Alas this is the final entry from our all too short stay in the south. I would not have been able to cover as many cool places in such a short amount of time if it wasn’t for the “insider skinny” provided by local folks Pat at Charlotte Eats ,Matt Brunson of Creative Loafing and [...]
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South 21 Charlotte NC Drive In Restaurant since 1955
Posted in North Carolina retro, vintage, Retro Roadside Eats, Vintage Signs, tagged 1955, car hop, Charlotte NC, curb service, drive in restaurant, North Carolina, old signs, South 21, Super Burger, Vintage Sign on October 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If you’re like me, a sign like this will make you change all sorts of plans when you see it- even if you’re speeding down the highway towards another destination:
We were en route from one side of Charlotte NC to the other when I saw this sign coming up on the side of the road. [...]
Price’s Chicken Coop Charlotte, NC – Fried Chicken Heaven!
Posted in North Carolina retro, vintage, Retro Roadside Eats, tagged Charlotte, Fried Chicken, North Carolina, Price's Chicken Coop on October 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I totally dream about the fried chicken we got at Price’s Chicken Coop in Charlotte NC, and in fact am getting ravenous just looking at the photo of the food we had there (scroll to the end if you can’t wait for the big “reveal”!)
So you, my dear Retro Roadmap Reader will be prepared like [...]
The Vintage Traveler Reports on Cherokee NC, Pink Motel
Posted in History, North Carolina retro, vintage, Retro Road Trip, tagged Cherokee NC, Fuzzy Lizzie, link hopping, vintage clothes, Vintage Clothing, vintage travel, Vintage Traveler on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
With kind permission from Fuzzy Lizzie, I am reprinting part of her fabulous Vintage Traveler blog, highlighting a vintage motel that I’d only ever seen the sign from. When you see that sign, you hope the place is as cool that, and from Lizzie’s report, it looks like it is!
I can remember the Pink Motel [...]
