Twin Peaks Drive In in Hood River, Oregon

Most burger spots settle for a nice view. Twin Peaks Drive-In has two volcanos and an air show.This gloriously unassuming wood shack sits at the end of the Hood River Airport runway, close enough that diners on the outdoor patio regularly pause mid-bite to watch gliders, biplanes, and small aircraft clear the treeline just overhead. Mount Hood looms to the south. Mount Adams holds down the north. Somewhere in between, a fresh-pressed beef patty is sizzling on the grill. Nobody seems to agree on exactly when Twin Peaks opened — sometime in the 1950s is about as precise as the history gets — ...