Tailgate Grill.

Overview

The grill at Tailgate Grill doesn't fire up until you order. That's the whole idea, and it's worth understanding before you walk in: the patty on your bun was a cold piece of fresh beef until a few minutes ago, when someone dropped it on the flame because your ticket came through. It's a small commitment to a burger, and it shows up in the crispy edges and the mess. This is a plain, flame-grilled burger counter on West Broad Street in Waynesboro, and it is unapologetic about being exactly that.

The name is a promise about mood as much as menu. "We Grill, You Chill" is the line, and the room runs on that logic: come in, order a burger, don't overthink it. The kitchen keeps the roster short and the ingredients uncomplicated, betting that a great burger doesn't need to be complicated, just done right. Fresh beef, buns baked in-house, and the grill lit to order.

What to order

The heavy hitters here are cheeseburgers, stacked as high as you want to go. The Bacon Cheeseburger ($9.44) is the baseline move, a classic cheeseburger piled with crisp bacon strips. From there it escalates: the Double Cheeseburger ($10.49) doubles the beef and the cheese, the Bacon Double Hamburger ($11.81) stacks two patties with bacon and skips the cheese entirely, and the Bacon Double Cheese ($12.34) throws everything on at once for the maximalist order.

Don't skip the Cheese Fries ($7.61) — golden fries under a house cheese sauce, the kind of side that arguments start over. The full menu lives online, and you can build an order there before you leave the house.

These are burgers that come apart in your hands, in the best way. If you're eating one at the counter, dress accordingly.

Ordering and catering

The kitchen is open the same hours every day, Monday through Sunday, from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM. There's no closed day to plan around and no lunch-only window — the grill runs straight through, so a 3 PM burger or an 8:30 PM one are equally on the table.

If you'd rather not wait, order online for pickup through the Tailgate Grill site and it'll be hot and ready when you arrive. The online cart handles the whole thing before you get there.

Catering is the other half of the operation, and it fits the name. Tailgate Grill will handle large orders for parties, office lunches, and actual tailgates — the packages are built to feed a group. That's arranged by phone rather than through the site, so call ahead at (540) 451-7062 to work out the details and timing.

Finding it

Tailgate Grill sits at 1106 W Broad St, Waynesboro, VA 22980, on the West Broad Street corridor that carries most of Waynesboro's day-to-day traffic through town. From Crozet it's a straight run over Afton Mountain on Route 250 or down I-64, twenty-odd minutes into the Valley — an easy detour if you're already heading west for the outlets, the river, or the trailheads on that side of the ridge.

You can reach the counter at (540) 451-7062, and the grill keeps an active presence on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok if you want to see what's coming off the flame before you make the drive. It is a burger counter that knows what it is: fresh beef, a hot grill, and no pretense about any of it. Come get your burger fix, wear something you don't mind getting a little bacon grease on, and let them do the grilling while you do the chilling.

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