Snappy Lunch - Mount Airy, NC

A pork chop sandwich at Snappy Lunch in Mount Airy (inspiration for Andy Griffith's Mayberry) is a boneless, tenderized loin chop dipped in sweet-milk batter and fried until golden crisp. It is improbably large, sandwiched in a bun along with a battery of condiments that include a slice of tomato, chopped onion, mustard, cole slaw, and special chili sauce.

91% Approval Rating (23 votes)

Overall: Worth driving from anyplace

Must Eats

pork chop sandwich ($5.00)

Written Reviews

Michael Stern

"A pork chop sandwich at Snappy Lunch is one of the great meals of the South. A boneless, tenderized loin chop is dipped in sweet-milk batter and fried in a shallow pool of oil until golden crisp. The finished cutlet has an irresistibly luscious character, moist ..." [Read More].

bobw

January 02, 2004

"We were lucky to find a parking place in front of Snappy Lunch on a rainy December day at 1:05 p.m. (they close at 1:15). And the luck continued when we sat at the counter and were served one of the great original sandwiches in America. Snappy's pork chop sandwhich ..." [Read More].

Logbooks

1/27/2003 - Michael Stern, $5

Map & Directions

125 N. Main St., Mount Airy, NC
336-786-4931

Hours & Policies

Seasons:	Open Year Round
Meals Served:	Breakfast, Lunch
Operational Hours:	Always Call Ahead!
Credit Cards Accepted:	No
Alcohol Served:	No
Outdoor Seating:	No
Reservations Accepted:	No
Delivery Available:	No
Takeout Counters:	Yes

"Main Street, Mount Airy: home of the pork chop sandwich "
Michael Stern

"A Main Street fixture since before Andy Griffith grew up in Mount Airy, Snappy Lunch radiates the kind of small-town charm that inspired Andy's fictional hometown of Mayberry."
Michael Stern

"This is the front of a Snappy Lunch souvenir note card."
Michael Stern

"Next door to Snappy Lunch, you can get a trim and a shave in the shop that inspired the "Floyd's" in TV's Andy Griffith Show. That's us with barber Russell Hiatt."
Michael Stern

"This is a photo of the Pork Chop Sandwich at Snappy Lunch in Mr. Airy, NC. The one in front is "All the way" while the one in back is without some of the available condiments."
dickcain

"Charles, the owner of Snappy,cooking the famous chops."
dickcain

"A typical day during lunch at the Snappy Lunch in Mt. Airy, NC"
dickcain

"This is an up-do-date photo of the Snappy Lunch and Floyd's. You may want to use it in place of a couple of the not so good ones you currently have on the site."
dickcain