Chuck's — 2661 Midway

At the SW corner of Trinity Mills

This review is for my friends at the Addison Service Center (hi Nicole, Michelle, Stacy and Chris) and others at the north end of Addison Airport.

Chuck's is a Richie Cunningham hangout. It's a sock hop diner in red, white and black, with "Peppermint Twist" and the Big Bopper coming from the speakers. Wafting through the air is the smell of charcoal grilled burgers. As Al Gore had yet to invent the Internet during the era of poodle skirts, Chuck's has no web site. Below is a partial menu. All burgers are huge and come with fries. To save calories and 50¢ order without.

•Old fashioned (mayo + mustard) $5.69
•With cheese +30¢
•Hickory cheddar $6.49
Chicken salads (4 varieties) $6.89
•Hot wings (8) $5.99
•Baked potato $4.49 and up
•Ice cream float $2.39

Chuck's is very family friendly. No smoking.

Hours:
11:00am - 8:30pm Mon-Wed
11:00am - 9:00pm Thur-Sat
closed Sundays

Google map is here.

Big Dave's Burger Emporium - 5403 Arapaho Ste 115, Dallas

The best burger in the Addison area is across the tollway at Montfort and Arapaho, NE corner. Purdy's held this crown for a while, then they were bought by someone that started adding Korean food to the menu. Shortly thereafter, they were gone.

Big Dave's says all of their burgers are 1/2 pound, but they also have a 1/3 pound burger on the menu. Why you'd want anything less than a 1/2 pound is beyond me. The burgers are consistently good. The fries leave a little to be desired, but you're going here for a burger. The chicken strips aren't bad either, and a basket with drink will only run you $5.40 with tax. Concrete floors, a couple of flat panel TVs and some networking boxes on the floor indicating they may offer wireless internet.

Right now, they're giving their customers a Frequent Diner's Card entitling you to 20% off for the rest of the year. Even without the card, I'm not sure where you can get a real 1/2 pound burger, fries and drink for $7 anymore.

Menu

Stadium Cafe — 4872 Belt Line

SW corner of Landmark, near Inwood

This is a sports bar with real food. You'll find an extensive menu here. There's something for everyone. The chalk board by the front door lists the soup of the day ($3.75). Add that or any of their other regular soups to a half deli sandwich for just $6.75. If your meal comes with a choice of potato salad, give it a try. It's skin-on and very good. They also have free food weekdays 5:00-7:00 when happy hour ends. The free food is their choice and self-served from a buffet table.

Stadium Cafe is the Official Home of the "Bills Backers." When the Buffalo Bills have a scheduled game you'll find a crowd of 70-140. Saturday afternoon in the fall most of the 17 TVs will be tuned to Big 12 games. When major sporting events are not broadcast live, Foo Fighters-genre music is played.

The big draw back here is the very small non-smoking section, but it shouldn't be a problem during the weekday lunch hours and after happy hour.

Map is here.

Sport Packages Available:
NFL Sunday Ticket
ESPN Game Plan
MLB Extra Innings
NHL Center Ice
NBA League Pass
ESPN Full Court
Mega March Madness

Topz Healthier Burger Grill — 5000 Belt Line

Addison Walk Center next to Freebirds World Burrito.


Good food, but this place could also be called Topz Expensive Burger Grill. As their web site doesn't list prices, they will be shown here. I truely enjoyed the turkey burger ($5.80, cheese extra). It will make you rethink limiting your backyard grilling to beef. Served on a whole wheat bun, it comes with the typical vegetable accoutrements plus condiments of either mustard or their secret recipe (mayo with garlic) house sauce. Also on the menu board are the 100% Angus beef (¼ lb $4.99/½ lb $6.75) and veggie ($5.85) burgers plus chicken breast ($6.10) and yellow tail tuna ($6.85) sandwiches. Salads ($6.99) incorporate any of the above patties on a bed of romaine lettuce.

Fries ($1.80) are air baked. There is no deep fryer at Topz. The most popular are those made from sweet potatoes. The regular Idaho variety is also available. My only complaint is if I'm paying a premium price for a premium burger I expect to get a premium tomato slice to go with it. Yet what is offered is generally wafer thin and red may not be the predominant color.
Seatinf for 40. No smoking. No beer.

Hours:
11:00 am - 9:00 pm daily except holidays

Google map is here.

