It's hard to explain why Sandy's is so popular. If you're driving the car east on Barton Springs Road and you encounter a traffic jam, it just might be the lunch or dinner crowd queueing up to make the right turn into Sandy's Hamburgers. If you're stuck in that line - well - you should have known better. You will not be pulling forward until someone up front has got their fries or soft serve ice cream.

And so it goes at Sandy's. There are plenty of other burger joints nearby, but this one has good hot food, crispy fries, and old-fashioned soft-serve custard ice cream in chocolate, vanilla and swirl. The customer base is extremely loyal.

You can drive through or park on premises, and there are picnic tables out back on the asphalt drive under a shed roof.

The place opened in 1946. The prices have probably not changed much since then. Super bargain days for meal combos are on Thursdays and Saturdays.