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Address: 714 E Davis St #5924, Burlington, NC 27215
Phone: (336) 222-8770
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But tucked away inside this dilapidated part of east Burlington is a true diamond in the rough: Old Fogies. OF is very cute, is run by a very cheerful and helpful staff, and serves up a fine lunch.
I ordered a Reuben with potato salad and a sweet tea.
The Reuben was beautiful, with a flat and crispy exterior and a warm and tasty interior. Either they have a sandwich maker appliance or the sandwich maker person is a sandwich grilling master. It was delicious. Note: they put dijon mustard on it instead of the traditional thousand island.
The potato salad was very good. A bit mild (nothing Texas Pete couldn’t fix), though, but it had a delightful texture. The potatoes (red skin) were perfect—not too hard and not too soft—and very tasty.
The sweet tea was excellent—a perfect amount of both tea and sugar. Just a fine sweet tea.
I asked for a sample of the chicken salad, and it was EXCELLENT. A chicken salad melt from OF would surely be award winning. Maybe next time…
OF is a really neat place. And from my experience, it lives up to its name. I am 50 and was easily the youngest customer in the place. I think that the pace, atmosphere, items on their somewhat limited menu appeal to members of the Silent Generation, the Baby Boomers, and perhaps some of Generation X. I do NOT see this place having a huge appeal to hipsters or millennials, or, thankfully, to hipster millennials, the most obnoxiously pretentious humans ever described in the annals of anthropology.
Worth noting: I actually found this place by typing “hot dogs” in the Yelp search. They don’t have hot dogs. They have mostly sandwiches. And no fries. Fortunately I knew this ahead of time because I looked at the menu.
This is one of those places that charmed me so much that I can’t stop thinking about it. Definitely worth a visit…if you’re old enough.
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