I use to go to the Snappy Lunch every Saturday morning with my Dad, Luke Collins when I was just a kid. Earned my first car by working at the Snappy Lunch. I still think of the times I spent there with family and friends. My uncle Jerry worked there for a very long time and I always felt like it was a part of my family's history. Best place to bring your family and friends to enjoy the simple pleasures in life.
I visited Mt Airy about 10 years ago. What a beautiful town! The locals recommended eating at Snappy's. The original owner, who was quite old by then, was still working the kitchen. The pork chop is tender, and that breading in which they're fried just make it out of this world! I live in Orlando and still think about those pork chop sandwiches all these years later!
I went for Mayberry Days about 13 years ago. I didn't find the people very friendly. They seemed annoyed by the whole thing, honestly. Not sure if it's still popular or if they even have it anymore. I wouldn't go back for the festival / parade again. The Snappy Lunch was closed so I didn't get to try it.
Mayberry is not real, it only existed on the Hollywood back lot. However Andy Griffith would occasionally mention things from his hometown as part of Mayberry on the show. He did ask Barney 1 time if he wanted to go to the Snappy Lunch. Over the most of the episodes it was a generic sounding place called the Diner.
Charlie always cooked pork chops right in the front window. Thinking back, the raw chops were brought out to him immersed in batter from somewhere in back in big bowls. When cooked they went back there, so there must have been a kitchen to assemble sandwiches. They're tender with a crunch to the coating. The slaw and tomato really make it!
You are right. I heard it right from the man himself when he came back home when part of the highway was named after him. He said he would grab a hot dog and a bottle of pop from Snappy's and then catch a movie at the Earle. You have to remember those things didn't cost as much at they do now. Economy was different back then. Even so he was a poor kid and couldn't really afford much.
@@looksmaximus611 Mayberry was made up by the writers and producers of the show. There is an interview of Andy Griffith on RUclips. It’s called Andy talks about Mt Airy. He describes how he got sick of the residents making the claims.
In his 2002 homecoming speech he said that he never ate a porkchop sandwich in his life, but he would get a hot dog and pop for 10cents after the movie. He liked the name of the resturant and added it to his TV show.
Marty Andrews I'm from Mt. Airy and think I may cast a little light....... Snappy Lunch is an old, old restaurant that has a short list of owners and employees since early last century. Several workers have been there nearly their entire working lives. They're just regular folks who proudly work to keep up the restaurant's good food and good name (and sometimes peek out from behind refrigerators!!). The only movie and TV stars here are those who visit September's Mayberry Days and October's Autumn Leaves Festival !! Open breakfast and lunch only.
Been there and loved the pork chop sandwich. The prices on the menu are very reasonable to. Looked like the staff were very busy working to fulfill the patrons needs while giving this interview. I'll be back again some day I hopes.
I just stopped in for a grilled cheese sandwich and ice tea, it really was like stepping back in time most places in the south hire only illegal immigrants to work in the kitchen
I recently went to Mount airy, and visited snappy lunch, and was disappointed with the so called pork chop sandwich, and after watching this video, I understand why, pork tenderloin is not a pork chop. Pork tenderloin is tasteless, and dry, cheap. After I had their famous pork chop sandwich, and had left the restaurant, I started talking to some local people, and they told me that after the man that use to own and managed the place passed away, they started reducing the quality. Now it's just a tourist trap. Shame.
I tried it, didn't like it. What's up with that tasteless thick batter on the unseasoned chop? None of the flavors complement each other, it's hard to eat with a hodge podge of totally different flavors.
Andy said in an interview that his show was NOT based on Mount Airy and seemed quite upset people started the rumor. People started that story and ran with it all these years.
@@ebogar42 True. So I don't understand why he said it wasn't based on it in an interview he gave as his home in Manteo and was nasty about it to boot. Mount Pilot = Pilot Mountain, etc. Yes, too many references to name here.
I could do with out the tomatoe and I love pork chop sandwiches simply with a nice hunk of cheese, provolone or swiss, a thin slice on onion and mustard on a toasted bun. we aren't that far apart. i never tried the slaw but love slaw burgers so next time it's on. and i don't batter or bread the pork. Just plain old fried or shredded pork from a pork shoulder cooked nice and tender.
Next time you go back to Mt. Airey, go by Prissy Polly's BBQ And tell us how it is. I heard about it by listening to it on WPAQ Bluegrass station there. A Curious BBQ Lover here in Maine.
***** Sorry. Prissy Polly's is in Kernersville, NC .... NOT Mt. Airy.....WPAQ Radio is in Mt. Airy, however. Proud to have grown up in Mt. Airy. Go Bears !!
Signalstat Steve Douglas, Yeah you're right olé George does look a little uncomfortable being filmed, I think we should be glad that he works in the Snappy Lunch kitchen instead of a school kitchen, Just saying.
