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Tasty Dip, Heflin AL
In the previous entry, I noted how I have done a terrible job remembering where I heard about or got the notion to visit a restaurant. Tasty Dip was another heartbreaker, and the “version 1.0″ of this...
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3 Lil’ Pigs Bar-B-Q and Dari Spot, Gainesville GA
Boy, I just had no luck whatsoever with 3 Lil’ Pigs. I read about the place over at Buster Evans’ terrific barbecue blog earlier this year and was excited to go to Gainesville and try their chicken...
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Dixie Freeze, South Pittsburg TN
For many, many years, I have told myself that one of these days, I was going to go visit Nashville and take US-41 to get there. Last weekend, Marie and I finally did this, taking the baby and the...
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Bowen’s Dairy Bar, Henagar AL
Our final stop on our most recent road tour was this ramshackle old place in the middle of nowhere. I was not even sure it was still in business when we left, but the cherry milkshake made the detour...
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Two Dairy Bars in Northeast Bama
Northeast Alabama is home to several decades-old fast food restaurants with soft serve ice cream that predate the national interstate fast food chains and retain the old name "dairy bars." We found one...
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Drinking in Nashville
The girlchild and I made a stop for milkshakes and a detour for agave-sweetened fountain sodas. In the evening, we went shopping at a very silly and fun store that specializes in obscure and utterly...
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Photo Post 10: Where We Did Not Eat
Circumstances conspired against us eating at a pair of places that we wished to try. The soft serve machine was broken at one, and the second closed before we could get there. Just in case we never...
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Circumnavigating the Tennessee River Valley – part six
US-72 brought me east to the town of Athens for what turned out to be a very long stop at an extraordinarily popular old lunch counter, and a wonderful walk-up dairy bar for a sweet treat. Continue...
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Circumnavigating the Tennessee River Valley – part nine
The final chapter about this tour sees me coming back home via I-20, making stops in Leeds, Anniston, and Heflin, for some great barbecue and some terrific old buildings and neon signs. Continue reading →
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Ammons Drive-In and Dairy Bar, Waynesville NC
What's in a name? On a trip to western North Carolina, we found a place that calls itself a dairy bar and provides a much, much wider menu than what we expected. Continue reading →
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Rosewood Dairy Bar, Columbia SC
I always like to find a pimento cheeseburger when I'm in the Palmetto State. This one wasn't as good as I had hoped, but it was a neat stop all the same. Continue reading →
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Dub’s Place, Chattanooga TN
We thought we were going to visit a classic dairy bar, but instead found a refreshing and modern take on fast food that's merely operating from one of these fun old buildings. Continue reading →
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Burger Chick and Company Drive-In, Tallapoosa GA
This sixty year-old walk-up window takes "something for everybody" seriously, with three different kinds of fries and a long list of milkshake flavors. Continue reading →
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Walls’ Drive-In, Cannelton IN
On my first trip to the Hoosier State, I learned of labor unrest, Boston shakes, and breaded pork tenderloin sandwiches at a lovely old drive-in across the river from Hawesville KY. Continue reading →
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Big Dipper, Owensboro KY
Not many restaurants can claim that the turn lane of a busy highway serves as an unofficial part of their drive-through lane, but then again, not many restaurants are as popular as this old dairy bar....
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Zesto, Evansville IN
Since we enjoy our local dairy bar so much, of course I wanted to try one in another city, especially since they serve their version of a breaded pork tenderloin. Continue reading →
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Big Top Drive-In, Evansville IN
Don't let the creepy clown on the sign fool you! This old dairy bar is one of the most popular places in town to get a burger. Plus, for three months every year, they have a really unique sandwich on...
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Bill’s Hamburgers, Amory MS
On our way back from Memphis, we took a lengthy detour to try some burgers which a favorite food and travel book had championed.
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The Original Freezo, Knoxville TN
There's a very neat old restaurant in a very neat old neighborhood called Happy Holler, and while the list of places in this city to get some ice cream is already as long as your arm, we have added to it.
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Dari-Kreme, Cleveland TN
My son and I took a little trip to visit an old restaurant, but found the business closed. Just down the street, though, we found that another very old restaurant was still hanging in there.
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