Weber's

 

On Highway 11 that runs from Barrie up to the Muskoka region there is an iconic burger joint that has been there for many years. We've gone by many times and finally decided to take the plunge and see what the lines were all about. In this picture you can see the close proximity to the four lane highway to the right. The restaurant is on the east side of the highway and easily accessible as you head north. 

 



If you are heading south, you just park on the west side of the road and walk over the bridge shown here below ... and join several hundred other hungry folks. The walking bridge is the only privately owned bridge in Ontario that spans an Interstate sized highway ... pretty awesome. It was acquired from its original location servicing the CN Tower in Toronto.

Apparently, when the bridge needed repair and painting recently, the owner of Weber's had to pay the province about $250,000 divert the traffic for two days. We actually parked on the southbound side and walked over the bridge to get to the line. This is one of two equal lines that go into the food order and dispensing area.

After a half hour in line we ordered our burgers. This is a very basic place with cheap burgers, hot dogs and fries ... not much else ... but for $10 CDN you can have a good double cheeseburger, fries and a drink; as a result they churn out tens of thousands of burgers on the weekend.

They even have their own meat processing plant on the property. Once you get your meal you take it either to large outside eating areas with tables or to one of the several train cars. It was a hot day so we elected the air conditioned Pullman shown below.

You use the original car washrooms and eat in the dining cars ... even has an ATM machine in the place because all purchases are cash only.

This is really an Ontario thing you need to do once and see what true ingenious entrepreneurship involves. In spite of the line and the assembly line process it was actually a very good burger and fries meal!