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Above: The Venezuelan cachapa bursts with flavor at El Gran Sabor.
Left: The General Lewis Inn hushpuppies are studded with crab.
Beckley in the 1950s," Dave
tells us. "He had to give it away
free as samples."
Despite the name, the King
Tut Drive-In has no connection to the famous Egyptian
king. The Tutwilers, who ran
the business in the 1940s and
'50s, simply shortened the
family name, and John McKay,
his son jokes, was "too lazy to
rename it."
One of John's legacies on the
menu is the Nightmare Sandwich: Polish sausage, mustard,
onion, sauerkraut and American cheese. John handed out
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free Alka-Seltzer tablets when
he sold the sandwich.
King Tut's menu fits just about
every taste, with Chip Chop
Ham, a pot roast sandwich, a
meatball hoagie, Swiss steak,
fish, oysters, brown beans and
green beans.
Beckley had three drive-in restaurants in the 1960s, and people would cruise among them.
In order to differentiate his
business, John Mc- Kay abandoned beer sales to make his
drive-in more food-oriented.
After serving in World War II,
John had been a route salesman for Sexton Foods.
During the days when those
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