Favorite place on AT for hamburgers and beer

[krispykritter]

What is your favorite place on the AT for a good hamburger and beer, or a pub to cool off from the summer heat?

[Jack Tarlin]

On my list, Dot's Inn in Damascus VA; the Doyle Hotel in Duncannon PA; and when it re-opens (which will be by next hiking season) Five-Olde Nugget Alley in Hanover NH. There are, of course, others, but these will always be my top three.

[Lone Wolf]

Dot's in Damascus

[Sly]

Inn at Long Trail (http://www.innatlongtrail.com/Home.html)

[mweinstone]

well id rather dots cause its further from damascus and i do so love takeing lwofs hog out when hes asleep and gunning that pup with the lights out down the creeper. but the doyal is my family and at dots im a guest. i never could wear out my welcome at the doyal but at dots ive been thrown out on my butt many many many times cause i get excited.

[mweinstone]

ment further from philly

[Sly]

I try to get away from the NASCAR crowd.

[Slo-go'en]

Horseshoe pub, near Bears Den Hostel in MD. Its a really neat old place.

[topshelf]

Does stopping off at your house that's just off the trail count?

[Cookerhiker]

Inn at Long Trail (http://www.innatlongtrail.com/Home.html)

+1 to this suggestion!

[max patch]

Inn at the Long Trail.

[mweinstone]

thats low redeye. real real low. (sirens going by window , need hands to save hearing. cant type any...)

[Cookerhiker]

I would also add the Port Clinton Hotel (http://portclintonhotel.net/). Burgers are decent quality with an array of choices and the portions of fries are very thruhiker-friendly! I think they have Yuengling on tap.

[4eyedbuzzard]

Inn at Long Trail (http://www.innatlongtrail.com/Home.html)

+2 and I'll drink to that.

And a chaser just up the trail at 5 Olde Nugget Alley in Hanover.

[Lone Wolf]

Inn at Long Trail (http://www.innatlongtrail.com/Home.html)

yeah. bring your gold card :rolleyes:

[Sly]

Basically any place I can get a burger and beer along the trail, is a favorite place!

[Sly]

yeah. bring your gold card :rolleyes:

LOL... I forgot, you're hanging on to your very first dividend. I'm more of a you can't take it with you type of guy.

[mweinstone]

in an all out thrmo burgular nuckler war, only dots and doyals would remain. forever birthing clone burgers after the real ones died out, in their underground burger protected citys. after many ketchup droughts and loss of fri teams, emmisarys would be sent to the surface to trade for new burger cloneing material. lwolf and i would meet at jesters house where the only functioning kitchen still existed, and there, under a flag of truce, pat would splice the dna from mine and lwolfs burger samples ushering in a new age of burger. to be called after the greatest trail burger that ever was,,.....the elms dinner burger. or elohim for short since it was gods name and this new burger would become like a god.

[Praha4]

Rivers End Restaurant at NOC in the Nantahala Gorge. Get the "Hungry Hiker" hamburger with a beer, have a seat and enjoy the river! My favorite stop on the AT.

http://www.noc.com/noccom/lodging-a-dining/dine-with-us/rivers-end-restaurant/

[10-K]

The Doyle has a great burger and fries - maybe the best I've had.

The best *sandwich* I've had was in West Cornwall, CT at the country store about a half mile from the trail.

[mweinstone]

there is a secret to getting the most food out of the resturant at noc. it happens once a year. at our ruck. if a certin number of a certin kind of hikers come in at a certin time and sit and act and order in a certin way, it is possible to yogi the whole salad bar. it must be done right . ametures dont go messin with this one. shes a big fish. but ive don it and seen it done. it works. you must know the correct sequence. but if you hit it on the head,...they empty the kitchen on you. i belive its something to do with storeing food after we leave combined with some other anomilys and a possible corralation between proxsimity of baltimore jack and the seasons on mars.look for it.

[4shot]

had a great burger in the 100 mile wilderness at the landing. But as someone else said, any burger on the trail is a great one.

Krispy, was a pleasure hiking with you this year and glad to hear you finished your second thru. I finished on the 15th of September. Went back up 5 or 6 days later to BSP to do trail magic and saw on the register there at the Ranger's office that I had missed you by a day or two.

My Whiteblaze name ain't my trail name, too lazy to change but you and I got caught in a pretty nasty hailstorm together just outside of Kent I believe.

