I'm sitting here watching reruns of The Andy Griffith Show and having random thoughts. Among them...this is when television was good. I happen to live in North Carolina, not too far from Mount Airy, which was the inspiration for the mythical Mayberry.
When I travel north to the midwest to visit family, I have to travel right through Mount Airy. A few years back, they built a bypass highway. It comes to my mind that I haven't stopped in "Mayberry" ever since. One of the places I used to like to visit in Mount Airy was called the Snappy Lunch (they are only open for breakfast and lunch). It is the only real business in Mount Airy ever mentioned in the television show. It has been a landmark location for nearly 100 years.
The Snappy Lunch is famous for their pork chop sandwich. That is some good down home eating right there. The menu is a typical diner type menu with a healthy selection of biscuits. But if you stop, you have to try the pork chop sandwich. The place has always been busy when I visited and they close right after lunch. So the earlier you get there, the better. Now I have a hankering...and that is a two hour drive. And it's dinner time. I'm going to have to find an excuse to stop up there.
If you ever pass through North Carolina and find yourself on I-74, you are being rerouted from an old highway that used to run right through Mount Airy. If you want to try a famous pork chop sandwich, take some time and divert from the bypass. It is only a five minute ride into town from the highway. You won't be disappointed.
