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    Chris'drive-In

    4.2 (39 reviews)
    InexpensiveHot Dogs, Burgers, American
    Open • 10:30 am - 8:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Cheeseburger with lettuce tomato Mayo and a hot dog mustard chili and onions
    Michael C.

    So we met some family at Chris's today.This was my wife's first trip.Her mom's family is from Siler City.We met at 11:30.Her folks got there a minute or two ahead of us and had us a table.We got our drinks and ordered.Most got a cheese burger.I got the Rollie burger.2 patties with cheese let-Tom-pickles and Mayo.Comes with a large order of fries.As we visit with family our cups never ran dry.My double was really good.We all enjoyed our meal and time spent there%Our waitress was just as nice as the last time I was by there.My wife really enjoyed her burger.So I know that means we definitely going back.

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    Fred B.

    This tiny little drive-in has curb service, a walk up take out window, and a counter with stools. They have tables as well, but that's just boring, and brings the whole family thing into play. There are pictures of Elvis and The Embers on the wall - this is what Retro tries to be. The hamburger is what you need to focus on here, once the waves of nostalgia pass. It is tasty, it is greasy, and the cheese is Velveeta. It rivals, at the very least, the burger at Johnson's Drive-In, up the road a piece ( up the road a piece is a Southern expression meaning you and your dog could walk it, if your pick up broke down). The hot dog is a fine version of the classic Southern chili dog - with a neon red wiener, soft & gooey bun, and tasty chili. A word about the chili - it is almost gray in color, but do not despair, it is excellent. The fries are of the ridged, railroad tie variety, which even ketchup or Castle Sauce can not help. This is a great little drive-in, and worth a visit if hot dogs and hamburgers are your wont. There will be no slice of lemon in your tap water, the bathroom facilities are outside in the back, and the "wait staff" are all kin and slightly dysfunctional. Enjoy.

    Chris' Drive In Hotdog in Siler City NC
    David J.

    This may have been the best hotdog I've ever had. Mustard Chile onions and slaw on a steamed bun with a likely fried bright leaf dog. Excellent

    Newly remodeled.

    Have been eating here for years. Food is fabulous and staff is always friendly! Rollieburger is a huge cheeseburger. Good grilled chicken sandwich or salad.

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    23 days ago

    Great food at a reasonable price. Enough said, but they require 85 characters. So try it out.

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    One of the best burger places around. The food is amazing. Plan to go early to beat the crowd.

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    best burger i've ever had. ranch is drinkable. sweet tea is addictive. 100% recommend.

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    8 years ago

    Chris is always packed since they are only open 11-2,food is good and prices are decent. Love the Rookie burger.

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    Pretty boring burgers and store-bought barbecue. Nothing special but the price is good for what it is.

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    10 years ago

    Good and cheap burgers, OK fries, rude/unfriendly staff who ignore people right in front of them.

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    “Get a Rollie burger any way you want it, I choose chilli and slaw on mine.”

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    Carolina Stockyard Restaurant - Stockyard Cheeseburger with Hand Cut Fries

    Carolina Stockyard Restaurant

    4.4(7 reviews)
    1.7 mi

    What an exciting and fun place to go eat fresh locally grown meat! The restaurant is in the same…read morebuilding where they have livestock auctions. As soon as I opened the front door, I could hear the auctioneer over the loud speaker and made my way back to the restaurant. I follow them on Facebook and they always announce what the special for the day is and I happened to go on National Cheeseburger Day. Yay! The staff at the order counter was so friendly and helpful. I asked about the livestock auction next door and was told it's open to the public so immediately I was curious and excited. You order and pay at the counter and they bring your food out to you. Other staff come around and make sure you are satisfied with your food and they keep your drink full. Very attentive and friendly staff. I ordered a Cheeseburger with fries and a drink. I ordered the cheeseburger with extra cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, mayo and mustard. Food came out hot and fresh and the fries are hand cut. The meat on the burger was FRESH, AMERICAN Black Angus ground beef grown right here in NC. You just can't get any fresher meat. The bun on the burger was fresh and kept the sandwich together even with all of those fresh toppings. And they use the good pickles. Delicious burger! The fries are hand cut there in the restaurant and were fresh and delicious as well. The only thing I would've changed is to ask them to cook the fries a tad bit longer to crisp them up (my preference). They also have really good sweet tea and even though I didn't get a dessert, they offer homemade desserts at the counter and they looked yummy. One additional plus. Their prices. Very reasonable prices. After lunch, I checked out the livestock auction. It was very interesting to watch and that auctioneer was awesome. I really enjoyed observing the local cowboys bidding and found the entire experience delightful. I can't wait to go back and get a steak!

