Funland Snack Bar
Sometimes you just get weary of all the fancy-Nancy dining drama with the $200 bill and just wanna eat a hot dog in your flip flops. Enter Funland. It opened up in 1953 and is one of the few establishments left that saw your great-grandma in her finest days. There’s a large arcade with some old-school games, but the adjacent snack bar is where my heart is.
Song That Pops In My Head When I Enter: Hot Fun in the Summertime
The Vibe.
Feels like 1972 when you were a pre-teen and got to go to the arcade without your parents and you tried your first cigarette.
What a Woman Should Wear: Bathing suit with cover up or tube top with shorts.
At The Table Next to Us: To our left was a somewhat unkempt woman who consumed way too much fried food but demonstrated truly unconditional love of her unruly children. On the other was a quiet middle-aged man with short shorts eating a burger and having a Bud.
Looks Like an Occasion for: Birthday for the little kids or for hiding out after your lip enhancement injection
The Food.
Onion rings and hot dogs remind us of The Varsity in Atlanta. Plus you get to walk around with a whole bottle of ketchup (I need, yes) and not just little annoying packets.
They claim to have the best burgers on the beach, but let’s just say they are old-school and fresh and quite good enough.
Apparently, they’ve got quite a breakfast following and a full all-American menu there with eggs, bacon, gravy and the works.
The cool part is there is something for everyone who is not on a weight-reduction diet. Cheese sticks, Frito Pie, Chili Cheese Fries, and Nachos. And they’re made the way you want them to be, not pulled out of some microwavable container.
Don’t Miss: Anything with ketchup.
The Service.
It seems like the folks who own it also run it pretty much hands-on. Visit enough times and they’ll come to recognize you.
All the service is counter service and it’s friendly but busy. More than anything, they seem to appreciate the customers that keep them going on this historic (and valuable) property on Front Beach.
Once you order, you’ll usually end up with your food in about 10 minutes or so.
Level of Happiness
Easy, peaceful feeling. It’s called Funland, but it’s the simplicity and the pint-sized check that bring me joy. The real bomb is when we’re starving and everything else local is a 2-hour wait. Then we remember Funland. Ah, Funland.
Number of Cats Spotted: Just because you can’t see them doesn’t mean they aren’t there.
Suggestion Box: Add additional outdoor seating and some shade in the front.
