Handed Down, Never Hurried

The Chef has been family-owned and operated in Cleveland since 1967, housed in one of the last surviving original Burger Chef buildings in the country and the only one that has never closed. Three generations of the Weaver family have kept the original recipes going, and it's now run by owner Ross Weaver. Its signature Hot Slaw, served unchanged since the Burger Chef days, was designated Tennessee's official state food.