ninetreats » Burgers http://www.ninetreats.com food, food, food and some travel Mon, 03 May 2010 22:42:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Round Robin Drive Inn http://www.ninetreats.com/2010/05/round-robin-drive-inn-roosevelt-ut http://www.ninetreats.com/2010/05/round-robin-drive-inn-roosevelt-ut#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 20:00:30 +0000 sam http://www.ninetreats.com/?p=208 Several years ago my one and and only sister married someone from Roosevelt, UT and now calls it home. A year ago we went out for a visit to celebrate her and her husband’s birthdays since they are both in March. We got a tour of the town and stopped for lunch at a local drive-in called Rocky’s Place. While we were there though, they kept raving about another drive-in in town called the Round Robin Drive Inn. We even drove past it. Unfortunately it wasn’t open during that visit.

So for over a year now I have wanted to go back to Roosevelt to try the Round Robin.  Since first hearing about it, with the help of my brother-in-law I’ve learned more about the place:

  • When it’s open, it’s only for three days a week, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday I think (or maybe it was Thursday, Friday, Saturday).
  • I say “when it’s open” because it often closes without warning and will be closed for several weeks before it opens again.  Having family in Roosevelt will be a big help if when we go back, because they can tell us if it is operation before making the two hour drive out there.
  • It’s owned and run by a polygamist family, whose leader is known as the Prophet.  He was the one wiping down the tables and keeping the place clean when I was there.
  • It was packed the night we were there

And the food…

  • they raise cows and butcher their own beef.  Fresh meat on the burgers.
  • make their own buns and pickles
  • make their onion rings and french fries from scratch
  • sell homemade desserts…we bought their sugar cookies and chocolate cake on our visit
  • serve incredible slushes (pineapple chunks in the pina colada one) with about 15 flavors to choose from
  • make a really good fresh lime slush (definitely don’t miss this one)
  • make all their own sodas, True Cola anyone? or Bubbles? or Dr. Robin? or homemade root beer?

So I was there for the first time on a Friday night, late in March.  I ordered a bacon cheeseburger, fries, and their root beer.  And I want to go back and try it again.  I only got tastes of their fresh lime slush, onion rings, fried shrimp dinner, and didn’t try any of their shakes.

It is a unique place with some really good food.  Just be forewarned, even when it’s open the waits can be long.  When we ordered they warned us that it would be about 30 minutes before our food was ready.   Not a place to go when you are in rush, but you can’t say they don’t make it fresh.

Round Robin Drive Inn, location info is on my Utah Drive-Ins map

]]> http://www.ninetreats.com/2010/05/round-robin-drive-inn-roosevelt-ut/feed 0 Smashburger coming to Orem http://www.ninetreats.com/2010/01/smashburger-coming-to-orem http://www.ninetreats.com/2010/01/smashburger-coming-to-orem#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:14:34 +0000 sam http://www.ninetreats.com/?p=167 smashburger oremAnother entry in the what seems to be never-ending stream of burger places opening lately. Add Smashburger to your list. I haven’t ever eaten at one, but this is not their first location in Utah so someone must be eating there.  Sorry about the picture quality.  Taken with my iPhone.  If you want to visit:

Smashburger
542 East University Parkway
Orem, UT 84097
on Google Maps

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