Went to Dog n Suds for lunch today, and had a flash back to of fashioned drive-ins of from 50 years ago. Dog n Suds, unlike Sonic, which has evolved over time, still has the same look and feel of a drive in from the 50's.

I ordered the Charco cheeseburger and their "World Famous" root beer. The sandwich was very good (I'm not sure if I was biased, or not) and the root beer was excellent, even if it did taste a bit like they combined 2/3's root beer with 1/3 cream soda.

If you have a chance to stop by Dog n Suds, you should do it. There are only 20 stores remaining, from a high of 650, at one point. They are closed during the coldest periods and today was their opening day in Indiana.

Dog n Suds in years gone by:

Today:

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Posted by OTIS2

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Posted on 2/26/24 at 8:44 pm to Jax-Tiger

We had one in Carthage Ms in the ‘60’s.

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Posted by MeridianDog

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Posted on 2/27/24 at 7:37 am to OTIS2

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We had one in Carthage Ms in the ‘60’s.

We always stopped there on Sunday Nights as we drove from Jackson to Starkville. I bet I ate there 50 times. Always good Burger stuff. Located very near the Highway 16 and 35 intersection.

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Posted by Jax-Tiger

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Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:05 am to MeridianDog

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We always stopped there on Sunday Nights as we drove from Jackson to Starkville.

I didn't know how big they once were. 650 locations covers a lot of territory (38 states). They are down to less than 20 locations in 7 states, but the two here in Lafayette, IN do very good business.

I have eaten there maybe 3 times. I'm guessing that very little has changed in all those years. The burger was a delicious old school burger. Triple X here in West Lafayette gets all the publicity for burgers and homemade root beer, due to being on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, but give me Dog-n-Suds any day.

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Posted by CAD703X

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Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:16 am to Jax-Tiger

The old-school A&W by NLU served one of the best burgers i'd ever had as a kid. sad what A&W has now become.

same for long john silvers. i remember a line out the door on 18th street on sundays and i would sit there and salivate while waiting for that crunchy fish resting on a massive pile of batter debris

who the hell ran these places into the ground? don't say people's tastes have changed; these places serve shite food now; thats why nobody goes there.

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Posted by Jax-Tiger

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Posted on 2/27/24 at 9:42 am to CAD703X

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The old-school A&W by NLU served one of the best burgers i'd ever had as a kid. sad what A&W has now become.

Thanks for reminding me. I used to go to the A&W in Port Townsend, WA when I was in Junior High. It was a drive-in, but I wasn't sure if all A&W's were drive-ins, because PT is kind of remote and I didn't know of any others.

But the concept was the same - burgers, coney dogs, and root beer. A&W is now just another generic chain and not very good. When they modernized it, it lost it's charm and the food lost it's flavor.

I think that the burger restaurants like 5 Guys, Burger Fi, Steak Shack, etc, are successful because they are serving food that reminds us of the old time drive-in burgers.

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