[mweinstone]

there is a ledgond of a trail burger so horrible it ends hikes. its somewhere in the shennies and i belive it contains the dredded ingredient tripe. supoedly, according to the oldtimers, they are the stomachs of hikers who asked for to go boxes.lol.

[mweinstone]

the blakrasperry shakes are safe. have two and keep moveing if you wanna live.

[Bearpaw]

The Whistlepig in Damascus has a great burger and decent prices on beer.

Rock Bottom in Hot Springs has an awesome buffalo burger although their beer gets a bit more expensive.

For hellagood pizza and wings and great beer, the Smoky Mountain brewery in Gatlinburg is a good choice. Just bring your gold card as Lone Wolf says. It's a nice meal though. I usually bring home of six pack of Black Bear Ale and Tuckaleechee Porter each time I leave the Smokies for home.

[mmais68569]

Dot's in Damascus

Mike(Mr. Mean)

[DuctTape]

White House Landing had the one pound cheeseburger in 2002, tasted great with three Buds. He put the raw meat on a scale to show us it was 16oz with pride. Expensive but seemed like the best cheeseburger ever on that day.

[Lone Wolf]

Rivers End Restaurant at NOC in the Nantahala Gorge. Get the "Hungry Hiker" hamburger with a beer, have a seat and enjoy the river! My favorite stop on the AT.

http://www.noc.com/noccom/lodging-a-dining/dine-with-us/rivers-end-restaurant/

well done burgers only. no thanks

[Jim Adams]

Dots!

geek

[veteran]

DogPatch Tavern


http://image.reimg.net/property/52270/images/52270_4c48d1fe1630e0.67983357_full.jpg

[mweinstone]

lwolf? sometimes i just dont know. you once ate a raw steak in the parking lot of the iga in palmerton with nothin but mustard. you come a far way boy. maby you outta get to bed early tonight. you go to sleep lwolf. and you remember that steak. and in the morning when you wake have your oats. but imagine the steak. and when you eat your miso with wakame and dicon soup with a tempe sandwitch on sprouted spelt bread with sprouts, think of the stak. it is your power.oooo scary..........

nite wolf!

[MedicineMan]

Inn at Long Trail....one of my best trail experiences so far eating/drinking wise.

[Serial 07]

dot's (of course)

port clinton inn

bennington, vt has a microbrewery

caratunk, me has a microbrewery

[Johnny Thunder]

culvers gap in jersey. go trail east. "jake's" i think it's called. .5 off the trail. lakeside deck seating. lot's of beer. a buffalo chicken sandwich where the meat hangs off two halves of the split bun. not in guide books. locals buy beers.

[chief]

DogPatch Tavern


http://image.reimg.net/property/52270/images/52270_4c48d1fe1630e0.67983357_full.jpg
Yep, great place! I had 2 steak sandwiches, several beers and packed some more beer up to the shelter (forgot the name).

[Lone Wolf]

culvers gap in jersey. go trail east. "jake's" i think it's called. .5 off the trail. lakeside deck seating. lot's of beer. a buffalo chicken sandwich where the meat hangs off two halves of the split bun. not in guide books. locals buy beers.

Gyp's Tavern

[Lone Wolf]

Gyp's Tavern

http://maps.google.com/maps/place?rlz=1T4GWYE_enUS308US308&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=gyps+tavern+branchville+nj&fb=1&gl=us&hq=gyps+tavern&hnear=Branchville,+NJ&cid=1821797199672063526

[Johnny Thunder]

not gyps. gyps is trail west. fools go to gyps. this place is jake's blue ribbon bar which is actually marked on the map you just posted. a chicken sandwich for days...

[Lone Wolf]

guess i'm a fool then

[Johnny Thunder]

maybe. probably not. only if you go to gyps knowing that jakes is better. now you know.

i did have 3 beers bought for me by their local lunch crowd...many of whom didn't realize the AT was so close to the bar. it's a little further than gyps but is around a blind corner so i think it gets ignored. i was meeting my girlfriend there so she picked it. it's on the lake you look at as you approach from the south.

[double d]

Gotta say the Inn at the LT/AT trail split in Vermont was great in terms of food, beer, music, company of hikers and a room at a good price.

[Tinker]

Inn at the Long Trail.

I don't know about the burgers, but it's my favorite Reuben place.

The beef stew made with Guiness Stout is awesome, too.

and the home-made Irish Soda bread!!!!!!!! :banana

[takethisbread]

White House Landing.

Mega huge

[Serial 07]

jake's is great!