Mooyah Burgers & Fries — 5225 Belt Line

NE corner of Montfort; across the street from Walgreens



"WELCOME TO MOOYAH" is the friendly greeting you'll hear upon entering. The employees are fanatical about cleanliness though they'll not wipe your face for you. The motto is: "Just burgers. Just fries. Just better." Everything is prepared fresh daily and your mooyah is customized to your liking. One of my pet peeves is the poor excuse for tomatoes used at many restaurants but at Mooyah the tomatoes are ripened to near perfection.
Check out their limited menu of well made bun fillers. Also available are just shakes. Consider this a sack lunch since that's what your food always comes in. The decor is red and white. Should you need take out for the office call 972-661-3114 to save time. Hint: Junior size it and share the fries. Just delicious.

Open daily 11:00-10:00

J's Breakfast & Burgers — 14925 Midway

One traffic light south of Belt Line on the sunset side.


Retro baby! This place is analog in a digital world but the staff still have most of their teeth. J's is now in its 29th year and its 2nd coat of paint. The front door is unlocked 24/7/364. If the key can be found they're closed on Christmas. Being in Addison, the Marlboro Man is a regular. Seating for 42 in the front smoking section, 36 at the back of the bus and 6 at the counter should total 84. Husky-voiced night shift manager/waitress Dorothy has been there the last 15 of her 64 birthdays. Her cook has been there 24. This is where the bar habitués go after last call on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Breakfast and lunch are busy. At supper¹ feel free to cut the cheese because no other diners are there. J's has no web site and they think wi-fi is some type of knock-knock joke. The last cigarette machine in Dallas County is behind booth #1. There's an 8-liner (it pays off in WalMart gift cards), juke box (the volume is turned down at 5:00 am) and (take a camera) an honest-to-goodness working pay phone complete with an honest-to-goodness working telephone book. Don't ask them to change the channel on the lone TV set because someone walked off with the remote years ago. Before the question arises, it's a color TV.

COFFEE: Community brand served in a ceramic mug with 3-4 warm ups for a buck thirty-five. I take mine black. No cream, no sugar. Ask for a latte. Go ahead, I dare you.

BREAKFAST: Try the 1x4 which is one each pancake, egg, bacon strip and sausage link. Or try the 2x4 which is pretty much what you think it is. I like the two egg omelet. A popular choice is breakfast tacos (2) which costs $5.00 but come with free hashbrowns. Everything is available à la carte. Add a pork chop if you wish. Salsa for the scrambled comes in Pace and homemade. Served 24 hours.

LUNCH: Burgers baby. $5.50 and up. Make it yellow-topped for 40¢ more. There's also chicken fried steak, T-bone steak, rib eye steak and hamburger steak plus old school sandwiches and salads. Served 24 hours.

DESSERT: Home baked chocolate pie is $2.40 per slice.

TUESDAY SPECIAL: Any burger plus Idahos and a drink is just $5.95.

TIP: $1.00 per person.

J's accepts Visa, MasterCard and, for the 3 people who still have them, Discover Card. If you try to use Amex or Diners Club cards, well, that's too retro even for this place.

At J's it's hard to find any bells and whistles but if you can find a dial tone you can call 972-239-7619 and your order will be ready to go when you get there. In styrofoam, baby.

¹It's supper, not dinner.

Google map here is wrong. J's is across Midway to the west.

Snuffer's — 14910 Midway

South of Belt Line, under the red roof and behind the green awnings.



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Unless you have a beef about burgers you'll either love this place or you're a Communist. Warning: they tend to undercook so if you're finicky about your e coli order your patty medium well. These burgers have a strong peppery taste. The bacon is chopped, as are the red onions and lettuce. I always 86 the pickles. If you want the Hellmann's Real you'll need to ask for it because the default is set at French's.

When the girly-girls want some comfort food they break out the cookie dough but when the Frigidaire is bare they head to Snuffer's for cheddar fries. These things are famous. They're reputed to be the perfect cure for a bad hair day.



Here's the web site:
http://www.snuffers.com/ or just click on the yellow sentence above, then hit the Back button when finished.

This place has more plants than my Aunt Doris. I counted 9 TV screens and the music, if you can hear it, is Chubby Checker to Jackson Browne. Smoking is allowed only in the bar, which boasts 21 brands of bottled beer plus 8 on tap, and a wall decorated with 1.75 liter glass.

This is also a good place to take your sweetie on a Sunday afternoon for a couple of frozen ritas. Then grab something to take home. Snuffer's does a brisk to-go business. Call 972-991-8811. This location is locally owned and operated by Pat Snuffer (pictured above) and his family. His lower Greenville Ave location was established in 1978.

Opens daily at 11:00.

MapQuest map is here.

Burger King — 3825 Belt Line

Between Surveyor and Marsh.
Hey, it's Burger King and it probably caters to that behemoth Suites of America nearby and if you want mustard on it you gotta ask for it but it's in Addison and this allowed me to use the image above which I stole from someone's photo bucket. Onion rings for the Polident crowd.

MapQuest map is here.