A New Family Favorite

In the town where David grew up, there is a small chain of quaint, walk-up hamburger stands that are well-known for both their hamburgers, specifically their double cheeseburger, and also their custard, which makes for some great shakes. It's called Krekel's Custard and we just love it. We try to stop by when we're in town.

We've commented that it's a good thing we don't have them around here since it's not the healthiest lunch option. It's just a nice treat when we're back home.

But very randomly a few weeks ago, we ran across an old newspaper article about a hamburger stand in a nearby town. As I read the article I thought this place sounded a lot like Krekel's. And then wouldn't you know, towards the end of the article it talked about how the owner worked for over 20 years in another hamburger stand in the very same town David grew up. She worked side-by-side with Mr. Krekel and several years ago decided to move to middle Tennessee and open up her own stand. It's Karin's Kustard and we knew we just had to try it.

Just this past weekend, we drove almost 40 minutes to find this hamburger stand and low and behold, it was the spitting image of the much-beloved Krekel's Custard. We thoroughly enjoyed our double-cheeseburgers that were made just like the Krekel's burgers and shared a chocolate chip shake, made with the same kind of chocolate that Krekel's uses. We sat out on the picnic tables, right next to some train tracks and Noah enjoyed the train the passed by. As good as our lunch was, I sure hope they don't franchise and put any closer to us! It's far enough away that it would have to be a very special occasion to go back. But it's just nice to know that there is such a gem of a place that reminds us of home.