A great burger can change the mood of an entire day. That’s exactly what happened to me on a quiet road in the Ouachita Mountains.
I had spent the morning hiking and showed up hungry, the kind of hungry where a simple grill meal sounds perfect. The place looked like an old country store with a porch out front and a small kitchen inside.
Nothing fancy. A few tables, a friendly face behind the counter, and the smell of burgers cooking on a hot griddle…