    The quality of the food here has went wayyyyyyy downnnnn hill. The hamburger meat quality is…read moreabsolutely horrible. This past Friday night I was in a group of 6 and an employee with absolutely no hospitality skills asked us if we could move while we were in the middle of eating so a party of 8 could use our terrible. I declined her offer as nicely as I possibly could. I've been eating out for 33 years and I believe this was the first time I've ever been asked to move in the middle of a meal.

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    Carolina Stockyard Restaurant - Interior -clean

    Interior -clean

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    Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q

    Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q

    4.0(50 reviews)
    2.2 mi
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    Casual dining
    Drive-thru

    Insanely good food with good service. I don't live close to the area and was passing through and…read moredecided to stop in. The manager took time to explain the menu and even offered a tasting of their stew which was super good. I have zero complaints with this restaurant. I'm jealous I don't live closer to one

    I first tried Smithfield's Chicken N' BBQ in the early 80's at their second location just off of…read moreHighway 70 in Clayton. The original Smithfield's was opened in Smithfield in 1977, with the Clayton operation beginning in 1979. Since then the restaurant has greatly expanded across the state, now totaling 41, with the 2 furtherest west being in Greensboro and Charlotte. Over the years, I've eaten at perhaps half of the Smithfield locations, and have rarely been disappointed, and in the few where I was, it centered on the service, not the food. As with so much in the restaurant area, things have changed and will surely continue to change with pork barbecue in North Carolina, reflecting changing tastes and changing processes. For example, fewer and fewer cooked over hardwood coals, and very few cook the whole hog - in fact, I think there are only 4 (all in the east) that still do - Skylight Inn, B's, Grady's, and The Pit. Smithfield very much mirrors the changing nature of NC BBQ over the last 30 years or so. The pork bbq for ALL locations is cooked in Smithfield and then shipped to the various locations. Obviously, what you get is less than just off the rack fresh. Still, if I'm close, then a pop in for a combo of bbq and chicken works. I like their slaw. the hush puppies are fair at best, the hot dog totally sucks, and the Chicken Tender Sandwich is really, really good! Don't consider this a destination bbq spot, but I will still go from time to time if driving by. There is some bad bbq sold in NC, but it is most often found at a grocery store or a convenience store - if it has gas pumps keep moving!

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    Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q
    Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q
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    Johnson's Drive In Restaurant - Golden fries being made

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    3.7(105 reviews)
    1.5 mi
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    This place is a hole in the wall burger joint that focuses on three things. Burgers, hotdogs and…read morefries. Good luck finding a seat if you don't get there at opening or at closing because it is PACKED with a line out the door otherwise. It's got a counter with seats and a handful of booths giving it that "get in and get out" vibe. I saw their name listed on a Top 10 BEST Cheeseburgers of North Carolina list and was told by a native in Siler City to go here for the best cheeseburgers so I decided to give them a try. My go to cheeseburger order is always cheese, pickles onions and mustard but they don't have pickles so I got a cheeseburger with Ket, Mus, Mayo, lettuce, tomato and onion. It was DELICIOUS! So juicy and flavorful. They roll and pat out each burger to order, steam the buns, and the fries come out hot and crispy. Their tea is really good too. Service was friendly and knowledgeable about their product and origin of beef. But be prepared to wait. It's a BUSY little place, but well worth the wait. I highly recommend for the best cheeseburger around.