@@JayDogTitan-he6wo I'm tryin' to be optimistic. George could have cellar under Snappy-Lunch and wants "Mannequin Looking Man" to "Put the Lotion on it's ForeSkin".
I am not sure where Mt. Airy came up with the idea that Mayberry was based on them. Sheldon Leornard named the town and not Andy. I've seen numerous interviews of his where he said it was not.
Whhhyyyyyyy are they NOT wearing gloves? 🤢Such a health risk. Other than that I enjoyed the video 👍🏽 and am interested in seeing my dad’s reaction to the pork chop sandwich. 😊💖
Kinda unsophisticated looking ins't it, I thought so too till I stopped at a Wendy's in LA and saw a cook flipping burger's with his hand's. I asked about it and was told it meet's health code standards in LA county
I have worked in a public kitchen, with gloves, and have watched employees wear the same gloves for hrs, touching everything, at least when have hand exposed, you feel something, you wipe or wash your hand, I went to a restaurant and saw a lady with gloves playing with her hair, then fix food, either way is a health risk when you decide to eat out
Critical health code violation, don't care that you are filming a show. You just ate in the kitchen area and actually over top of the food prep area, are you serious?
Mount Airy is the biggest shit hole on the face of the earth. Believe me I know it, I'm from there. Andy Griffith hated the place - and he, like me hated it. In all fairness this old washed up mill town had nothing to do with the famous show. But became a laughing stock of the nation for a few geriatric travelers. Ask those on the wrong side of the tracks how great it was / is. No wonder Andy never came back, --- unitl much later.
I worked with a carnival for 17 years. We would set up in the parking lot of the Mt. Airy Mall in the spring. I remember my first pork chop sandwich. It was a long day. We had just finished the ride inspections and preparing to open. My coworker, Joe Jones, who was from Mt. Airy left to grab something to eat. Upon his return he handed me two of these sandwiches. I am not a big eater but these were so good I had not problem finishing both.
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I don't like onions or coleslaw, but I'd try it after hearing about it so much on Two Chairs No Waiting.
The cole slaw is not mayo based, its slightly tart and sweet, it's great.
I've been there several times and it's definitely a treat.
What other hobbies? Watching grass grow?
Man them people who run this joint and that cook dont exactly have great personalities geez
Yeah, I noticed how george was acting.... very unwelcoming, especially on camera
Well being so high in the hick town hot dog place means you have to act the part. LOL.
I must have a "fried pork tenderloin" sandwich before I die. That is on my bucket list!
I use to go to the Snappy Lunch every Saturday morning with my Dad, Luke Collins when I was just a kid. Earned my first car by working at the Snappy Lunch. I still think of the times I spent there with family and friends. My uncle Jerry worked there for a very long time and I always felt like it was a part of my family's history. Best place to bring your family and friends to enjoy the simple pleasures in life.
George the cook is ONE SEXY BEAST!
I visited Mt Airy about 10 years ago. What a beautiful town! The locals recommended eating at Snappy's. The original owner, who was quite old by then, was still working the kitchen. The pork chop is tender, and that breading in which they're fried just make it out of this world! I live in Orlando and still think about those pork chop sandwiches all these years later!
You're in a state with a great governor but what you wrote makes me wonder if Mount Airy might be the town I'd like to relocate to eventually.
I went for Mayberry Days about 13 years ago. I didn't find the people very friendly. They seemed annoyed by the whole thing, honestly. Not sure if it's still popular or if they even have it anymore. I wouldn't go back for the festival / parade again. The Snappy Lunch was closed so I didn't get to try it.
Mayberry is not real, it only existed on the Hollywood back lot. However Andy Griffith would occasionally mention things from his hometown as part of Mayberry on the show. He did ask Barney 1 time if he wanted to go to the Snappy Lunch. Over the most of the episodes it was a generic sounding place called the Diner.
it’s based off mt airy. the whole town is dedicated to him
Charlie always cooked pork chops right in the front window. Thinking back, the raw chops were brought out to him immersed in batter from somewhere in back in big bowls. When cooked they went back there, so there must have been a kitchen to assemble sandwiches. They're tender with a crunch to the coating. The slaw and tomato really make it!
I've seen interviews with Andy Griffith where he said his only connection with Snappy Lunch was getting an occasional hot dog when he was a kid.
You are right. I heard it right from the man himself when he came back home when part of the highway was named after him. He said he would grab a hot dog and a bottle of pop from Snappy's and then catch a movie at the Earle. You have to remember those things didn't cost as much at they do now. Economy was different back then. Even so he was a poor kid and couldn't really afford much.
i think his spot was the dairy center on lebanon.
