela and friends to more than ten states.

Initially, this road food list started as a text but grew into an email and a Word file. The problem with the Word file is I find it challenging to keep updating it.

So I’ve created this page because, in my mind, it makes more sense to keep in my blogging world.

Plus, it would be something that I can give you access to. You can comment below, and then I can update the page. Do you see where I’m going with this? I wanna keep it in the Burger Beast family.

We also love antique shops and roadside attractions, so feel free to mention some of those too.

This page will probably be in constant flux, so pardon my grease while I work on it.

The Burger Beast Bucket List, Drive-In Restaurants, and Hamburger America pages contain more restaurants that will make up subsequent trips, so it would be good to check those out too.

Alabama Eats

• Athens – Dubs Burgers
• Auburn – Niffer’s Place
• Bessemer – J&J Grocery & Deli
• Birmingham – Delta Blues Hot Tamales
• Birmingham – Paul’s Hot Dogs & Grill
• Birmingham – Sammy’s Sandwich Shop
• Decatur – C.F. Penn Hamburgers (1939)
• Florence – Staggs Grocery
• Guntersville – Char Burger
• Hartselle – Willie Burgers
• Hoover – Green Valley Drugs
• Huntsville – Big Spring Cafe
• Huntsville – Little Diner
• Jackson – Ed’s Drive-in
• Jacksonville – The Rocket
• Jefferson – Jefferson Country Store
• Josephine – Pirate’s Cove
• Luverne – The Corner Clock
• Leeds – Rusty’s Bar-B-Q
• Mobile – Callaghan’s Irish Social Club
• Mobile – Dew Drop Inn
• Moulton – Nesmith’s Hamburgers (1966)
• Tuscaloosa – The Oasis Bar & Grill

Multiple Alabama Locations

• Cardinal Drive-In – locations in Moulton, Red Bay & Winfield
• Foodsackly’s Chicken Fingers – multiple locations in Alabama & Florida
• The Hamburger Heaven – multiple locations in Alabama
• Sneaky Pete’s – multiple locations in Alabama

Arkansas Eats

• Little Rock – Cotham’s in the City
• Pine Bluff – Rich’s Burgers
  

California Eats

• Jackson – Mel and Faye’s Diner
• Palm Springs – The Bell Palm Springs (Taco Bell Hotel)

Colorado Eats

• Denver – Cherry Cricket

Florida Eats

A-L

• Alachua – Bev’s Better Burgers
• Big Pine Key –No Name Pub
• Bradenton – Shake Pit (since 1959, opened in 1958 as Quaker Maid)
• Brandon – Campbell’s Dairyland
• Branford –Burger Heaven on 7
• Brooksville – Deep South Family BBQ
• Cape Coral – Lehne Burger
• Clearwater – Preacher Bar
• Clearwater – Dairy Kurl
• Clearwater – OCC Roadhouse
• Cocoa Beach – BurgerRobs Food Truck
• Crescent City – Hallie’s Landing (Waterfront Restaurant)
• Cudjoe Key – Square Grouper Bar & Grill
• Dania Beach – Tarks (since 1966)
• Destin – Dixieland Chicken Co
• Fernandina Beach – T-Ray’s Burger Station
• Floral City – Pudgee’s
• Fort Lauderdale – Twice Removed
• Fort Myers – Heavenly Biscuit
• Fort Myers – Matt’s Red Hots
• Fort Walton Beach – Tops Hamburgers
• Hernando – Burger Station
• High Springs – Bev’s Burger Cafe
• Holmes Beach – Skinny’s Place (since 1952)
• Hollywood – Jack’s Diner (built 1953)
• Homosassa – Grumpy Gators Bar & Grill
• Indiana Shores – Mahuffer’s
• Key West – Garbo’s Grill
• Key West – The Kolache Kitchen
• LaBelle – Log Cabin Bar-B-Que
• Lake City – BW Blacksmith Deli and Grill
• Lakeland – Strawberry Hut
• Lecanto – Paige’s Rott Beer
• Leesburg – Dip-A-Dee Donuts