    Slinging burgers in a tiny place like Siler City since the 1940s?! Well you gotta be doing…read moresomething right to achieve community institution status like that, and I finally had the good fortune to be in the area of this spot during their limited hours... so I had to stop in. Johnson's doesn't look like it has changed much since it first came to be. Fairly tiny on the inside, and showing a lot of wear on the outside, it's got the look and charm of a place that has spanned over 75 years of service. That said even though it is dated, the inside looked nice and clean to me. There is lunch counter seating, that if you are a tall individual, might be a tight fit for you, but the booths aren't going to be any better. So after jamming my knee into the wall under the counter, I achieved a fine degree of man-spread, and was reasonably OK after that. From my seat at the counter, I had a perfect view of their process and burgers sizzling on the flat-top grill. Each burger hits the hot top with a sizzle, is smashed down (but not quite to smashburger thin-ness), gets flipped, is adorned with a thick chunk of Velveeta cheese, and gets half a bun on top to let it steam up real good. The other half the bun is to the left, where a dedicated person is assembling all the toppings. When ready, they put the halves together, wrap it up, and send it your way. Fast and efficient, but all patties are 100% cooked to order. I also got a hot dog all the way, order of fries, and a fully sweet tea as they were out of unsweet. They were also out of pickles, and don't do grilled onions, negatives for me because I like my first try to be simple. grilled onions, pickles, burger sauce if available. They also charge extra for lettuce and tomato. I just went ahead and had my burger made the same way as my hot dog, all the way. It made for one hell of a mess, but it was delicious. I definitely enjoyed my meal, but to be honest, neither the burger or the hot dog would rank in my top 5 in the state. Doesn't really matter, as at the end of the day, I would certainly come back here because I am sure it's the best burger in the area, and given the amount of burgers and hot dogs I have eaten being "outside the top 5" doesn't mean you're doing poorly. Cash only, so come prepared, but definitely come!

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    Johnson's Drive In Restaurant - Counter and grill area

    Counter and grill area

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    Cheeseburger with chili, slaw, mustard, onions. No grilled onions available.

    Johnson's Drive In Restaurant - Left (east) side of building has great history

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    Left (east) side of building has great history

    The Bone Yard - Collards

    The Bone Yard

    4.7(19 reviews)
    0.4 mi

    There are a lot of BBQ restaurants out there, but The Bone Yard has officially earned the #1 spot…read moreon our list! From the moment we walked through the door, the owners, Slim and his wife, Lynn, made us feel like family. Neither me, my family nor Slim are originally from Siler City, but you'd have thought we'd all known each other for 30 years. They were professional, genuinely welcoming, and went the extra mile to make sure everything was perfect. They brought our food out promptly and Lynn spent time working the room (lol) with her mix of warm, welcoming personality and a sense of humor that had customers smiling and laughing everywhere she went. Slim and I had a chance to chat a bit about his story, and at the same time he made sure everything was exactly the way it should be. Getting to know both of them and hearing about the journey they've been on over the last few years was honestly one of the highlights of our visit. Now let's talk about the food... absolutely phenomenal. The mild chicken wings were exactly what my family has been searching for ever since leaving the Southwest, where bold flavor and great food are simply the expectation. Today, I'm happy to report that The Bone Yard has officially become our East Coast BBQ spot! We sampled a little bit of everything, including the mild wings, a full rack of ribs, and a half pound of pulled pork topped with Slim's own Carolina mustard sauce. Every single item brought something unique to the table. Nothing tasted ordinary or mass produced. The ribs were tender, juicy, and practically fell off the bone. The pulled pork was packed with flavor, and that mustard sauce put it over the top. Every bite showed the care, passion, and pride that goes into the food. You can genuinely taste the difference. As I looked around the restaurant, all I saw were smiling faces enjoying incredible food, and I knew we weren't the only ones who felt this way. In our opinion, this is hands down the best BBQ we've had anywhere in North Carolina. Would we drive 40 minutes just to eat here again? Without hesitation... hell, we might do it again tomorrow. Five stars all day long. Incredible food. Incredible people. An unforgettable experience. Slim and Lynn have built something truly special, and we can't wait to come back. If you're anywhere near Siler City, do yourself a favor and make the trip. You'll leave full, happy, and already planning your next visit.

    This was our first time here. The service was good the food was good also. The hubby got a cheese…read moreburger can't remember witch one he enjoyed it

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    Main dining area of The Boneyard!

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    Brisket sandwich and Mac and cheese

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