Good eats, not much room....
Simple, home-made burgers that you'd eat over a sink if there was one handy.    [27 Jul 2004 14:58:00]

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Recommended Dishes: What else? get the damn burger!

     ­Anonymous   

Tiny place, outstanding burgers
Down town on foot and need something quick to eat? Run over behind the courthouse and, yes, it looks rediculously tiny, they it is! Try it!! They really do make a great burger fast!    [03 Nov 2004 18:46:52]

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Recommended Dishes: What else? burgers!!!

     ­Joe Bubba   

More than just burgers
Yes it's small, the building is about twelve foot square. Yes it's old, they've been making burgers here for 50 or 60 years. The owner of The Burger Bar told me the building was originally the office area for a wagon yard. That's wagon as in horse and wagon. The barn burned down leaving only this tiny building which became a taxi stand then a used car lot and then finally The Burger Bar.

The grill they cook on is 100 years old and the owner credits it for the great taste of the burgers. The fries are good. Not like those fries you get at fast food restaurants that taste like they never met a potato in their life. They have sodas available in long neck bottles. I don't think you can take them out though because they looked collectible.

The owner told me she and her husband purchased the business three years ago to keep a long standing tradition going in Cleburne Texas. They frequently get customers in who have driven great distances just to eat in this place.

I remember that The Burger Bar was mentioned in an article about the best burger places in Texas, a few years back, in the magazine, Texas Highways.

As I said, this place has been serving burgers for at least 50 years. The building is unique, the burgers are great, really this is more than just a place to get cooked hamburger on a bun. This is a small town family-run business where the pace is a little slower, the service a little better, and the conversation a little more lively.

Places like The Burger Bar are slowly disappearing because they can't compete with mass-market burger stores and 99-Cent Value Menus. If you hunger for a taste of small-town Texas culture and a good burger than visit this place before it's gone.    [03 Sep 2007 12:45:16]

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Recommended Dishes: Burgers, Fries

     ­Sam Fenstermacher   

Great place to eat.
I've been going to the Burger Bar for about 15 or so years when I'm anywhere around Cleburne. The burgers are unbelievable thanks to the old grill they use, 100 or so years old I was told. I sure can't duplicate the flavor at home. The drinks are long neck bottles and you can take them with you. The only thing I've noticed lately is they used bagged fried and prepackaged meat now, it still tastes pretty good, but I want to say they did it all fresh before. The place seats all of 4 and it's a little tricky at lunch rush. They have a pretty good take out business. Overall the place is a step back in time or what I imagine it was like 60 years ago, very friendly, you can hear all kinds of gossip about the town and people. Kind of a "Mayberry" moment.    [08 Sep 2007 17:33:09]

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Recommended Dishes: Bacon cheeseburger with grilled onions.

     ­Anonymous