Drive-in's/'ol bars?pre-war diners...Tell me that..

Thanx for all the great hang-outs, guys

 

I miss Davies!
used to drive my 58 delray up from Longmont for 3.99 steak and eggs.

 

Good post Nick,
that palce in Green Bay was great.

 

Just a very rough idea of what I put together. Not professional (go figure) but at least it's a thought. Only the first few states are in color and indented. Maybe for an online only version.

HAMB Travel Guide
Places to cool your heels and fill your tank. ​

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

BAKERSFIELD ​

Narducci’s Cafe - Bar and Restaurant
Ethel's Old Corral - Bar
Granada Theatre - Built in the 1920s, refurbished in the 1950s. Special Draw: 50s snack bar and working 20 ton organ.​

SAN FRANCISCO

Bigfoot Lodge -- Northwoods Yogi Bear style bar, owned by HAMBer (also in LA)
Bottom Of The Hill -- venerable live rock club
Buena Vista -- SF landmark restaurant/bar, invented morning drinking with the Irish Coffee and sloe gin fizz
Lane Splitters ~ Awesome food and murder-sickle memorabilia

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

BETHEL

Sycamore - Drive-In Restaurant
Honey Dew Donuts

DELAWARE

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

BYRON

Sam’s Drive-Inn, 705 W. Blackhawk Dr. (At or near Colfax St.)

CHICAGO

California Clipper -- classy '40s style Sam Spade bar with live music
Fitzgeralds (Berwyn) -- best place for live roots music in Chicagoland
Green Mill - awesome 40s era jazz club
Hala Kahiki (River Grove) -- 60s survivor tiki place, consider one of the best
Superdawg -- best drive-in in City

LOVES PARK

Docs Diner, 6499 N. 2nd St.

OREGON

Jay’s Drive-In, 107 Washington (At Washington &1st St.)

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

HARRISON TOWNSHIP

Eddie’s Drive-In, On Jefferson off of Shook Rd. - Old style drive in burger joint on Lake St. Clair. Open seasonally.

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

COLUMBIA

63 Diner ~ Recommended eats: “Cadillac” Prime Rib Sandwich

KANSAS CITY

Trolley Drive-In
Winstead’s ~ Nostalgic 40s style restaurant. Recommended eats: Steak-burger and a Malt.


MONTANA

NEBRASKA

BEATRICE

Gibbs Place ~ Ol’ Timey Bar

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NEW YORK

Rodeo Bar ~ slice of Texas on 27th & 3rd
Martelli's ~ ancient Greenwich Village place, favorite of Italian prizefighters
McSorleys ~ oldest bar in US; must-see
Union Pool ~ live roots club in Brooklyn in 30s era pool chemical building

WATKINS GLEN

Seneca Lodge Bar ~ Full of road racing memorabilia, bow hunting trophies and arrows.

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

RUSSELLVILLE

Skip’s Garage, Rt. 62 one block north of Rt. 125 ~ 1949 Shell service station. Memorabilia, deli and smoked pork tenderloin for monthly cruise-ins.

OKLAHOMA

COWETA

Green Parrot Cafe ~ Home style food and good prices.

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

HARRISBURG

Red Rabbit Drive-In, North of Harrisburg on 22/322 past Clark’s Ferry Bridge. Open on Fri., Sat. and Sun. 9 months of the year.

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

AUSTIN

Broken Spoke ~ Best place for Western Swing & chicken fried steak
Continental Club ~ duhhhh. THE HAMB bar.
Chuys/Hula Hut/Shady Grove ~ Mike Young's trinity of food funhouses
Huts ~ vintage burgers on 6th
Matt's El Rancho ~ classy Mexican chowhouse from the 40s
Rudy's ~ landmark Eastside place for migas and huevos rancheros
Salt Lick (Driftwood) ~ great drive out to badass Tex BBQ, BYOB
Threadgills ~ Down home chow, Austin music museum

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON STATE

ZILLAH

The Tea Pot Dome Gas Station, One mile South-West of town ~ Built in 1922, still operating.

WEST VIRGINIA

WISCONSIN

GREEN BAY

Skip-A-Stone Diner ~ Nostalgic Layout

MILWAUKEE

Nite Owl Drive-In ~ Official Cheaters hang out. HAMB member works here?
The Safe House ~ 007/Spy Theme

WYOMING

 

Neppy, Thanks for taking the time to pull all of those together! Cathy H.

 

How 'bout calling it the "HAMB Road Atlas"?

More suggestions...

FLORIDA

Ft. Lauderdale: The Mai Kai. Since 1956, the supreme poobah of all tiki bars in the known universe. Expensive drinks, live Polynesian floor show.

Weekee Wachee: Weekee Wachee Mermaids. Oddball vintage roadside attraction featuring aquarium teeming with hot babes.

Orlando: Gatorland. Home of the cheesy Florida souvenirs.

St. Augustine: Osteens: Old family place with the best seafood I've ever had.



IOWA

Sioux City: Tastee Inn & Out. Timeless drive in for Iowa "taverns" (loose meat burgers)

Lemars: Bob's Drive In -- the apex of taverns, written up in Food & Wine magazine (really!)

