Description: Mon-Sat 11am – 8:30pm
Closed Sunday :
Bobo’s is one of only a handful of original drive-ins in America
still using carhops. That’s right, the ones that come to your car,
take your order, then come back with food and clip a tray onto your
car door. Sonic may have capitalized on the modern version of the
drive-in, but there’s still nothing like an original one-of-a-kind
like Bobo’s.
Bobo’s plays the part of the mid-century American road icon with a
neon tower shooting out of it’s roof and a large arrow pointing the
way. There are twelve stalls for cars and two carhops during the day
running orders and food back and forth from the kitchen to waiting
drivers. You can see why so many fast food restaurants moved to the
economical drive-thru; the drive-in is without question a lot more work.
The burgers at Bobo’s are excellent. They start as fresh ground 85%
lean one-eighth-ounce patties and are cooked on a super-hot flattop
griddle, pressed flat. “You don’t always get a perfect circle,” grill
cook Robert admitted. The thin patty is sprinkled with salt and
pepper then griddled until crunchy on the outside but perfectly moist
inside.
A strange burger creation proprietary to Bobo’s competes equally with
their flavorful double cheeseburger — the Spanish Burger. What’s on
the Spanish? “Spanish sauce,” Jonette told me bluntly. Turns out,
the Spanish sauce is a tangy, sweet tomato sauce. Just then, someone
sat down an ordered one. “You see? We sell as many of them as
cheeseburgers.”
Carhops Kim and Jonette know just about everyone who drives up or
walks in the door. “For a lot of people who pull in here,” Jonette
said, “we can have their order on the grill before they even tell
us.” Now there’s a perk that could lure you to Topeka.
Source: www.hamburgeramerica.com