Since buying the restaurant, Haynes, who is a former commercial insurance industry employee, said he has changed little. They still hand-pat the burgers, make their own chili and ranch dressing and source as much other food as possible from local businesses. For example, the pimento cheese and slaws used on many of the sandwiches are made at Lexington Style Trimmings restaurant.
In fact, it would have rated higher but it was falling apart from so much stuff happening with it. All that, though, and it was delicious, worthy of a higher placement but the “Overall Happiness” factor took a bit of a hit. Two smashed Brasstown beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, American cheese, pickles, onions, on a brioche bun. Mozelle’s is at 878 W 4th Street in WSNC, just two doors up from West End Cafe. When I did my rankings in 2019, I had said that this would have been my #3, but a devastating fire closed the restaurant and led to its rebuild in early 2021. Mr. Barbecue has risen to my top 4 even if they don’t have the “Jumbo-sized” burgers that they used to have.
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The onions were crisp, the tomato juicy but not too, pickles crunched and the patty was perfectly smashed. It was a really good burger and it is well-deserving of the #3 spot. Joe’s Take-Out is in the Tanglewood Commons Shopping Center across from Tanglewood Park at 4124 Clemmons Rd. Anyone reading this and having been in WSNC for the last 3 years is probably questioning why it was a surprise. Well, in 2019, Hops Burger Bar had just opened.
Thank you, as always to Street Team Steven for supporting this blog and podcast and being a fun food partner with my wife and me. Thank you to Mojito Latin Soul Food and Diamondback Grill for your support of my efforts. Thanks to the listeners of the podcast and readers of this blog for your valuable support. There are some that we couldn’t put in the contention for the official ranking because of several factors; some of which are chains , specialty burgers, availability, etc. When Nick’s Old Fashioned Hamburger House owner Jeremy Haynes says his small joint in Welcome is the best restaurant in the state, well …
Either it was supposed to not have lettuce on it and did, or something was left off that was supposed to be on it. In the ratings, I nicked it a bit for that. But, my silly selling my apartment barcelona self didn’t put down what it was. But, I will say, Steven and I were both very pleased with the Hops Classic. Hops Burger Bar WSNC is located at 901 Reynolda Rd.