Wimpy’s Hamburgers

1802 Singleton at Vilbig 214.749.0277

THE VINTAGE SIGNS AT WIMPY’S announce frozen custard and breakfast. But walk up to the menu, hand-written on a whiteboard, and you’ll find neither of those.

Wimpy’s, which opened in the 1950s, served breakfast and hamburgers back in the day. But the West Dallas restaurant had been shuttered for years until 2007, when Lupe Gutierrez and her mother bought it.

They repainted the exterior, staying true to the old murals of hamburger-crazed Wimpy and other characters from Popeye the Sailor cartoons. They left the old handlettered signs announcing hamburgers, hot dogs and custard.

“We wanted to keep it true to how it’s always been,” Gutierrez says.

The menu does include hamburgers, of course, with thin patties and grilled buns, wrapped in filmy white paper and served in a paper bag. A cheeseburger with tater tots costs less than $6 — how’s that for old school?

Along with burgers, Wimpy’s also offers chicken and fish baskets, foot-long hot dogs and more.

Gutierrez and her mother also own the Dog House, a few blocks away on Singleton, which also sells burgers, plus tortas and “knock-outs,” snow cones with soft-serve ice cream in the middle.

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