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Introduction
Throughout this article on “Charcoal Pit” of Delaware, you will learn all about how Charcoal originated and some history facts about the restaurant that has been around for over 50 years now. There is a lot of background information that is very interesting and intriguing that makes you want to know pay a visit to “Charcoal Pit”. You will also get a chance to get to know the menu items a little bit also and the items that they are known for. “Charcoal Pit” has a tradition that they have kept for years and that is naming their ice cream sundaes after local high schools which is also talked a lot about through this page. There are pictures throughout the page so that you can get a feel for the four different locations and see what they look like. Also included on this page are random facts about this family oriented restaurant that so many people from Delaware love to go to and eat great food.

http://charcoalpit.net/locations.php Pictures available of the four locations on Charcoal Pit's homepage

History
In September of 1956, Charcoal Pit, a traditional Delaware restaurant opened its doors for the first time. With a combination of loyal customers, and immediate success a tradition bloomed in the first state. With the constant demand for the great burgers, shakes, and fries the owners of the restaurant decided to expand. Turning the once small four-table burger shop into a large restaurant capable of seating 115 patrons. With a secret recipe, the Charcoal Pit has kept hungry Delawareans at bay for multiple generations. With the restaurant now being a household name in most homes in Delaware, grandparents, parents, and children all attend in hopes of devouring a tasty burger.

Menu Items
“Charcoal Pit” has a very large menu today compared to what it started out with when it was first founded. The appetizers or “nibblers” as they refer to them as, range from supreme nachos to chicken fingers, coconut shrimp, mini corndogs, chicken wings quesadilla, poppers, potato skins and mozzarella sticks. Soups and salads are for the most part the same as anyone would find at any other restaurant. There are soups such as Clam Chowder and Crab Chowder and salads such as Caesar, grilled chicken and a “Pit” house salad. The refreshments are also a “Charcoal Pit” favorite because of the wide variety. Not only to they have just soda and milkshakes on the menu, but they also have root beer floats, triple thick shakes, jumbo ice cream sodas, frosted malted shakes, orange freezes, and hot chocolate. The entre menu is also very large when it comes to the customers’ choices. They have available anything from sandwiches, burgers, chicken, seafood, streaks, and there is a daily special each day of the week. Since they are famous for their burgers, there are five different burgers to choose from. “Home Run Burger”, “Charbroiled Hamburger”, regular Cheese Burger, “Pit Delux”, and the last burger is called the “Pit Special”. All entrees are served with French Fries or your choice of a different side item. The burgers are either 4oz. or 8oz. and they are never frozen. For children there is a section on the menu that is called “Little Leaguers” and it has available chicken fingers, burgers, grilled cheese, hot dogs, and they can order an ice cream sundae for only .99 cents. There are over 100 items on “Charcoal Pit’s” menu, which is bigger then many hometown restaurants

Ice Cream Sundaes
At each of the four locations around the state of Delaware, “Charcoal Pit” has a very famous tradition of naming their ice cream sundaes after the local highs mascots. For example, Middletown High School’s sundae is called “Cavaliers” because that is what their school mascot is. These sundaes are not your typical sundaes either. The “Cavalier” is made up of four scoops of vanilla ice cream dripping with rich chocolate syrup, mounds of marshmallow covered with crunchy walnuts, banana splits and a mountain of whipped cream, topped with a cherry. These special sundaes range from $5.29 to $7.49 and the most expensive one being $14.99. This sundae is called the “Kitchen Sink”. It is made up of twenty scoops of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream, jammed with banana spears, chocolate syrup, crushed pineapple, cherries, wet walnuts, and whipped cream! This serves up to four people

Random facts
Now “Charcoal Pit” features four restaurants all over Delaware. The original “Charcoal Pit” sits just off Route 202, which connects to many high schools in Delaware and was also one of the original highways through Delaware. Three other locations are strategically placed throughout the northern part of Delaware, one in Bear, Kirkwood Highway, and Pike Creek. The Pike Creek location gets the most business because the Pike Creek Bowling Alley is attached to the restaurant. In addition to the facilities, “Charcoal Pit” offers pretty standard hours of operation, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday through Saturday. Charcoal Pit specializes in Burgers, but also serves an assortment of lunch, dinner, and desert varieties. Patrons of the restaurant cannot drink or smoke, and should plan to spend anywhere from $9-$15 on their meal when attending Charcoal Pit. This place is definitely a history mark in Delaware and it would definitely be a wise choice to pay Charcoal Pit a visit and experience what so many Delawareans have been experiencing for so many years