As I drove up North Beaton Street in Corsicana looking for Caleb’s Diner, I watched the historic store fronts slowly slip by. I drove along and then, there it was, 125 N. Beaton St, but the sign said “Dee’s Place.” Later I would find out that Dee was the previous owner, but for that moment [...]
Gunnar Johnson wrote a post about the sublimely mundane nature of much of his cross-country travels. It’s certainly true that the bulk of road trip travel is mundane. It’s the occasional rare finds you come upon that make road tripping priceless. Gunner seems to have a keen eye for the bazaar as well as [...]
Yes it’s small, the building is about twelve foot square. Yes it’s old, they’ve been making burgers here for 50 or 60 years. According to the owner of The Burger Bar, the building was originally the office area for a wagon yard. That’s wagon as in horse and wagon. The barn burned down leaving only [...]