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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Travels with Steve and Datsun

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today we hear from an Atlas Obscura user who, when he isn’t aboard an icebreaking warship for the Canadian Navy, spends weeks at a time road-tripping with his dog. Check out Steve’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/puppercycle/?hl=en

Transcript

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0:00.0

Picture this, a guy on a motorcycle rolls into New Haven, Connecticut, but hanging out

0:09.0

in back of that motorcycle are two dogs.

0:13.0

They're both red with white paws and floppy ears, one of them wearing motorcycle glasses,

0:19.8

and they're peering out the back at a restaurant on the side of the road called Louise Lunch.

0:25.6

It's the birthplace of the American hamburger.

0:29.6

The very first chicken burger.

0:31.6

Oh yeah, I've been there, I've been there, yeah.

0:35.1

The motorcycle rumbles to a stop and the dogs hop out of the trailer onto the sidewalk,

0:40.1

but the restaurant, as it turns out, is closed.

0:45.1

But even from the outside, it's a cool looking building.

0:48.1

Built in 1895, it looks kind of like an old-timey English pub with diamond panes in the windows

0:54.1

and bright red shutters.

0:56.1

But it's in the middle of downtown New Haven, Connecticut.

0:59.1

And I said, this is an amazing looking place.

1:01.1

It's too bad they're not open, but that's how it goes.

1:03.1

Let's take my picture, get back on the motorcycle, and some fella is walking towards us and

1:09.1

what are you doing?

1:10.1

This is a weird thing to do.

1:12.1

This is a weird place.

1:13.1

I'm getting a picture of the weird place.

1:14.1

And he says, probably one burger.

1:17.1

Do you own this place?

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