First visit: Jan 2026 (Fairburn)
Mrs. RJG and I are on our first road trip of the year! Very early as it turns out, and an unusual thing to do in the potential snowy dead of winter. However, the long term forecast looked good on this particular week, so we found a window of opportunity and took it. The impetus of the trip was to acquire a record collection from a fellow music traveler in Alabama. So we flew to Atlanta, rented an SUV, and headed back to Colorado Springs. Eight states, seven days, and six nights. The first night we arrived close to midnight (10 our time), so no opportunity to dine out. In fact we had made ham sandwiches before leaving and enjoyed them in the hotel room. So we begin our food journey on Day #2, as we left our airport hotel location and headed southwest towards Alabama to scoop up the collection.
We settled on That Burger Spot #6, a local chain that currently has seven locations in Atlanta, mostly to the south. They are of the "modern variety" where you walk in, and order at the computer screen. There were two ladies in the back who prepared our meal, and we grabbed the burgers and proceeded to eat in our rented SUV in a nearby neighborhood. There's no place to eat inside, though there is a waiting area.
The cheeseburgers were outstanding, very hot to the touch, with two patties and excellent buns. Very much in the style of Five Guys but at a better price, though not cheap. While I would have preferred to eat inside, as car eating always reminds me of the awful pandemic era, the quality of the meal overshadowed the psychological reflex. This would be the kind of place, were it near to our house, that would make the RJG Rotation.
1/7/26
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