Golfhobo,there used to be a window factory that I hauled out of an occasion in Clarksville.I believed it burnt down several years ago.I know what hill in town you are talking about.

 

mccfry, I was just going to post about Hodad's! Great burgers. Not exactly in a "truck-friendly" neighborhood, but just two blocks from the beach. You could bob-tail down I guess.

http://www.sdbeachlife.com/hodads.htm

Their slogan? No shirt, no shoes, no problem! It's basically an old surfer joint. Walls lined with old and new license plates. Huge burgers, tons of fries and onion rings in each order, and great, homemade milkshakes made with real ice cream, not from soft-freeze machine crap. There's even the front end of an old VW van with a bench seat set up as a "booth". Definitely a must-see if you ever get down to Ocean Beach, at the western end of Interstate 8.

 

I try to stay away from fast food joints, but Roy Rogers is my favorite.

 

McDonald's????? ops: Oooh, I hauled a load of cattle coffins from an IBP plant in NE to Salt Lake City,.. all the boxes were marked "Beef Parts". When I got there I had to put on a white gown while they unloaded my truck. I asked the man with the clipboard what "beef Parts" were. He said it's anything left on the skeleton of the cow that they cannot cut off with knives,. and he said the guys are very good with their knives. Beef Parts are blown off the bones with high speed air guns,.. this is what this place made hamburgers from. Oh,.. yeah, they made burgers for mickey D's... :roll:

oh by the way, the best burger??,.. Fat Burger in SoCal or Denver, and yes, they are fat! :P

 

Better Burger in Troy, NC. Intersection of 109 & 24/27. Home of the Bubba Burger, but try their Giant Double Cheeseburger all the way. Try not to put the bag in the passenger seat. The grease will drip through the bag and mess up your upholstry.

The best bbq I know of is at McCabes in Manning, SC. If you slaughter a pig, take it there and they'll pack it into sausage while you have lunch. But mind your manners. Last time I was there the waitress made me take my elbows off the table.

Beleive it or not, an honorable mention goes to Buddy's Trucker Motel in Society Hill, SC. The grill was never cleaned so the food was amazing. Too bad it was closed down for prostitution...

 

That place is right down the street from the Black. If you take newport all the way west to the beach. You can get your tractor in the public parking for the beach. Those streets are tight.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5010%2...C%20CA%2092107
While your down there pick something up from the Black.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8...i=lmd&z=14&t=m

 

I got "BURGERED OUT" at Pilot Fuel Stops... (they're NOT truck stops) not long after I started driving. I don't remember where I had the last burger, or how long ago it was.

 

When I was a kid, there was a department store called Grants in Tulare, Ca. Whenever my grandmother took me shopping there, we would get somethig to eat in the restaurant. I loved their cheeseburgers, and I have not found anything that tastes like them to this day. I can not even duplicate them at home. If anybody knows what their secret was, I would sure like to know.

 

the best burger is my own burger,i call it thick burger it turns out bout 1 in.thick and very big and round it does not lose much grease stays bout the same size .....................Yummy

 

My dad used to be a regional manager for Grants back in Ohio back in the 70's. Believe it or not, I remember those burgers because there were a number of times where my brother and I would get to eat at the snack bar while dad had a meeting with a manager.

Thinking of burgers, though, I remember an oldy but a goody. We used to eat out a lot at Big Boy restuarants...I don't even know if they're around anymore. At least there are none out here in Iowa. :sad:

But back in Ohio, it was Frisch's Big Boy. They used to have a burger there called the Brawny Lad - it was on a rye bun and had a slab of onion on it. I'd always get that, some onion rings, and a slice of their strawberry pie. Dang good eats. 8)