Burger Chef Locations

Martinsville, VA

Highway 220

Photo taken 14 Aug 2006

Posted by: Robby | August 14, 2006 at 07:39 PM

Mechanicsville, VA

Bernard Davis operated a store in Mechanicsville with an opening date of June 22, 1977.

--R.T.

Newport News, VA

10119 Jefferson Avenue

Dave Spriggs, Newport News HS class of '64, posted some great pictures on his high school's site.  They include this photo of the Jefferson Ave. Burger Chef site taken in 2004.  The site also has a Burger Chef ad from the school's yearbook.  Check out the whole site for yourself here.

--R.T.

Norfolk, VA

942 W. 21st Street

Posted by: Robby | April 6, 2007 at 8:43 PM

1616 E. Indian River Road

Posted by: Robby | April 6, 2007 at 8:43 PM

208 E. Little Creek Road

Posted by: Robby | April 6, 2007 at 8:43 PM

1455 N. Military Highway

Posted by: Robby | April 6, 2007 at 8:43 PM

Petersburg, VA

View local clippings in The Burger Chef Scrapbook

Check out Agilitynut.com for more photos of this location.

--R.T.

Posted by: Robby | September 2, 2006 at 07:50 PM

I grew up on Burger Chef in West Monroe, LA and Monroe, LA. I moved to Va in 2006 and I spotted this location the 1st time I drove by there. The food is terrible! At least the building is still there!

Posted by: Cary Croft | June 02, 2007 at 10:59 PM

Portsmouth, VA

2319 Western Branch Boulevard

On the Route 17 bypass across from Churchland High School.  This store celebrated its Grand Opening in the summer of 1967.  They ran an Opening Special between Thursday, July 27 and Tuesday, August 1, 1967 for a free hamburger with any purchase and an advertising circular.

--R.T.

Reston, VA

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Richmond, VA

View local clippings in The Burger Chef Scrapbook

U.S. 1 and Azalea Avenue

For as far back as I can remember, there was a Burger Chef in Richmond, Virginia on the NE corner of US1 and Azalea Avenue (on the edge of the old Azalea Mall parking lot.) It eventually went away in the very late 70's or early 80's.  My step-dad used to take my brother and me there as a treat when we were young.

Posted by: Arfon | December 18, 2007 at 10:53 PM

316 Jefferson Davis Highway

Does anyone know if the photo on Agilitynut.com is the Jeff Davis Hwy location?

--R.T.

Yep, I can tell you it is on Jeff Davis as I'm the one who took the photo!

Posted by: Debra Jane Seltzer | 05/16/2006 at 12:27 AM

Jeff Davis is the WORST area in Richmond and there alot bad areas here. I can only imagine what it was like in 60s and 70s there and in Petersburg.

Posted by: Cary Croft | June 02, 2007 at 11:02 PM

Roanoke, VA

There was one and only one Burger Chef in my town, Roanoke, Va. It opened in the mid '60s at the entrance of a shopping mall that had radio towers coming up through it. Later a "Super Slide" was built behind the Burger Chef, owned by the franchisee. It was the traditional Kite design building, originally it had only the small walk in area in front to order from. Later it was enlarged with side areas for seating, and near the end a large addition was put on the front. In it's day, it was the best, but when Burger King and McDonald's arrived, it was all over.

Posted by: Twig Gravely | January 24, 2006 at 01:20 PM

I remember well the Burger Chef in Roanoke, Virginia. During the late 60s I was "going to school" and playing in a local band, "The Reasons Why". My bandmates and I frequented that Burger Chef far too frequently! I remember the "Burger Boats" and how I'd order one every time I visited - then I'd pay for it in more ways than one! But ..it still brings back happy memories, and I was pleasantly surprised to see a site memorializing the old place! So what ever happened to Mr. Moes?!

Posted by: Steve Parris | July 08, 2006 at 11:23 PM

I was telling my 17 year old daughter about the wonders of Burger Chef and stumbled on this great site. My best memory of the Burger Chef in Roanoke was from Jr. High (James Madison). A friend of mine worked there part time and we were assigned a joint film project in drama class. We made an animated / live action film titled " GI Joe goes to Burger Chef". The film went something like: Joe leaves school in his sand colored Jeep (our drama teacher had a Firebird the same color so we filmed the driving sequence through the windshield of her car). When Joe arrived at Burger Chef, he "accidently" steps in ketchup getting some on the stainless steel counter (ahhh remember that folks?). The manager, in his fury about the mess, picks Joe up and tosses him over his shoulder where he lands on the burger conveyor. (Real manager, however the burners were turned off for this scene). My friend Henry is making burgers so when a "cooked" GI Joe comes down the conveyor, he slaps him on a bun and wraps him in paper. I, as the customer, get my burger and drink and go sit in one of the formica booths to eat. In the final scene, I take the last bite and pull Joe's olive green shirt out of my mouth :) Too bad the old Super 8 film got lost somewhere, I would love to see that again. What a great place that Burger Chef was !

Posted by: Howard Boblett | February 26, 2007 at 10:46 PM

I remember the Burger Chef in Roanoke from my childhood (I am now 52 years old and am an Air Force colonel stationed at the Pentagon.)

One of the previous posters is correct about a super slide being built behind the Burger Chef in Roanoke.  I even have a photo somewhere that I made from the top of the slide when I was 12 or 13 years old.  The BC was located next to Towers Shopping Center (which is still there).  The site of the old BC is now an empty lot, however.

Posted by: Rich Anderson | September 4, 2007 at 09:43 PM

I just came across this page and it brought back memories. I noticed my younger brother has done a post so not to be out done here is another from before his time. The short lived super slide mentioned earlier was managed by a friend of mine before he went into service.We all must have entirely too much time on our hands but Google Burger Chef, bunch of additional stuff.

Posted by: Stuart Boblett | November 29, 2007 at 08:21 AM

Not much TOO recognizable here, but it's the only photo I have of the old Burger Chef in Roanoke VA before it was torn down. In it's dying days, it had become the "Persian Palace".

Posted by: Twig Gravely | December 28, 2007 at 09:50 PM

This one's cropped.

Posted by: Twig Gravely | February 2, 2008 at 02:19 AM

Brambleton Avenue

Burger Chef also had a location on Brambleton Ave near the Coffee Pot.

Posted by: Stuart Boblett | November 29, 2007 at 08:21 AM

Nah, the burger joint on Brambleton Ave. was a Kenney's. Similar architecture, but it was a locally owned chain.

Posted by: Delores Flinch | February 02, 2008 at 01:27 AM

Springfield, VA

8325 Old Keene Mill Road

I was the Manager at this Burger Chef in the mid 70's. It was right next door to a 7-11. It was a busy store, and I had a good crew there.

Posted by: Bill Ore | 08/12/2006 at 04:33 PM