Lankford's is only open Monday - Saturday 7 AM to 3 PM, and they only take cash. It's also not in the best area of town, and you'd better like the idea of street parking on abnormally narrow streets with huge ditches if you visit. It's also not a haven for fountain drink lovers -- you pay your $2 and get a can of coke and a glass of ice to pour it over. Sure, those things are negatives, but an awesome burger can make up for a lot. Unfortunately, Lankford's didn't have much awesomeness to spare. Here's a picture I "borrowed" from their website:
As best I can tell, Lankford's was an old grocery store that was converted to a restaurant eons ago. You sit down and there is a waiter that gives you table service. I ordered just a normal size hamburger, which the waitress told me was 10 ounces. Let me say that again, rephrased: Lankford's normal burger is ALMOST 3/4 of a pound!
I expected an overly thick burger, but instead it was just enormous in circumference. Here's a picture:
Lankford's was a decent burger. Maybe I would have been happier with it had I not had such unreasonably high expectations. Unfortunately, I did have those, and Lankford's didn't come close to meeting them. I did somehow manage to make it through half of the burger, which was surprising considering that the burger was a bit dry, almost completely flavorless, and just overall very average. I wish I could say the french fries made up for it, but the fries laid mostly uneaten when my meal was done -- anyone who knows my love for french fries should know what that means.
Lankford's Grocery final rating -- 5.
I tried Lankford's famed Firehouse burger, hoping for something explosively spicy. Sadly, it was not. I'd rate it merely a medium on the spice meter. Obviously the people reviewing it weren't real chiliheads. The fries were boring frozen ones, making them a failure at delivering fried goodness.
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