Latest visit: Apr 2025 (Havana St.)
First visit: sometime in 1994 (Colorado Springs)
Locations: 12; Denver area (6); Tucson-AZ (3); Yuma-AZ (1); Casper-WY (1); El Centro-CA (1)
I saw a nice looking estate sale up in Denver on this fine Thursday, so I decided to "work" the city. I keep putting work in quotes because it's just me digging for inventory or my personal collection. Pure retirement hobby activities. The location of this sale was right next to where I used to live from 1995 to 1997. This is at the time I met Mrs. RJG, Rude Dante, Old Boss, and others. I haven't been to "the old neighborhood" in years, so it was great to be back. I lived in the fancy schmancy "Breakers", which now has a different name apparently. It was a very nice apartment / condo complex set in a much more modest area of town. Best of both worlds as far as I was concerned. So many great little divey restaurants nearby, though I was spoiled to live in a very nice one bedroom apartment with my two cats. It was to be the end of my bachelor days. Haha - long ago. In any case, I was at the sale for probably two hours and was starving afterwards. Oh my, look what just came up on Google Maps? Gotta go for the memories.
Personal history: Before I moved to Denver I lived here in Colorado Springs (1993-1995). That's when and where I was introduced to the The Original Hamburger Stand. I believe they were off of Powers back when it was a two lane road. I remember making a long journey to get there from my apartment off of Woodmen. After moving to Denver, I had this exact location very close by as noted above. I probably only went once a year, and I doubt I made any effort in '97. When we had the summer townhome in Denver, which also wasn't that far away, I went to this location one more time in a nostalgia fit. Just as I'm doing now...
Location: Havana is such a classic old school Denver area avenue. A mix of old and new and should be forgotten and hopefully never forgotten places. The apartments that line the street are either multi-thousand dollar a month modern structures or rundown brick sh*t holes that remind me of Chicago. Gentrification has taken hold but there's still plenty of 1960s Denver to absorb here. And 1990s which was my experience. This Hamburger Stand looks like it always has: Fast Food 101.
Food / Drink: So here's the deal with Hamburger Stand (fka The Original Hamburger Stand). They were started by - and continue to be owned by - the same group that runs Wienerschnitzel. Hence the co-branding. Says "since 1982" but it seems more like "since 1952". Apparently it was their attempt to capture the fast food burger market. It's just cheap fast food honestly. Foodstuff. The needful. Look at that photo. The only thing missing is the copay card. Cheap burger, cheap hot dog, and cheap fries. But for $10 bucks including a giant Coke Zero that lasted me all day, not too bad a deal.
Overall: I wouldn't suggest anyone goes here too often for health reasons. I really have no intention of coming back, but it seems every 15 years I get nostalgic about it. I would imagine any dietician would agree. Maybe never actually, but it's good to set off your immune system every once in awhile.
1994; 1995; 1996; 8/12/10; 4/10/25 (new entry)
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