Ann's Snack Bar
| Ann's Snack Bar | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1971 |
| Closed | March 2020 |
| Previous owner | Ann Price |
| Location | Atlanta, U.S., Georgia |
Ann's Snack Bar was a small restaurant in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia famous for its hamburgers. It was owned and operated solely by Ann Price, known to patrons as "Miss Ann," and was in operation from 1971 to 2022.
The house special was called the "Ghetto Burger," a double bacon chili cheeseburger with a secret ingredient, which her patrons named as a joke. Another signature burger with cole slaw was called the "Hood Burger."[1]
A 2007 article in The Wall Street Journal called the Ghetto Burger the best hamburger in America. In the same article, the author declared Atlanta to be the best city for hamburgers, citing the Vortex (in Little Five Points and Midtown Atlanta) and the EARL (in East Atlanta) as other Atlanta restaurants with top hamburgers.[2][3] Fans include celebrity Sean Combs and a "horde of Twitter-driven food enthusiasts", who began to discover the restaurant after a 1998 Atlanta Constitution article.[1]
Price had been attempting to sell the restaurant and retire since 2009, initially setting the value at $1.5 million. As of late 2010, the difficult real estate market had forced her to lower her asking price.[1]
Price died on April 18, 2015, at the age of 72.[4] Cause of death was not stated, but Price had been suffering from blood clots and breast cancer.[5][6][7] The restaurant remained open, as Price had taken on assistants over the few years prior including her cousin Adele,[8] and was most recently ran by Price's sister and three brothers.[6][7][9]
The restaurant closed in March 2020 as a result of the covid-19 pandemic and never reopened. The property was put up for sale in December 2023.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kim Severson and Robbie Brown (November 26, 2010). "Burgers Selling Fast, but the Restaurant Is Not". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ^ Raymond Sokolov (March 10, 2007). "The Best Burger". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 23, 2015.
- ^ "Five tasty burger joints worth visiting". CNN. April 16, 2009.
- ^ "Annie 'Ms. Ann' Bell Price". April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- ^ "Ann's Snack Bar (Re-visited)". June 8, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ^ a b "After Ann, a burger shack pushes ahead". January 28, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
- ^ a b "The future of the world-famous Ghetto Burger". July 12, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ^ "Ann's Snack Bar: a First Trip and History Lesson". April 18, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
- ^ "Miss Ann's burger legacy lives, but sibling 'looking for an exit strategy'". June 29, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ^ McKibben, Beth (January 3, 2023). "Atlanta Dining News You Missed During the Lost Week Between Christmas and New Year's". Eater Atlanta.
The family closed the restaurant in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic and never reopened it, instead listing the property for sale at the end of 2022
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