

{"id":5792,"date":"2012-07-12T08:56:34","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T08:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=5792"},"modified":"2012-07-12T08:56:34","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T08:56:34","slug":"would-you-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=5792","title":{"rendered":"Would You Believe???!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5792]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Blog Post Image wp-image-5794\" title=\"Hod Rod 50's Dine smallr\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr-580x463.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr-580x463.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr-270x215.jpg 270w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr-960x767.jpg 960w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr-600x479.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr-880x703.jpg 880w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr-350x279.jpg 350w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr-400x319.jpg 400w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr-370x295.jpg 370w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr-500x399.jpg 500w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr-625x500.jpg 625w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Hod-Rod-50s-Dine-smallr.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I shared the other day that I hope to get to New Haven for a shot at Louis&#8217; Lunch, well it&#8217;s not to be, I just don&#8217;t have time and they are closed on Monday when I do have time and am flying home. \u00a0But last night while sitting in the hotel I thought I might Google, &#8220;the Best Burger in Alcoa&#8221; \u00a0where the Knoxville Airport is located. \u00a0I usually go to Five Guys and they are not bad at all, in my Top Fifteen, but as chance would have it, (I actually don&#8217;t believe in chance), I got a hit, the plac ethe local really like is the Hot Rod 40&#8217;s Diner, sounded good to me, so off I went and was overwhelmed! \u00a0I will save you the suspense, it tied as the best Cheeseburger in America!!!!!! \u00a0This place has it all: enough memorabilia to run a His Light Americana Workshop in the building, a great waitress, back to her in minute, \u00a0the burger was perfect exactly as I ordered it! \u00a0 10 oz of great beef, cooked to perfection, I had to do a little seasoning myself, but hey, no sweat. \u00a0The shoe string fries and home-made potato chips (no I didn&#8217;t eat them all!), were great. \u00a0 The atmosphere was pure, down home, &#8220;What can I get you sweet heart, down home, southern warmth!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5792]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-Medium \/ LG 2 wp-image-5796\" title=\"Burger small\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1-270x202.jpg 270w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1-880x660.jpg 880w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1-580x434.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1-350x262.jpg 350w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1-370x277.jpg 370w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1-666x500.jpg 666w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Burger-small1.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My waitress, Daniella, certainly held up her end of the bargain, she was friendly, got the order exactly right, (can&#8217;t tell how seldom that happens!), and took very good care of me! \u00a0Gotta love Tennessee folks!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re ever in Alcoa and want one of the best burgers in America, drop by Hot Rods 50&#8217;s Diner! \u00a0Enjoy some of the fantastic memorabilia!!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the pilgrim<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5792]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-Blog Post Image wp-image-5800\" title=\"Collage\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage-580x415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage-580x415.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage-270x193.jpg 270w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage-960x688.jpg 960w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage-600x430.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage-880x630.jpg 880w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage-370x265.jpg 370w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage-500x358.jpg 500w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage-697x500.jpg 697w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Collage.jpg 1021w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I shared the other day that I hope to get to New Haven for a shot at Louis&#8217; Lunch, well it&#8217;s not to be, I just don&#8217;t have time and they are closed on Monday when I do have time and am flying home. \u00a0But last night while sitting in the hotel I thought I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5803,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5792\/revisions\/5803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}