Hut's Hamburgers

There are many things to like about Huts on 807 W. 6th St. If you're a fan of tradition, you can relish the historical implications, all the way back to 1939 when the restaurant first began as Sammie's Drive In. The building got its current name in 1969 when Homer Hut Hutson bought the lease of what was then Picante's, and changed it to Huts.
If you're a fan of kitsch, the walls of Huts are adorned with UT and Dallas Cowboy sports memorabilia. You dine amidst the storied victories and heroes of yesteryear.
And if you're a fan of burgers, hotdogs, sandwiches and Chicken Fried Steak, well Bubba, you've come to the right place.
The menu at Huts is, and has always been, heavy on the good, old hamburger. They've got 20 of them on the menu. The key to a good hamburger is the bun, and they're nice and fresh at Huts. And the names of many of the burgers are indicative of the restaurant's lineage: no burgers named after In Sync or Brittney Spears here. No sir. You've got the Allan Freed burger [now how many of your kids would know who the heck Allan Freed was?] which features their homemade hickory sauce, the Fats Domino burger [another blast from the past] which aside from the usual abundance of lettuce and tomatoes features jalapenos and New Orleans Spices. And my favorite, the All American Buddy Holly burger with lettuce, tomatoes, mayo, onions, pickles, and of course, American cheese. As good as these burgers are, and they're great, they are so big that sometimes before they melt in your mouth, they collapse in your hands. Eating a Huts burger can be a problem for the fastidious.

Courtesy of Rob Balon.

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807 W 6th St Austin, TX 78703 Mon-Sat 11:00am-10:00pm Sun 11:30am-10:00pm (512) 472-0693

There are many things to like about Huts on 807 W. 6th St. If you're a fan of tradition, you can relish the historical implications, all the way back to 1939 when the restaurant first began as Sammie's Drive In. The building got its current name in 1969 when Homer Hut Hutson bought the lease of what was then Picante's, and changed it to Huts. If you're a fan of kitsch, the walls of Huts are adorned with UT and Dallas Cowboy sports memorabilia. You dine amidst the storied victories and heroes of yesteryear. And if you're a fan of burgers, hotdogs, sandwiches and Chicken Fried Steak, well Bubba, you've come to the right place. The menu at Huts is, and has always been, heavy on the good, old hamburger. They've got 20 of them on the menu. The key to a good hamburger is the bun, and they're nice and fresh at Huts. And the names of many of the burgers are indicative of the restaurant's lineage: no burgers named after In Sync or Brittney Spears here. No sir. You've got the Allan Freed burger [now how many of your kids would know who the heck Allan Freed was?] which features their homemade hickory sauce, the Fats Domino burger [another blast from the past] which aside from the usual abundance of lettuce and tomatoes features jalapenos and New Orleans Spices. And my favorite, the All American Buddy Holly burger with lettuce, tomatoes, mayo, onions, pickles, and of course, American cheese. As good as these burgers are, and they're great, they are so big that sometimes before they melt in your mouth, they collapse in your hands. Eating a Huts burger can be a problem for the fastidious. Courtesy of Rob Balon. Next Review

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