I don’t know why everybody thinks Mt Airy is the town portrayed as Mayberry. It’s not. Andy Griffith has said so himself
@@firstname2930 then what is 😂
@@looksmaximus611 Mayberry was made up by the writers and producers of the show. There is an interview of Andy Griffith on RUclips. It’s called Andy talks about Mt Airy. He describes how he got sick of the residents making the claims.
I’ve only been there once. Loved the pork chop sandwich. Wish I could go back.
He looks like Barney Fife. Omg! ❤️
I definitely want to try this place one day! 😍❤️
You should go and soak up the atmosphere and be prepared for all kinds of really good food.
Yes the pork chop sandwich is absolutely the best!
No gloves and that's what makes this sandwich so delicious. We love em!
Gross
I was just there. Everyone was friendly and the pork chop sandwich was delicious. Just don’t eat it if your counting calories.
To each his owbut I wouldn't eat that
If you're into great, old fashioned grill type burgers, you need to check out "The Corner Grill" in Eastover NC.
Is this place still open?2017?
It'sJustAPrankBro noice I'm in Raleigh nc
stitch16261 yeha
stitch16261 yes,I’m from Mount Airy too.
Still kickin
It's the oldest continuously operating Diner in North or South Carolina, open since 1923.
Lmaoo Omg Maybe 6 years ago mount airy was cool naw now we off to bigger an better things S.C
Radio station YLRB mt.pilot use to mention snappy lunch on the lenard blush hour.
I have been there many times over the years. Just love that pork chop sandwich...Too bad so many of you bad mouth the town.
Tony Good lmao it sucks so bad it's not even funny trust me you've never had real pork tenderloin sandwich ...
It’s amazing I love mount airy been here over a year and couldn’t be happier!
@@CSX-fn8hv I second that. Tried the "famous" pork chop sandwich. Didn't care for it at all. In fact I can't believe people actually like it.
The town is hick city. The added cholesterol doesn't change that.
I seriously doubt it was Andy Griffith's favorite restaurant. I know that he ate hot dogs there as a child but who said it was his favorite?
In his 2002 homecoming speech he said that he never ate a porkchop sandwich in his life, but he would get a hot dog and pop for 10cents after the movie. He liked the name of the resturant and added it to his TV show.
you should have went to leon’s burger express . food is bomb but they fuck up everytime . anddd cf jones is great
The staff in the kitchen look and act like they are bothered with this interview, don't look too friendly to me.
Marty Andrews I'm from Mt. Airy and think I may cast a little light....... Snappy Lunch is an old, old restaurant that has a short list of owners and employees since early last century. Several workers have been there nearly their entire working lives. They're just regular folks who proudly work to keep up the restaurant's good food and good name (and sometimes peek out from behind refrigerators!!). The only movie and TV stars here are those who visit September's Mayberry Days and October's Autumn Leaves Festival !! Open breakfast and lunch only.
William Christian Ate thee a few times. Leon's much better. For that matter so is Miki D's. God help the town. Food sucks -
Been there and loved the pork chop sandwich. The prices on the menu are very reasonable to. Looked like the staff were very busy working to fulfill the patrons needs while giving this interview. I'll be back again some day I hopes.
@@SickofHollywood *You're just not used to eating anything but Soy.*
I just stopped in for a grilled cheese sandwich and ice tea, it really was like stepping back in time most places in the south hire only illegal immigrants to work in the kitchen
He didn't look to happy to be there. The sandwich look good.
I recently went to Mount airy, and visited snappy lunch, and was disappointed with the so called pork chop sandwich, and after watching this video, I understand why, pork tenderloin is not a pork chop. Pork tenderloin is tasteless, and dry, cheap. After I had their famous pork chop sandwich, and had left the restaurant, I started talking to some local people, and they told me that after the man that use to own and managed the place passed away, they started reducing the quality. Now it's just a tourist trap. Shame.
I tried it, didn't like it. What's up with that tasteless thick batter on the unseasoned chop? None of the flavors complement each other, it's hard to eat with a hodge podge of totally different flavors.
Andy said in an interview that his show was NOT based on Mount Airy and seemed quite upset people started the rumor. People started that story and ran with it all these years.
Maybe not directly, but I believe there is inspiration drawn from the town.
He literally mentions so many places around that town though and area. Even used names of real people in that town in the show.
@@ebogar42 True. So I don't understand why he said it wasn't based on it in an interview he gave as his home in Manteo and was nasty about it to boot. Mount Pilot = Pilot Mountain, etc. Yes, too many references to name here.
Any body ever ate at aunt beas in Galax va though?
I could do with out the tomatoe and I love pork chop sandwiches simply with a nice hunk of cheese, provolone or swiss, a thin slice on onion and mustard on a toasted bun. we aren't that far apart. i never tried the slaw but love slaw burgers so next time it's on. and i don't batter or bread the pork. Just plain old fried or shredded pork from a pork shoulder cooked nice and tender.
