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Old Fogies

4.5 (15 reviews)
InexpensiveAmerican, Salad, Sandwiches
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Karl K.

You know you are in a rough part of town when you walk into a convenience store and there is a bulletproof glass-encased Western Union check cashing booth, a large array of malt liquor selections but only one kind of White Claw, and an employee and customer are having an open conversation about crystal meth and how it alters your appearance. 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.

Chicken Salad Sandwich on white bread (untoasted), with Pasta Salad, and a very nice Dill Pickle spear.

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Like eating at my mom's house but in a very good way. Get the chicken salad, very southern and very good.

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2 years ago

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1 year ago

Serves great food,great service, and atmosphere! Homemade cakes and more. Not over priced.

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7 years ago

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2 years ago

Great food, fantastic homemade cakes, fun staff. Great value. Home cooked specials. Great subs and salads.

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2 years ago

Great food!! Local , great atmosphere. Great prices. Best chicken salad and desserts. Everything is delicious!!

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3 years ago

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4 years ago

Fantastic small batch food, great folks! Limited hours but we'll worth a visit for a lunch you won't regret.

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3 years ago

I got a chef salad. The food was amazing! Service at the restaurant was outstanding. Very friendly people.

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9 years ago

This is a great LITTLE mostly sandwich place. Family run & fast service! Food is homemade and very reasonably priced!

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“I had heard their chicken salad was really good, so I ordered a scoop of that too, it is really good and I strongly recommend it.”

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Great soups and sandwiches. The decor is a fun mix of antique railroad memorabilia. Locally owned -…read morewhich is always a plus in my book and the main reason I use yelp - so I support local businesses and not faceless corporations, but this is a spot I have frequented since my kids were little. They loved the train memorabilia and they ate things like tomato bisque (delicious!!) with a half a sweet lady (grilled turkey, cheese and apricot preserves) in the winter and a sweet lady and water melon in summer. They always have fruit on the menu as a side dish option, fresh if they can get it in season, canned if not. My kids were excited to pick one of the trains off the shelf by the front door to play with for a moment before their lunch arrived. Since the toys were a little sticky from years of play, it taught them to wash their hands before eating and to put borrowed toys away, neatly and I had a rule that they could pick a train to play with until their meals were ready and then they put the trains away and washed their hands and ate. On a recent visit, a very elderly man who moved very slowly left his cane at his table (closest to the pickup window) and came to claim the wrong order. The young man making sandwiches and assembling final orders politely asked him to double check his order number and got the order to the right customers. While the elderly gentleman made his way back to the table to check his order number, the kitchen staff member grabbed the right order, ran through the kitchen to the dining room, and met the man at his table with his correct order. The cook covered a good distance while the customer made it 6-8 feet. The elderly man was impressed with the service and happily sat down and ate his meal, rather than being embarrassed by forgetting his order number.

Local sandwich shop located in Burlington! I ordered online through their website for next…read moreavailable pickup. I got the Grand Central. The sandwich had honey-ham, salami, provolone, lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo (I declined this), and Italian dressing on a French roll. It also comes with a side and I chose baked chips. Food was ready within 15 minutes, which was when it was estimated ready for pickup. The sandwich was pretty good! I would consider the taste to be similar to the Italian sub at Firehouse Subs - just this one being a few dollars more. I'd go back here again because I love supporting local businesses!

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4.3(56 reviews)
0.6 mi
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I visited the new location for the first time yesterday. I was excited to hear they had a salad…read morebar, which is always a draw for me. I looked online for photos of it ahead of time, couldn't find any, so once we were seated I got directions to it and checked it out. It is simple and adequate but just not what I was looking for so my friend and I decided to order from the menu instead. We started with sweet tea and unsweet tea. The unsweet was nice, freshly brewed and not bitter in the least. The sweet tea was too sweet for my friend to drink so we had the waitress come back with an unsweet and mixed it half and half. I sipped it prior to the mix and wow, way too much sugar. I ordered the Chicken Pita and fries. The sandwich was delicious but despite having asked for cucumber sauce (you get a choice of ranch or cucumber) there was no sauce on it. The chicken was delicious though and nicely seasoned, plenty of onions, and the pita was fresh. I'm not a big fan of crinkle fries but they were a solid 3, as good as crinkle fries can be in my opinion. My friend ordered chicken pie, fried okra, sweet potato, and cornbread. The chicken pie looked more like chicken ala king, not enticing, and no topping or crust. So odd. The flavor was not good, bland and just odd for something served as chicken pie and in the south. The okra seemed homemade and was good, and the sweet potato was fresh and tasty. The cornbread is sweet cornbread and was moist. I had quite a bit of tea so I visited the restroom before we left. Big mistake. The toilet paper was just a big roll balanced on the handicap rail, the paper towels for drying your hands was the same, and the floors and door going in and out were dirty...as in most likely not cleaned well in quite some time. Will I return? Not sure. There are limited dining places in Burlington that are not fast food so perhaps, but I certainly hope they pay better attention to cleaning going forward. When a public space looks like that restroom, it makes me wonder what the behind-the-scenes spaces look like.

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Danny's Cafe - I noticed how clean the kitchen was.

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Old Fogies - tradamerican - Updated October 2026

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