[mweinstone]

will you shut up in here. some of us havent seen meat in a while and would sell small children for a slim jim. enough. get some rest. or go make yourselves another meat shake and meat fries with a meat burger with extra meat on the side and a cow to go. and leave some meat for the rest of us. were going to get jobs and when we do were gonna come back hungry. and we dont want exscuses like, we had to eat all the meat or we looked for you and then we just ate it all or any other unbelivable fibbs.ill tell you what to do. everyone with a job may eat of the meat above the 34th parelell. leave the rest.i think im dizy. your all sounding like meat talking. what? whats that jack? you just carved up some sly and gravy and i can have some? no,.no thanks jack,..you have it...you need it... its yours....really....sly would want it that way. ill eat tucker. malas no good, hes mostly plastic now.

[Cookerhiker]

With apolgies to Marie Antoinette.....

"Let them eat tofu!"

[CrumbSnatcher]

Toasted bun or not?:-?

[DuctTape]

Gotta say the Inn at the LT/AT trail split in Vermont was great in terms of food, beer, music, company of hikers and a room at a good price.


This is true the Inn is absolutely great but the question was best burger?

[4shot]

This is true the Inn is absolutely great but the question was best burger?


"burger and beer" or "pub". For a pub, it was/is hard to beat the Inn at the Long Trail. The local microbrew on draft (Long Trail ale?) was my favorite regional beer on the entire trail and I tried to sample as many of them as I could along the way (in moderation of course:)).

[CrumbSnatcher]

when thruhiking i found myself saying that was the best burger i ever had
thats the best pizza ever! wow! thats the best whatever?
then when i took a road trip up the AT with my car the very next year and tried alot of the same establishments the food was just----avg./ ok:D

[WILLIAM HAYES]

Dots is my favorite

[Jeff]

when thruhiking i found myself saying that was the best burger i ever had
thats the best pizza ever! wow! thats the best whatever?
then when i took a road trip up the AT with my car the very next year and tried alot of the same establishments the food was just----avg./ ok:D

So true !!!

[max patch]

when thruhiking i found myself saying that was the best burger i ever had
thats the best pizza ever! wow! thats the best whatever?
then when i took a road trip up the AT with my car the very next year and tried alot of the same establishments the food was just----avg./ ok:D

Are you telling me that the Shoneys breakfast bar I had somewhere in VA isn't as awesome as I remember it to be? :)

[the goat]

well id rather dots cause its further from damascus and i do so love takeing lwofs hog out when hes asleep and gunning that pup with the lights out down the creeper. but the doyal is my family and at dots im a guest. i never could wear out my welcome at the doyal but at dots ive been thrown out on my butt many many many times cause i get excited.

lone wolf doesn't wake up when you pull his hog out?!?!

[Cookerhiker]

when thruhiking i found myself saying that was the best burger i ever had
thats the best pizza ever! wow! thats the best whatever?
then when i took a road trip up the AT with my car the very next year and tried alot of the same establishments the food was just----avg./ ok:D

A few years ago there was a thread - can't remember the exact words but something to the effect of: "You know you're an AT hiker when..."

My response was something like "On road trips happening near the AT corridor, you find yourself passing up good restaurants and even driving out of your way to patronize AT establishments like the Doyle, much to the consternation of your spouse & kids"

[mweinstone]

goat? dont you have emodulations to perform? panzer was here for a visit just now. i tryed to talk him into panning for gold on the susquahanna at duncanon with me and he said no. so im maby gonna look for another partner.or ill sleep on trail angel marys couch and mooch her food and pan for gold alone. whos in? all we need is a grubstake. im gonna have to take a collection. shares for sale.lol. actually im a fine prospecter.

[RGB]

Dot's in Damascus

I will definitely try it out the next time I'm in town.

Something that's plagued me since my last long hike: I stayed at the Place one night and was pretty sure I saw you and never shook your hand for being as cynical as me. We'll have to wait til 2012.

[WalkinHome]

well id rather dots cause its further from damascus and i do so love takeing lwofs hog out when hes asleep and gunning that pup with the lights out down the creeper. but the doyal is my family and at dots im a guest. i never could wear out my welcome at the doyal but at dots ive been thrown out on my butt many many many times cause i get excited.

Never thought I would say this but what Matt said!!!LOL

[4shot]

I will definitely try it out the next time I'm in town.

Something that's plagued me since my last long hike: I stayed at the Place one night and was pretty sure I saw you and never shook your hand for being as cynical as me. We'll have to wait til 2012.

