Roadfood-junkie Tours Restaurant, Diners, and Dives around Ontario's Small Towns

Small towns are some times swallowed up by a bigger town. The town of Aldershott is now incorporated into the much bigger city of Burlington, which is part of the city of Hamilton. Roadfood-junkie takes a step back in time to the sixties to a very real old fashion Hot Dog stand.

This place has been serving up Hot Dogs & Hamburgers since the early 1930's. It’s a roadfood-junkie dream of memories gone by.
A look at the place from the outside would turn most modern diners away and the inside is no better, but who in their right mind would want to take a chance and play with success…and modernize. No matter the appearance, this rugged old shack has patrons lining up to sample fast food, the way it should be; with out the glamour and the glitz. A gastronomical treat for anyone’s palate.
Picture Easterbrookes entrance


Lining the walls are paper plates with felt tipped menus. There are so many combinations of hotdogs and all priced slightly different that it is mind boggling to decide which to choose.


Patrons from times past have carved their initials, addresses and I love U’s into the counters, chairs, booths, walls and even the ceiling. There is a wall of fame from celebrity visitors and clippings from old news papers extolling the virtues of a Easterbrooke' hot dog.
Picture Easterbrooke’s wall


Service is fast and food is good. You order, and they give you a little tab off the receipt. The number on it is what they call out when the order is ready. Roadfood junkie always waits to get a booth, he likes to eat in style.

Picture Easterbrookes counter


Up until a couple of years ago, it was the only place you could still get a bottle of soda pop out of one of those old fashion water coolers. Now a person has to settle for those crummy cans. I miss selecting soft drinks out of the water cooler. They had far more old fashion varieties than just coke & Pepsi.
Picture Easterbrookes Hot Dog


Hotdogs, hamburgers, fries, and onion rings is the bulk of their menu. But you can order hotdogs in numerous configurations and by numerous names off the paper plate menus located along the ceiling.

All hot dogs are foot long dogs.
Choices range from Sauerkraut to Chili and everything in between and all named appropriately on the fancy paper plate menus. Anything fancier would spoil the décor.

The regular 12” dog is mustard, relish and onion priced at $2.35, the dog is plump and juicy, steamed no doubt; and the bun has a slight crust to it about as fresh as a bun can get. I have yet to try their hamburger, since my love affair for their hotdogs. Onion rings are dark golden but a have soft onion interior. They are very good, but orders are small. Save your money for another hot dog.

They claim to have real ice cream not that icy gloop and their milkshakes are still made the old fashion way. If for no other reason than to satisfy your curiosity take a drive and enjoy good eats at Easterbrooke’s. Remember, the Roadfood-junkie motto, goodfood, good service, good prices and good fun. And when I say rustic, I mean rustic

You can always work up an appetite with a walk around the Royal Botanical Gardens which is directly across the street on Plains Rd; then head on over to Easterbrooke's for a gourmet treat. It is worth a drive to smell the flowers and eat an Easterbrooke's Hot Dog. Enjoy the adventure and a trip back in time.