M-Z

• Melbourne – The Burger Place
• Melbourne – La Loma Coney Island Restaurant
• Melbourne – Long Doggers
• Melbourne – Moo’s Soft Serve
• Melbourne – Mustard’s Last Stand
• Micanopy – Old Florida Cafe
• Milton – Saucy’s Frozen Treats & Tasty Eats (since 1966 as Tastee Freez)
• Mims – Stuckey’s
• Naples – Aurelio’s Pizza
• Naples – Larry’s Lunchbox
• Naples – Seed To Table
• Naples – USS Nemo
• Oakland – DG Doughnuts
• Old Town – Cottage Cafe
• Orlando – Sobik’s Subs (since 1969)
• Palatka – Hall’s Superette (Bacon cheeseburger & potato wedges; there’s a grill inside the gas station)
• Palm Beach – Green’s Pharmacy (since 1938)
• Panama City – Tally-Ho Drive In (since 1949)
• Pensacola – Tops Hamburgers
• Perry – Graves Drive-In (since 1950)
• Punta Gorda – Carmellos Italian Ristorante
• Sanibel – Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille
• Sanibel – Over Easy Breakfast
• Sanibel – The Pecking Order
• Sarasota – Alpine Steakhouse (since 1975)
• Sarasota – Bob’s Train
• Sarasota – Crager’s Family Diner (since 1976)
• Sarasota – The Hob Nob Drive-In
• Sarasota – The original Hot Diggity Dog (since 1970)
• Sarasota – Munchies 420
• Sarasota – Owen’s Fish Camp
• Sarasota – Yoder’s
• Sarasota – Siesta Key Oyster Bar
• Sarasota – Hub Baja grill
• St. Augustine – Guy Harvey
• St. Augustine – Raintree Restaurant
• St. Pete Beach – Gayle’s Restaurant
• St. Petersburg – Engine No9
• Starke – Powells Dairy Freeze
• Tallahassee – Barb’s Southern Style Gourmet Brittles
• Tallahassee – Bird’s Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack
• Tallahassee – Bradley’s Country Store Complex
• Tallahassee – Po Boys Creole Cafe
• Tampa – Bern’s Steak House
• Tampa – Bo’s Ice Cream (since 1954)
• Tampa – Brocato’s Sandwich Shop
• Tampa – Holy Hog Barbecue
• Tampa – Thee Burger Stop
• Tampa – Dairy Joy (since 1958)
• Tampa – Thee Burger Spot
• Tampa – Wright’s Gourmet House (since 1963)
• Tarpon Springs – Hellas Restaurant
• Tavernier – Over Easy
• Venice – Snook Haven (since 1948)
• West Palm Beach – Dixie Grill & Brewery
• West Palm Beach – Grease Burger Bar
• West Palm Beach – Howley’s Restaurant No. 2 (since April 1950)

Multiple Florida Locations

• Foodsackly’s Chicken Fingers – locations in Nine Mile & West Pensacola
• Huddle House – locations in Brooksville, Chiefland, Crystal River, Inverness, Lake City, Middleburg, Ocala, Palatka, Perry, Starke & Yulee

Georgia Eats

Brunswick – Willie’s Wee-Nee Wagon
Decatur – Farm Burger
Decatur – Waffle House Museum
Hawkinsville – The Grill
Savannah – Back in the Day Bakery
Savannah – Clary’s Cafe
Toccoa – Bells Drive-In Restaurant (since 1961)

Illinois Eats

Chicago – Kuma’s Corner
Evansville – GD Ritzy’s
Naperville – 2Toots Train Whistle Grill

Indiana Eats

Carmel – Bub’s Burgers
Columbus – Zaharakos Ice Cream Parlor
Fort Wayne – Bravas
Highland – Miner-Dunn (since 1932)
Highland – Schoop’s (since 1948)
Indianapolis – The Workingman’s Friend
Washington – The New White Steamer
West Lafayette – Triple XXX

