A Trip Down Memory Lane: The Not So Secret Way to Still Get an Arnold Burger Today

As most of my stories start, I was driving around Amarillo when I happened upon a memory of mine. There, just north of I40 sat an empty building that took me back to my college days.

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Those are the days when you experiment. You try new things. It was no different for me. I got to try a lot of new foods, and one day, after a meeting at the radio station on the campus, I was told about Arnold Burgers. I had never been, so we all decided to go as a group.

A 90s Nostalgia Trip: Memories of the Amarillo College Days

The building wasn't far from the Amarillo College campus, so I was surprised on this sunny Friday afternoon in the nineties that this was my first visit. My first impression was that it was one of those little hole-in-the-wall places. Those are the best kind.

The building was small, but we found a place where we could all sit. Being my first time there, I sat back and listened to what everyone else was ordering. I was with a group of guys, and the main order was a double meat, double cheeseburger. I didn't want to be the odd person out, so I thought, why not?

The 24-Inch Challenge: When "Everything's Bigger" Became Reality

Not only was a normal burger huge, but you could actually order it even bigger. I mean, this is Texas. So you can order a nine, twelve, fourteen, sixteen, eighteen, or even the twenty-four-inch burger.

The 24-inch burger would feed between 20 and 25 people. It was definitely the biggest burger in Texas, probably anywhere. The day I was at Arnold's, I proudly ate my complete burger. Heck, some of the guys I was with didn't. I'm no quitter.

Faded Signs on Washington: The Story of a Hole-in-the-Wall Legend

For those driving down Washington and noticing the now-empty building, the fading signs still reveal that it once housed Arnold Burger. All hope is not lost, though; the family is still going strong with Tank's Burgers.

The Legacy Lives On: Finding Tank's Burgers Food Truck

If you happen to come across this food truck, you should not pass it by. The burgers that you remember from the Arnold's days are served out of this food truck. You can still relive some of the nostalgia from those simpler days, and this burger can bring you back.