My dad talks about the best hamburger that ever existed. According to him it was the number 7 from the Blue Ox fast food restaurant on 30th and Cass St. It’s not there anymore. It closed down before I was old enough to get a number 7. For years we all heard stories about the near divorce over one of these prized dandies. My dad was going to get hisself a dear old Number 7 and asked my mom if she wanted one. She said no. When he got back …
Mom: Do you think I could have a little bite of that sandwich.
Dad: I asked you if you wanted one before I left. I want a whole one. Not a portion of one. I didn’t go down to the Blue Ox and ask for a sandwich with a bite out of it. They’ve done careful studies on the proper sandwich size for a man of my general build, etc. etc.
Mom: I can’t believe you! You won’t even give me one bite of your precious little …
Dad: I asked you if you wanted one. You said you weren’t hungry.
Mom: I wasn’t. But it’s just that when I smelled it – it smells so good. I know I should have gotten one now, but I …
Dad: Damn right you should have gotten one. Cause you ain’t getting a fuckin’ speck of mine, bitch!
Mom: Don’t call me bitch, you asshole!
Dad: Go see why Freddie’s crying!
Mom: I know why he’s crying. Cause his dad’s a dick.
Dad: That’s it. You want the sandwich? You can have it. I’m outta here.
Mom: Fine, leave!! But don’t forget your new girlfriend! (picks up sandwich, throws it in dad’s face).
Dad: Arg. (Leaves house for something like 3 days).
Then there was the Tropic’s burger. My personal favorite hamburger in the world. It was from the Tropic’s bar on Saddle creek and California. Tropic’s is gone now, too.
Since then, there hasn’t really been any burger that gets me crazy. I guess it’s a very personal thing. My dad loved Tropic’s burgers as well, but to him, there will never be another number 7. If there was, I bet he’d drive over a median and cut through traffic in a very dangerous way to get to it.
I should try Don and Millie’s some time.
3 comments:
I can always count on you for some perspective. Thanks, buddy.
And compared to your Mom, Uma Thurman's just another ordinary girl.
don and millie's -- worth killing ... er, dying for.
BASED on a true story. Sadly, the sandwich ended up in the trash, and not by the Mom.
That #7 was one heck of a good meal!
Thanks for the memory!
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