Used to live a half block from Folger’s, but being a poor college kid made it a rare treat. We always loved Dairy Lou (which has apparently moved just east of its original spot next to a pawn shop). I remember seeing a very young Reba McIntire’s bus pull into Dairy Lou for several bags of burgers.
It’s always fun to run across what I call lunch-counter burgers. Growing up in Pauls Valley, you could get them at Barton’s Drug, Tel-Star and such, but the great debate was Dairy Twist or Ballard’s. So few of those places remain. Take Hamburger King in Shawnee, for instance. From the first bite, it was instantly recognizable as the kind of burger I grew up eating.
Used to live a half block from Folger’s, but being a poor college kid made it a rare treat. We always loved Dairy Lou (which has apparently moved just east of its original spot next to a pawn shop). I remember seeing a very young Reba McIntire’s bus pull into Dairy Lou for several bags of burgers.
It’s always fun to run across what I call lunch-counter burgers. Growing up in Pauls Valley, you could get them at Barton’s Drug, Tel-Star and such, but the great debate was Dairy Twist or Ballard’s. So few of those places remain. Take Hamburger King in Shawnee, for instance. From the first bite, it was instantly recognizable as the kind of burger I grew up eating.
Thanks for the memories, Chris!