Five Minute Histories: Little Tavern Hamburger Shops
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2024
- Who remembers the iconic Little Tavern Hamburger Shops that gave us mini burgers in those cute little green-roofed restaurants around the Baltimore and DC area? Walk down memory lane with us in today’s Five Minute Histories video. Thanks and see you later this week!
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Awesome hamburgers and excellent quality coffee
God they were so good after a night at Hammerjacks We would hit up the one on Conkling Street in Highlandtown or Holabird Avenue in Dundalk on our way home.
One thing you overlooked in the preparation of LT Burgers that was crucial to their delectable flavor: the sweet-flavored bun was put through a steamer machine just prior to being served which both warmed and moisturized the burgers for ease of consumption. The satiating scent that dominated the tiny Little Tavern Shops and drove us wild in anticipation was a combination of fat frying, sweet onions frying, and those sweet warm buns on the steamer.
As of 2020 there is a Little Tavern currently in Laurel, MD still serving up little burgers off the grill.
It's mentioned at the end of the video. They actually changed the name to Laurel Tavern after the company folded.
@@kevincaldwell9700 I ate there 4-5 times about 6-7 years ago. The burgers were good, like 85-90% like the old LT.
Best hamburger’s ever
2:00 OMG what I wouldn't give to have that LT building model architect's model ! !
I used to stop at at that little tavern and pick up a bag of death balls and go to Memorial Stadium and watch the birds play baseball
I used to live in Laurel, MD, from 2002 to 2019, and I drove by the Little Tavern there (on Rte. 1) many times, but I never stopped there. Now I'm really sorry that I didn't (especially since I love White Castle hamburgers). :-(
They’re way better then White Castle too lol
Thanks for my childhood and teen memories of going to the Little Tavern in Highlandtown after the movies at the Grand Theater!🎉🎉😃😃
Are you talking about the one on Conklin Street across from the fire department or the one on Eastern Ave??
As a teenager in the late 1950s I remember staying at the Lord Baltimore Hotel for a DeMolay Convention There was a Little Tavern on the south side of Baltimore St., near the hotel where me and my roomates consumed bagfulls on multiple occasions. We ate them while dropping water ballons out our window!
In the mid1950's I played baseball for the Little Tavern sponsored team. Our home field was at Patterson Park #3
Wow!!!!
Oh I used to love Little Tavern which was next door to the Towson movie theater. We lived on Joppa Road near Immaculate Conception where I went to school and was an alter boy who always did the 6am masses because we lived so close. I remember when the built the Gino's on York Road where you could get "a meal for 5 for only $1.75".
As a teen and into our 20s, we haunted the LT on Joppa Road. LOVED THOSE BURGERS!!
Hi Loved this segment. I lived in Laurel and discovered the Tavern in 2014. My kids loved the Little Tavern for glazed donuts but would usually pickup 6 mini hamburgers too. Burgers are awesome readers should stop by they are open every day until 4pm, staff supper nice..
Did not know there was one around
@@dy9278 it is a doughnut place but they still make the burgers for the history
I was in the Little Tavern in Wheaton, MD all the time as a kid/teenager. Loved the burgers & onion rings. I'm glad they're not around anymore, I'd probably weigh 100 pounds more
Hey, there all the time in the 50 60s and 70s.😂❤
Like another commenter, I used to always go to the LT on Joppa Road while it was there. Ironically, I got my last LT burgers at the location on Coastal Highway in OC before LT went away for good. I dropped by the Laurel Tavern around 2018-2019, IIRC. Must have gone on a bad day as my nostalgia was not piqued.
Wow I loved Little Tavern. I was also in the Boys Club in Silver Spring! That's really cool to hear! White Castle ain't the same.
Nice video. The LT on S. Conkling St. in Highlandtown was a very popular spot, especially after the local bars closed at 2 AM.
We called 'em "Death Balls". After a night of bar-hopping inevitably we'd end up with a very late night visit to Club LT for some "Death Balls". They were cheap and filling and along with the next day's hangover, gas and intestinal discomfort was certain. Like so many things in Baltimore like Berger's cookies, Ameche's Powerhouse and Gino's Giant these tasted great going down and you really paid for them thereafter. A SALUTE to Death Balls!
Gut grenades!
Death balls, indeed! When I went to the movies in downtown DC, I used to go to The Little Tavern on 13th Street, by the entrance to The Palace Theater, across the street from the Warner Theater. When I attended the University of Maryland there was a little Tavern on Baltimore Avenue between College and Knox roads. This one was special! There was an additional eating space that we called "The Porcelain Room of the Club LT". "Fine dining in College Park"! Ha! It's 63 years later now and there's still no "fine dining" in College Park. Ledo's is mighty good, but you can't really call it "fine". And, like The little Tavern, The Hot Shoppes is gone, too.
Belly Bombs ( St. Louis white castles)
We called them Death Burgers.
yes yes eys yes loved them
Really sad he just moved to white marsh, but you should consider making a video about G&A.
They opened in highlandtown in 1927 & was recently forced to move
Can't wait until they open in a.couple of months!
Please do a piece on Cahill the dance pavilion in Leakin Park. It was open Saturday nights during the ‘50s. Lots nursing students came out for the fun and was the place to be! Hope there is material to share!!
Thanks for this awesome suggestion!
There was a white castle on the corner of Washington blv. And Monroe St.
The one on COnklin Street next to the old Grand Theater stayed open 24 hours and on Sunday. I always wondered how they got past the Blue Laws. Baltimore's Blue Laws back then were so restrictive nothing except 7-11 was open 24 hours and nothing was open Sunday's or Holidays.
As a volunteer firefighter we used to send someone to get "Death Burgers" After a fire. Two of us left Cockeysville around 1am and drove to Dundalk. They thought we we crazy. We said nope just hungry.
You were dedicated!
We called them"smack berries"!
Hey, I know that intersection! Never got to the Little Tavern there, or any other one, though.
You missed out!
Little Tavern hamburgers gave me the worst hangovers back in the day. We would buy them at 2 a.m. with the leftover money we had after a night of drinking. The next morning was horrible.
The burgers gave you a hangover? You sure it wasn’t the ALCOHOL?🤔
My father had a business in the little shop behind there.
I grew up in Columbus, OH which is now where White Castle's is headquartered. Not only did Little Tavern copy White Castle's building design and style of hamburgers, it even copied the slogan, but in Ohio, it is "Buy 'em by the sack". Later, Wendy's copied White Castle's shakes when they introduced Frosties. Wendy's also is headquartered in Columbus.
Loved the Little Taverns. Burgers were always good. I think the popularity of drive thrus led to LT's demise.
CAN YOU DO THE BBQ , (CIRCLE) RESTAURANT THAT WAS ON THE CORNER OF DUNDALK AND GUSRYAN STREET NEAR DUNDALK MARYLAND BALTIMORE.
how late did they stay open back in the day if anyone knows?
those burgers was addicting , you eat one and you need another one and another one and.......