It's the diner in Mount Airy made famous in the Andy Griffith Show. Snappy Lunch is as popular as ever, and so is its world-famous pork chop sandwich!
OKLAHOMA, NO WORD ON WHAT THE INVESTOR HAP MIND. >>> WHICH CAME FIRST, THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW OR THE PORK CHOP SANDWICH? >> TONIGHT WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER IN MOUNT AIRY. OR IS IT MAYBERRY? >> IF IT'S LUNCHTIME, GO AHEAD AND EAT, AND MAKE IT SNAPPY. THERE'S PORK ON THE GRILL. >> PORK LOIN. >> Reporter: PORK AND MORE PORK. AND BATTER. >> MILK, SUGAR, FLOUR, EGG, AND A LITTLE BIT OF SALT. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE FAMOUS PORK CHOP SANDWICH AT SNAPPY LUNCH. >> IT'S VERY SOUTHERN. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A GREAT WORD. >> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU GET ON IT? >> ALL THE WAY. >> Reporter: A PORK CHOP SANDWICH. >> THEY COME FROM FAR AND WIDE TO GET IT, LET ME TELL YOU. >> Reporter: THEY COME TO MOUNT AIRY, ANDY GRIFFITH'S HOMETOWN. ANDY OF THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, WHO ONCE MENTIONED SNAPPY LUNCH ON THE SHOW. >> AFTER THE SHOW WE CAN GO DOWN TO SNAPPY LUNCH AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT AND SOME COFFEE. WANT TO? >> WAS IT JUST THAT ONE EPISODE? >> ONE REF REASONS. >> Reporter: BUT THAT ONE WAS A BIG ONE. >> Reporter: HOW DOES IT TASTE? >> THEY COME A LONG WAY. THEY DRIVE THREE AND FOUR HOURS. >> Reporter: FOR A PORK CHOP SANDWICH. >> I'M NOT A VERY ADVENTUROUS PERSON. I HAD THE BLT. >> Reporter: BUT IT'S THE FAMOUS PORK CLOP SAPPED WIN. >> I WONDER HOW IT BECAME SO FAMOUS. >> I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT. . >> Reporter: CHARLES DOWEL INVENTED IT. >> HE WAS A CARD. HE LOVED TO PICK AND CUT UP. >> Reporter: HE LOVED TO COOK PORK CLOP SANDWICHES ON THE GRILL BY THE WINDOW. >> SO HE COULD LOOK OUT AND SEE EVERYBODY. >> HE SAID THAT WAS HIS WORLD. HE SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON. >> SEW STARTED GETTING THE BONELESS PORK LOIN AND STARTED TENDERIZING THEM, AND THAT'S HOW THE PORK CHOP BECAME FAMOUS. >> Reporter: DIDN'T HE SAY HE WANTED SOMETHING PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY TEETH COULD EAT? >> YEAH, HE WANTED TO MAKE IT TENDER ENOUGH FOR SOMEBODY WITHOUT TEETH TO EAT. >> Reporter: CHARLES OWNED SNAPPY LUNCH FROM 1960 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 2012. AND STILL THE CUSTOMERS KEEP COMING. >> WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? >> EVERYWHERE. EVERY STATE PROBABLY. >> Reporter: WHERE ARE YOU FROM? >> I'M FROM UTAH. >> PRETTY NEAT. >> YOU CAN SPEND A DAY HERE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. >> Reporter: A DAY IN MOUNT AIRY, AND LUNCH AT SNAPPY LUNCH. >> OH, WE HAVE HAMBURGERS, HOT DOGS. WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A BREADED HAMBURGER. >> I LOVE THEIR BREADED CHEESE BURGERS. NOTHING LIKE THEM. >> Reporter: AND NOTHING LIKE A PORK CHOP SANDWICH. >> IF YOU AIN'T NEVER TRIED IT, I RECOMMEND IT. >> Reporter: CHARLES' LEGACY
April 23, 2021 at 06:20AM
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