Try it, you'll like it.....
I can't eat pork without it breaded.
@@ebogar42 I love breaded chops.
Follow up the pork chop sandwich with a slice of baked Alaska, You know that new dessert they came out with since it become a state.
Next time you go back to Mt. Airey, go by Prissy Polly's BBQ And tell us how it is. I heard about it by listening to it on WPAQ Bluegrass station there. A Curious BBQ Lover here in Maine.
***** Sorry. Prissy Polly's is in Kernersville, NC .... NOT Mt. Airy.....WPAQ Radio is in Mt. Airy, however. Proud to have grown up in Mt. Airy. Go Bears !!
Prissy Polly's BBQ is great. Best that I have ever had. And yes it's in Kernersville , N.C. About an hour away from Mt. Airy.
Retoguy 76,Hold Up, let me go And get a dictionary so I can keep Up!! Some of the words!! LMAO seriously
master George looks like an escaped convict notice he acts like he don't want to be on camera.
Signalstat Steve Douglas, Yeah you're right olé George does look a little uncomfortable being filmed, I think we should be glad that he works in the Snappy Lunch kitchen instead of a school kitchen, Just saying.
@@JayDogTitan *Maybe because the weird "Mannequin Looking Man" is interrupting their job and is in George's way.*
@@MAGGOT_VOMIT 😱 You think?! Dawwwwwww!!!
@@JayDogTitan-he6wo I'm tryin' to be optimistic. George could have cellar under Snappy-Lunch and wants "Mannequin Looking Man" to "Put the Lotion on it's ForeSkin".
This is bullshit! Andy simply said I ate there. He never said anything els.
Pork chop sandwiches!
Dustin Peterson yes they suck
oh shit !
I’ve eaten one of these sandwiches. It was very messy and wasn’t that great. Just my two cents..
I am not sure where Mt. Airy came up with the idea that Mayberry was based on them. Sheldon Leornard named the town and not Andy. I've seen numerous interviews of his where he said it was not.
You are right. Mt. Airy is just trying to make a dollar off of his name. It annoyed Andy until he died.
andy grew up in mt airy
NO GLOVES WHERE YOUR HANDS BEEN?
Using gloves is a must. Practice it.
you sound like a damn yankee
TIMRISNERTHY RISNER
I live less than 30 minutes away I think I have sat in that chair
I am going to have to visit Mt. Airy one day and have me an Andy Griffith Pork Chop Sammich' at Snappys !
The onions messed up the sandwich. Their disgusting especially raw. Yuck
Whhhyyyyyyy are they NOT wearing gloves? 🤢Such a health risk.
Other than that I enjoyed the video 👍🏽 and am interested in seeing my dad’s reaction to the pork chop sandwich. 😊💖
Kinda unsophisticated looking ins't it, I thought so too till I stopped at a Wendy's in LA and saw a cook flipping burger's with his hand's.
I asked about it and was told it meet's health code standards in LA county
I have worked in a public kitchen, with gloves, and have watched employees wear the same gloves for hrs, touching everything, at least when have hand exposed, you feel something, you wipe or wash your hand, I went to a restaurant and saw a lady with gloves playing with her hair, then fix food, either way is a health risk when you decide to eat out
Okay, made me hungry.
Critical health code violation, don't care that you are filming a show. You just ate in the kitchen area and actually over top of the food prep area, are you serious?
Goofball
This sandwich looks nasty!
It is!
Mount Airy is the biggest shit hole on the face of the earth. Believe me I know it, I'm from there. Andy Griffith hated the place - and he, like me hated it. In all fairness this old washed up mill town had nothing to do with the famous show. But became a laughing stock of the nation for a few geriatric travelers. Ask those on the wrong side of the tracks how great it was / is. No wonder Andy never came back, --- unitl much later.
+SickofHollywood I think everyone feels that way about their hometown, that's why I don't live in Winston Salem anymore.
Where are you from in mt. Airy
Yes ate one of those pork tenderloin and it was so terrible I thought I was going to throw up.
Worst pork sandwich ever they beat the hell out of it and it soaks up all the grease it sucks Do Not Eat...
I am going to have to visit Mt. Airy one day and have me an Andy Griffith Pork Chop Sammich' at Snappys !
James Worley Don't do it
I worked with a carnival for 17 years. We would set up in the parking lot of the Mt. Airy Mall in the spring. I remember my first pork chop sandwich. It was a long day. We had just finished the ride inspections and preparing to open. My coworker, Joe Jones, who was from Mt. Airy left to grab something to eat. Upon his return he handed me two of these sandwiches. I am not a big eater but these were so good I had not problem finishing both.
Listen to CSX 1979, don't do it.
@@CSX-fn8hv I did already !