Corbett's Burger and Soda Bar

Yesterday Nate and I spent the whole day together! It was wonderful! We woke up bright and early, ate a delicious breakfast at Cup A Joe; a fantastic local coffee chain with excellent coffee, delicious breakfast items and baked goods and a laid back atmosphere. Going there on Saturday mornings has become our weekend tradition.

After breakfast we spent the day shopping for pants, shopping for books and finally dropping off the mountain of items accumulating in our closet at Goodwill for donation. After all this money-spending and donating we worked up quite the appetite. After discussing the fact that Nate and I have eaten strictly vegetarian for the entire week, we decided burgers sounded fantastic. Luckily I Googled "burgers near me" and was rewarded with Corbett's Burger and Soda Bar, conveniently located directly behind the Goodwill.

Corbett's Burger and Soda Bar, located at 126 Kilmayne Dr, Cary, NC 27511, is very easy to miss. It's in the very small corner of a strip mall smack between a Big Lots and a dry cleaners.

Due to the diversity of the restaurants I eat at, I decided to reevaluate my rating system: instead of assigning a numbered ranking, I will instead simply recommend or not recommend. 

Corbett's Burger and Soda Bar

Decor: There are three tables outside and about 20 seats inside the restaurant. The walls are adorned with glass soda bottles, vintage Coca-Cola signs and pictures of burger counters of old.

Food appearance: The food is served on plastic trays, burgers are wrapped in foil, fries are served in wax bags or paper boats and milkshakes are served in plastic cups. No fuss or frills but delicious food nonetheless.

Food taste: The burgers are hand-formed and cooked over an open flame. The french fries, which are waffle fries - clearly the most superior of the french fry family, are cooked fresh and hot and seasoned with seasoned salt. The milkshakes are hand-spun and come in a variety of flavors. I will dock them a little bit for using vanilla soft serve and adding flavoring to it but I'm sure they're fantastic regardless (we were too full to enjoy a milkshake). It wouldn't be called a "soda bar" without bottled sodas. Corbett's has coolers filled with "over 250 bottles of soda"! They have every bottled soda you could ever imagine! Everything from bottled Coca-Colas and Cheerwine to Jelly Belly Sour Apple and Lemon Seltzer. I ordered the Spicy Burger (Ghost pepper jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, jalapenos, and house made "sodalicious" hot sauce). The burger was cooked to an perfect medium-rare, the flavors of the burger were spicy and delicious and I ate the whole thing in under 5 minutes. I'm only a little ashamed to admit that last part. Nate ordered the Pimento Cheese Burger (pimento cheese, lettuce, tomato) and the cheese was the perfect gooey addition to the burger.

Service: The employees were friendly, helpful and cheerful. It was refreshing to see the high school employees be genuinely cheerful.

Cleanliness: The restaurant was clean, the employees would walk around periodically and collect empty trays off of tables and pick up any leftover trash. The place was darn near spotless!

I would definitely recommend this fantastic burger bar if you're ever near the Cary, NC area. Get yourself a juicy flame-grilled burger, a big bag of seasoned waffle fries, a hand-mixed shake and thank me when you're done!