Mr. Wolf in Damascus and chat with him. That brother is somewhere near my age and IF he appears to be cynical (doesn't seem that way in person) he's at least earned it by experience. My question is...how does someone get to be cynical at your age???!! it's not relevant to the thread but I had to ask.

[mweinstone]

talking about burgers is hard for me. if i had a burger right now i would eat it and go right to bed hopeing the burger might cause dreams of other burgers and fearing that if i stayed up, i might not dream other burgers. i would put katsup on it and maby some relish and mustard too. i have some nice bread i could use but i would be too scared of diluting the burger so i wouldnt. i would eat it slow and in small bites chewing for a lng time before swallowing. and i would wash it down with warm not cold water to preserve the flavors.if a peice of my burger dropped on the floor i would eat it. if my whole burger dropped on the floor i would eat it. if a peice of my burger dropped into a swill filled privi, i would die.

[OldStormcrow]

There used to be a pizza place in Damascus called Quincy's. I know it's not a burger story, but I stopped there after a 26 mile day through the Grayson Highlands and down the Creeper Trail. The big ol' sign on the side of the Creeper Trail mentioned beer and pizza, so I was obliged to go there. I had a large pizza, 3 beers and 3 glasses of iced tea. That was the night that Princes Dianna got killed, but the baseball game on the tube at Quincy's was never interrupted with the news. Good food. Good beer. Are they still there?

[mweinstone]

yup.
and she didnt, "get
killed".
ripd

[Bearpaw]

There used to be a pizza place in Damascus called Quincy's. I know it's not a burger story, but I stopped there after a 26 mile day through the Grayson Highlands and down the Creeper Trail. The big ol' sign on the side of the Creeper Trail mentioned beer and pizza, so I was obliged to go there. I had a large pizza, 3 beers and 3 glasses of iced tea. That was the night that Princes Dianna got killed, but the baseball game on the tube at Quincy's was never interrupted with the news. Good food. Good beer. Are they still there?

They closed down for a while, but they re-opened in 2009, I believe with new owners. Took them almost a year to get their liquior license, but I enjoyed a few beers there last July.

[Diatribe]

Damascus is one of the finest town on trail filled with many nice people & establishments.
Here in Virginia, I have enjoyed good food & libation at Trent's Grocery on VA 606 near Dismal Falls. Hiking buddy & I bought a 12 pack of Yuengling and some great food, hiked onto Dismal Falls, which we had to ourselves for the night. packed out all the cans, along with the previous user's trash.

Also, I found while hiking through Shennandoah Nat'l Park the glorious, expensive (but so worth it) Taproom @ Skyland. This, coupled with the random single beers you can purchase at most waysides & stores, only convinced me that the park staff encourages hikers to drink as they please. I was much obliged, though it was unnerving as these single beers were also available to the motor tourists that seem to plague the park, leading me to believe that the park also encourages motorists to drink as they see fit.

[veteran]

How about 5 Olde Nugget Alley in Hanover that Jack T. always raves about.


http://photos.uvfd.us/578-512.jpg

Tucked away off Main Street, 5 Olde Nugget Alley is a classic tavern only a few steps off the beaten path and yet possibly quite difficult to find.


Olde Nugget Alley

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/325493237_f9032fe0e3.jpg

MAP (http://www.visitnh.gov/map-console.aspx?address=5+Olde+Nugget+Alley+Hanover%2 c+NH+03755&zoom=19&pin=true&name=Five+Olde+Nugget+Alley)

[WalkinHome]

There used to be a pizza place in Damascus called Quincy's. I know it's not a burger story, but I stopped there after a 26 mile day through the Grayson Highlands and down the Creeper Trail. The big ol' sign on the side of the Creeper Trail mentioned beer and pizza, so I was obliged to go there. I had a large pizza, 3 beers and 3 glasses of iced tea. That was the night that Princes Dianna got killed, but the baseball game on the tube at Quincy's was never interrupted with the news. Good food. Good beer. Are they still there?

I am still with the Doyle for my #1 but in 2000, Quincy's offered a Debbie Burger - the meat was the size of a cup saucer! It hit the spot!

