Almost the definition of iconic, at least in BR. I wonder how many places like this there are in the US? One or two cooks working a flattop and a fryer with an under counter cooler and a french fry freezer, a shelf stacked with buns, a counter with a heat lamp, a box or bus tub with third pans of lettuce, sliced tomato, onions and pickles, stacked cheese slices, mustard mayo and ketchup squirt bottles. President Bill once made fun of “hamburger flippers” and I hated him for that. Like Bill could ever handle a grill or a flattop or make sandwiches mayo/no mayo, easy lettuce, tomato/no tomato, mustard only. Yeah right. Every position in any eatery demands that the player knows what they’re doing or everything goes to shit very fast. Every dog or burger of side of onion rings that lands in front of you requires a lot of people doing their jobs together, not just showing up on time, but showing up at all, not too drunk or stoned to play, not reeling over last night’s battle with friends or family, head in the game, let’s get it on. Go.
And everything here at Frostop is good. I like the burgers, the dogs, the shrimp poboys, the fries, but I really love the ice cold root beer in a frozen mug, and I know you won’t necessarily believe me, but they serve one of the best roast beef poboys in town.
I know all the cooks are going What are you talking about? that’s just sliced Manda’s with a packaged brown gravy!?!?! We make our gravy from scratch with a whole brisket thrown in for depth and hand rub our own top round with a secret blend of spices and hand carve it to order!!! There’s no way that poboy is even in the game!!!!
But it is. Sometimes simple and straight forward wins. Who wouldn’t love to be able to run and get a Hopper’s burger dripping with blended mayo and tomato juice right now? or a bbq beef sandwich from Joe D’s? or hang in the back of the original Louie’s on Chimes Street waiting for one of the seats at the counter to open up so you could shoot the shit with Popeye and watch Jimmy sling banana pancakes and veggie omelets? This is a very good roast beef poboy. Try it, and tell me different if I’m wrong.
And I don’t know what this is, but it looks cool.
