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Old Fogies

4.5 (15 reviews)
InexpensiveAmerican, Salad, Sandwiches
Closed • 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

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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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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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3 years ago

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

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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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It is amazing how many times I come to Burlington/Graham/Mebane area from Greensboro to eat lunch…read more The area just to seems to have more, and better, lunch places from seafood (Harborview & Hursey's BBQ) to BBQ (Hursey's & Simithfield) to Burgers & Dogs (Zacks, Danny's, Skidds, & Jim's among others) to Thai (Dan Thai). I sometimes forget about this place, maybe because I gravitate towards Zack's so much. But this place, just around the corner from both Zack's and Danny's, serves some pretty good, uncomplicated food at breakfast and lunch, and the place has been around nearly as long as Zack's. Breakfast fare is available all day, and I am incline once in a while to have standard breakfast food for lunch. It is good here, and all the usual suspects are available, and good. The burger and hot dogs are solid, small town diner good - not the best I've had, even in Burlington, but solid. The chili is a little different from most Southern chili, in that it tastes more of tomato, with a edge of sweetness - like a lot of the chili you find in Greek run restaurants - Zack's excluded. This time of chili is very prevalent in the Winston Salem area. The fries are good, as well. The serve a cheese dog here - a real cheese dog. A block of cheese is substituted for the wiener, and then dressed as you like. Interesting but not my cup of tea. They serve some meat and 2 plates here, and the spaghetti is very good. The service here is always good, and while the interior is not particular bright and shiny, it is roomy and comfortable. There is counter seating, booths, and tables. The place is always loaded with regulars, a good sign for any diner, and the owner will talk your ear off if not too busy. This is blue collar food, and a good rendition if it.

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Food is GREAT I really like blueberry Hill salad with feta instead of blue cheese, known for their…read morechicken salad! Staff are AWESOME!

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.

I noticed how clean the kitchen was.

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Old Fogies - tradamerican - Updated October 2026

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