[Jack Tarlin]

Veteran:

Nice photo! Five-Olde is unfortunately closed for the moment (the roof fell in among other things!!) but they should be up and running by the time hikers arrive later on this year. Oh, and since they finally moved the Trail to the other side of Main St., 5-Olde is now literally just yards off the A.T. This has always been a hiker-friendly place, where one can literally walk up the bar and order a beer before you even take your pack off; they don't care and they're hqappy to see you; the new owners are great, and while it's been a pity to have the place closed all winter it sure is something to look forward to when I get back up this way come August. Along with Dot's and the Doyle, when hikers die, if they've been good, they wake up in a place that looks a lot like 5-Olde Nugget Alley.

[trainhopper]

I am a little biased because I live in a trail town. Warwick NY has plenty of places to enjoy a burger and a beer. My favorite is Yesterdays right in the heart of town. No doubt the best burger in Warwick and has a great tap selection to go with it. However, the center of Warwick is quite a walk from the trail. If at all possible I would recommend taking a couple of zero days and enjoy Warwick. It has a top 5/10 disc golf course in the country depending on which site you look at. Has a local town feel that is an hour drive to the city but couldn't feel any further. If you can't spend a few days there is the New Milford Deli which is just more than a mile off the trail where you can enjoy good deli food and as of recently some good tap and bottled beer. (No Coors light or any of that crap) The trail guide says to go from Barret road but it would be quicker if you hiked west on Iron Mountain road toward Rt.94. It is a dirt road that will turn into a side road which will lead down to an intersection where you will be staring at the deli.

[Jack Tarlin]

Trainhopper:

Warwick sounds great. If one were to overnight there, where would you suggest?

[trainhopper]

The Warwick Motel is mentioned in the guidebook and has been recently renovated after a fire burnt down a good portion of it. The motel is the closest place to stay if you are walking from the trail. In fact I delivered pizza to a guy who was through hiking when I was in high school. It is located fairly close to down town where you can find numerous bars and pubs to relax and get some good food. If you were able to get a ride I would try to stay at a bed and breakfast. I know there are several in town that you can find online. Other than that there is not much. Warwick has kept its small business mentality so there are no best westerns or any thing of that sort. I live here so if you need a lift when your hiking through let me know I can point out all of the hot spots.

[Awol2003]

Woods Creek Grill, about 1.3 mile from the trail in Lickdale, PA is too new to be anyone's favorite, but I think you'll hear more about it. Food, beer, music and hiker-friendly owners.

[10-K]

Woods Creek Grill, about 1.3 mile from the trail in Lickdale, PA is too new to be anyone's favorite, but I think you'll hear more about it. Food, beer, music and hiker-friendly owners.

Lickdale is awesome!

[the goat]

Along with Dot's and the Doyle, when hikers die, if they've been good, they wake up in a place that looks a lot like 5-Olde Nugget Alley.

i, for one, have every intention of haunting the doyle.:dance

[SassyWindsor]

Deer Head Inn (happy hour at the Bar), Delaware Water Gap. Great Philly-cheese too. Good selection of tap beer. Nice place.

Dot's

Places in Hiawassee, Hot Springs and Gatlinburg can't think of the names.

My brother told me about Mountain Mamma's near GSMNP, I never saw it.

Didn't make the Doyle Hotel in Duncannon, had pizza somewhere there.

An organic café near Old Rag and SNP, bottled beer vegan burgers, I wish I could think of the name.

AT Café in Millinocket for burgers.

[mweinstone]

im haunting the doyal goat.go haunt marys if you like.doyals mine.

[the goat]

im haunting the doyal goat.go haunt marys if you like.doyals mine.

you may haunt room 23, i get the rest. my ghost will beat yours up if it tries to leave room 23.

[johnnyblisters]

I vote for The Well in Great Barrington, MA for its extensive burger collection/selection. The Adventure-Us Burger will knock your socks off. Good beers on draft as well, BBC steel rail anyone?

[mweinstone]

dearest goat,
my electromagnetic signature from makeing cell calls to pat in the kitchen from rm 23 for burger orders alone superceeds your week pulsar of beer gas you left in the bar bathroom. and gosts have a code. its called, first come first serve.doyals mine. go to marys . your gas can live in her couch.my gost will place fantom burger orders from guests cell phones in 23 so he can allways smell burgers from pats kitchen.

[mweinstone]

serious question please,
can hiker gosts from our time haunting the doyal, living off burger fumes, use future technologies not available at the time of our demise? or do gosts stop learning? and if so, does their inability to operate future communication devises prevent them from ordering fantom burgers and then in turn leed to their demise?

or do we have to move to the kitchen each day and follow pat home each night?

and do chef gosts cook for us in gostland?do gosts eat?