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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
RIP: Cardinal Roost
This from Brother Ray:
RIP: Cardinal Roost
I just found out that the Cardinal Roost, the little Germantown mom-n-pop crowned as having the best cheeseburgers in these parts, has been closed for a while. Very, very, sad. Here’s what the Leadbelly Boys said about the place: “What a wonderful surprise—maybe not to the burger-blessed folks in quaint, tiny Germantown, but certainly for us. Cheerfully billing itself as a “‘50s/’60s Soda & Sandwich Shoppe, Serving a Memory With Every Meal,” the place is packed not only with Valley View sports memorabilia, but also with old LP jackets, Coke signs—even a life-size cardboard Marilyn Monroe and a TV set with tin-foiled rabbit ears. The food, happily, ranges from swell to terrific, and the service is tops. From the “Bogie” Burger ($2.25) to the “Big Bopper” Bacon Cheeseburger ($3.25) to the “Elvis” Cheeseburger ($2.45), you’ll be glad you stopped.”
The Roost got a Burger rating of 5 (out of 5). Brother Jim called it :burger nirvana.” Brother Ron called the “Big Birg Wannabe” a “Big Mac on steroids. And I wrote the following:
“The sign over the jukebox, below the Presley and Sinatra photos, notes, “Mama don’t allow no rap music in her place.” I can overlook. Mama don’t like rap but she knows how to show a brother some love with her food.”
So I need some new lovin.’ I think the title of Best Burger in town now falls to Volty’s, the burger Wagon on S. Dixie Dr. across from the WDTN. What say you?