Iowa Eats

Des Moines – B-Bop’s (since 1988)

Kansas Eats

Wichita – Jimmie’s Diner (since 1987)
Wichita – NuWay Burgers (since July 4th, 1930)
Wichita – Walt’s Klassics

Kentucky Eats

Cadiz – Ferrell’s Snappy Service
Hopkinsville – Ferrell’s Snappy Service
Madisonville – Ferrell’s Snappy Service
Pikeville – Dairy Cheer
Pikeville – Dorsie’s Dairy Bar

Louisiana Eats

New Orleans – Camellia Grill
New Orleans – Judice Inn
New Orleans – Port of Call
New Orleans – Ted’s Frostop Diner
New Orleans – Willie Mae’s Scotch House

Maryland Eats

Glen Burnie – Gino’s Burgers & Chicken

Michigan Eats

Ann Arbor – Frita Batidos
Ann Arbor – Krazy Jim’s Blimpy Burger
Clare – Whitehouse Restaurant
Detroit – Elmer’s Hamburgers
Detroit – Greene’s Hamburgers
Detroit – Hunter House (since 1952)
Detroit – Lafayette Coney Island
Detroit – Marcus Hamburgers (since 1929)
Detroit – Mike’s Famous Ham Place
Detroit – Sonny’s Hamburgers
Detroit – The Telway
Farmington Hills – Bate’s Hamburgers
Farmington Hills – Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Flint – Dort Mall
Flint – Krystal Joe’s  Diner
Lansing – Horrocks
Livonia – Bates Hamburgers
Port Heron – Chicken in the Rough
Sturgis – Hot N Now

Mississippi Eats

Biloxi – Burger Burger (since 1947)
Hernando – Velvet Cream (since July 23, 1947)
Jackson – Beatty Street Grocery (over 70 years old)
Jackson – Big Apple Inn
Jackson – Brent’s Drugs (since 1946)
Jackson – Cool Al’s
Jackson – Stamps Superburger (since 1986)
Learned – H.D. Gibbes & Sons
Mize – Mize Hamburger House
Moss Point – Lotta Burger (founded by Sam’s Super Burger original owner)
New Albany – Latham’s Hamburger Inn
Picayune – Betty K’s
Tupelo – Neon Pig
Waynesboro – Cooley’s Hamburgers
Wards Restaurant – Multiple locations

Missouri Eats

Kansas City – Town Topic Hamburgers (since 1937)

Montana Eats

Polson – Richwines Burgerville

New Mexico Eats

Green Chile Cheeseburgers – Blake’s Lotaburger

Abiquiu – Bode’s (since 1919)
Guadalupe Mesilla – Double Eagle
Hatch – Sparky’s
Madrid – Mineshaft Tavern
San Antonio – Buckhorn Tavern (since 1943)
San Antonio – Owl Bar & Cafe
Sante Fe – Sante Fe Bite

New York Eats

Mamaroneck – Walter’s Hot Dogs (since 1919)
Port Chester – Texas Chili

North Carolina Eats

Andrews – Burger Basket
Brevard – Cardinal Drive In
Chapel Hill – Al’s Hamburger Shack
Charlotte – Bar-B-Q King
Charlotte – Brooks’ Sandwich House
Charlotte – South 21 Drive-In (since 1955)
Concord – Havana Carolina
Concord – What-A-Burger Drive-In
Durham – Durham Filling Station
Greenwood – Dixie Drive In
King – Dairi-O
Lexington – Lexington Barbecue
Lumberton – Dixie Drive-In
Monroe – Duke’s Grill
Mount Airy – Dairy Center
Mount Airy – Snappy Lunch
Mooresville – What-A-Burger Drive-In
Raleigh – Char-Grill
Raleigh – The Roast Grill (since 1940)
Reidsville – Pete’s Burgers and More (bootleg Burger Chef)
Siler City – Johnson’s Drive-In (since 1946)
Taylorsville – Burger Basket (since 1968)
Wadesboro – Hub Grill
Wilmington – Museum of the Bizarre
Wilmington – Winnie’s Tavern (since 1962)
Wilson – Burger Boy
Wrightsville Beach – Poe’s Tavern