WISCONSIN

Kenosha (I-94): The Brat Stop -- cheese, beer, sausage, live mullet bands. It don't get more Wisconsin than that.

Elkhart Lake: Siebkens Resort. Super German beer hall in '20s era resort hotel; lots of sports car racing memorabilia from Road America

 

that would be the Safe House. I had a friend that worked there for a while when he was in college. He still refuses to tell me what the password is... The entrance is in an alley, which makes it a bit hard to find, but it's worth checking out. nothing really car related though...

 

Last weekend we did a run to Eddie's Drive-in...it's still there, but no longer any kind of a REAL cruisin hot spot, unfortunately...

 

Here's the old gas station they restored for the South Florida Fairgrounds...

 

Nick, Do you know if the dairy Bar is still there? I'm about 25 miles from Thorp. I'd like to check it out. They also have the Thorpedo there and they have good food.

 

Dairy Bar
223 N. Washington Street
Thorp, WI 54771
715-669-5485

Found it, I'll check it out

 

Funny, no one mentioned PORKY'S Drive Inn on University Ave, Just west of Snelling in Minneapolis, Mn. Everyone who goes to Back to the '50's at the State Fair Grounds ends up there at sometime through the Weekend.

Canadian Hot Spots!

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Red Top Drive Inn, on St. Mary's Rd in Norwood, been around since 1960. Best burger and shakes in town.

Rick's Hot Rod Diner, on Henderson Hwy, great place for breakfast or lunch. Stacks of car mags to read while you eat.

Nick's Drive Inn in Headingley. A Big, Big burger, you can't always get down.

Pony Corral on Pembina Hwy. South, Great food and atmosphere, Car show every Sunday, with over 300 cars rain or shine.

Buffalo Bills on Regent Ave. Car show every Sunday, music and draws. 150 cars or more.

Red Deer, Alberta

Gasoline Alley on Hwy 2 South, cars every nite of the week.

 

Old school? You want old school? Here's the deal:

Forget that new "high speed" ferry in Milwaukee and drive up to Manitowoc and roll your car onto the SS Badger, a circa 1952 Ferry. Enjoy your trip across Lake Michigan and end up in Ludington. Ignore US31 and hop on "Pere Marquette Road" (Old 31, in service until the 1960s). It becomes Oceana Drive once you leave Mason County and then Whitehall Road when you get into Muskegon County. Plenty of "Old Road" flavor still around on it.

I intend to write a coffee table book about Old US 31 someday, sorta like all of the books you see on old Rte. 66.

Once you reach Montague, make sure you stop for lunch at the Dog 'n' Suds drive-in (that's a drive-in restaurant). I recommend the bacon double cheese deluxe, but would understand if you just had to try the chili dogs. Definitely wash it down with the root beer. Dog 'n' Suds used to be a national chain but is now largely gone. The one in Montague was built in 1963 and originally paralleled the White River. In the late 1990s they turned the structure to parallel the road, they also removed the dining room that had largely engulfed the original canopy.

Once you're full, drive down to Muskegon (Whitehall Road becomes Business 31 and ceases to parallel the old route once you're into Muskegon as the old business district became an enclosed mall in the 1970s and has since been torn down). Hang a left when you reach Sherman Boulevard, a right onto Getty and you'll find our very own four-screen drive-in movie theatre, the Getty Four. View the flick of your choice and enjoy the rest of your vacation in Michigan. I suggest the Pere Marquette beach while you're in town. You may also wish to continue down Old 31 (Grand Haven Road) into Grand Haven and Holland where the old road is still US 31 thanks to the political maneuverings of a Holland-born congressman back in the 1950s. Beware once you reach Ottawa County, these are very touristy ($$) areas with highly sensitive cops, so watch out when you're driving or cruising "the strip" in Grand Haven (the cruising scene is still alive down there, but is mostly ricers and kids in family cars).

The past lives!

 

Ingleside, IL (near Fox Lake) Miller's Dog & Suds. Saturday nights all summer long...It's happening!

 

Frisko Freeze, Tacoma WA. A 30's gas station turned 50's gut-bomb and shake factory. Drive-in and walk up only. Everything is old school; the building, sign, food, even the worker's t-shirts. It beats Dick's in Seattle. I live within sight of the place.

 

Longhorn Saloon, olde tyme bar in Scenic South Dakota. Bulletholed ceiling sawdust covered floor, rank whiskey and good beer. If your touring the Badlands and are making your way to the Black Hills (or vice versa) this spot is right between my town of Interior and Tman's Rapid City on HWY 44. You'll be driving alongside the Badlands up to Scenic and you will be near the Southern (Untamed) Unit of the Badlands National Park.

 

Originally from Kansas City, New Yorker Calvin Trillin wrote a review featuring Winstead's burgers in the old Life Magazine in the 70's. Life was big time journalism, for those of you who weren't around in those days. Winstead's had a big copy of it posted in the lobby.

Playboy Magazine did a review about the same time, reaturing that other other KC icon, Bryant's BarBQ.

 

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