http://www.clarkcountyil.org/Communities/moonshine.htm
Last Friday I traveled the 80 miles to experience for myself what the fuss was about with these "moon burgers" that I have heard about for several years. So, I packed up the husband and one adult son and we set out to find this burger enigma.
The first three quarters of the trip was on main highways and for a short distance a four lane, then things changed. We turned the vehicle off the familiar roads and onto county roads. We would travel for a mile or two one directions, then 3-5 miles another direction, then another turn a stop a turn and then, behold, there it was! I say "it" because that was all it was--a building in the middle of nowhere.
Reminiscent of the grocery store buildings of days gone by. Steps lead up to a railing lined porch with the entry door in the center. A pitched roof with two windows looking down from the second floor.
As my eyes adjusted to the dimly lit interior, I could see a long bench, similar to a church pew lining the left side of the one room store. All the way to the back of the store was a tall counter, reminding me of the old butcher shops. That was where we were directed to place our order.
Single, double, bacon, plain, cheese, BBQ--we could have our moon burger any way we pleased. Traditional condiments were on a table in the middle of the room. We paid for our food, drink and chips--cause that's all you can get at Moonshine Store--burgers, a drink and potato chips. You can have them early in the day, but only until 12:30 p.m.--Central Time.


We took our burgers outside and chose, from the sea of picnic tables, one to sit on and enjoy our meal. The weather was perfect, not to hot, a breeze, sunny.....a lovely Spring day.


Oh, memorabilia, did I mention memorabilia? Lining the walls top to bottom and front to back, was "old" stuff--way to much to describe, you just have to go there and see for yourself. I wouldn't want to spoil it for you! You can even buy a moonshine tee shirt. I didn't--I think I thought about it, but after eating, I just forgot.
Soon, our tummy's were satisfied and we ready to head back home. If you have nothing to do some day, check out Moonshine Store on the web--then take a drive and enjoy a burger--they are BIG and they are GOOD!! I know--no picture of our burgers--we were hungry and were scarfing them down before I remembered to snap a picture--Sorry. So, now you'll have to go just to see if I'm telling the truth.