Ohio Eats

Akron – Bob’s Hamburgs
Cincinnati – Blue Ash Chili
Cincinnati – Frisch’s Big Boy Mainliner
Findlay – Wilson’s Sandwich Shop
Toledo – Green Lantern
Toledo – Schmucker’s
Toledo – Tony Packo’s
Urbana – Crabill’s Hamburger Shoppe

Oklahoma Eats

Miami – Waylan’s Hamburgers the KuKu

Oregon Eats

Portland – Burger Stevens
Portland – Dea’s In & Out
Portland – Mike’s Drive In
Portland – Skyline Restaurant
Portland – Stanich’s

Pennsylvania Eats

Folsom – Charlies Hamburgers (since 1935)
Harrisburg – Jackson House
Lititz – Rosey’s Lunch
Pittsburgh – Tessaro’s
Shamokin – Coney Island Lunch (since 1918)
York – The Haines Shoe House

South Carolina Eats

Anderson – Barnwood Grill
Bishopville – Harry & Harry Too
Charleston – Burbage’s Grocery
Columbia – Rockaway Athletic Club
Greenville – Carolina Drive In (since 1954)
Greenville – Cheeseburger House (since 1963)
Greenville – The Clock Drive In (since 1954)
Greenville – Northgate Soda Shop (since 1947)
Greenwood – Cheeseburger House
Greenwood – The Dixie Drive In (since 1959)
Greer – Cannon’s Drive In
Hartsville – Ruth’s Drive-In
Hartsville – Yogi Bear Honey Fried Chicken
Hemingway – Scott’s Bar-B-Que
Lancaster – South 200 Drive-In
Laurens – Whiteford’s Giant Burger (since 1957)
North Augusta – Sno-Cap Drive In
Pickens – Carolina Fine Foods
Seneca – Time Drive-In
Spartanburg – The Beacon Drive-In (since 1946)
Walterboro – Dairy-Land (since 1949)

Tennessee Eats

Bristol – Blue Circle Hamburgers (1931)
Bristol – Pal’s
Chattanooga – Zarzour’s Cafe
Cleveland – The Chef (bootleg Burger Chef)
Erwin – Clarence’s Drive-In (since 1969)
Nashville – Brown’s Diner
Nashville – Fat Mo’s
Nashville – Rotier’s Restaurant

Texas Eats

Dallas – Wingfield’s Breakfast & Burger
Fort Worth – Kincaid’s Hamburgers (since 1946)
Houston – Becks Prime
Huntsville – Mr. Hamburger (since 1939)
San Antonio – Burger Boy

Virginia Eats

Lynchburg – The Cavalier Store
Roanoke – Texas Tavern

Washington Eats

Burgermaster

West Virginia Eats

Huntington – Cam’s Ham (1950s)
Huntington – Midway Drive-In (1939)
Lesage – Hillbilly Hot Dogs
Lewisburg – Jim’s Drive In (early 1950s)
Smithers – Burger Carte Foods
South Charleston – Suzi’s Hamburgers (1982, former Borden Burger BBF) (bootleg Burger Chef)

Wisconsin Eats

Racine – Kewpee Sandwich Shop
Marsfield – Chip’s Hamburgers
Milwaukee – Solly’s Grille
Wisconsin Rapids –Chip’s Hamburgers
Oshkosh – Ardy and Ed’s Drive In (since 1948, originally an A&W til 1972)

Multi-State Restaurants

Ritter’s Frozen Custard – Multiple locations in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan & Texas

Schoop’s – Multiple locations in Illinois & Indiana

Shakey’s Pizza – Multiple locations in California & Washington