When it comes to hamburgers, the city just about has it all: three McDonald's restaurants, Arctic Circle, Hardee's, Crown Burger, Dairy Queen, Wendy's and the newest - the Burger Stop - at the former Hardee's location at 323 E. Gentile.
And now one of Weber County's oldest hamburger fixtures is coming to Layton - The Burger Bar at the northwest corner of Antelope Drive (2000 North) and Hill Field Road (400 West).The future site is a vacant lot, west of the Maverick. Construction should begin later this month.
Ben Fowler, original owner of the Burger Bar, and Greg Haws are partners in the venture. Haws, also the Weber County assessor, will manage the restaurant.
This old-fashioned restaurant has been located in Roy at the junction of Riverdale Road and 1900 West since May 11, 1956. Only Arctic Circle has been around longer in the Roy area.
The "Big Ben" and the "Big Ben Cheese" are just some of the more popular sandwiches at the Burger Bar. Thick shakes are also standard.
Ordering at the Burger Bar is done at outside windows and customers are given a number. That number is called on a loudspeaker when the order is ready.
The Roy Burger Bar is among the most crowded of hamburger restaurants in the area.
"It has been a very successful business," Fowler said.
Fowler said he had a Burger Bar in Clearfield for a short time some years ago until the lease on the building expired and he had half-ownership in another temporary Burger Bar at about 1900 Washington Blvd. in Ogden.