If you want a quick, hot burger on Centre Street, Tasty's Fresh Burgers & Fries at 710 Centre Street is the downtown location of a small local burger group. Its flagship is on State Road 200 in Yulee, and a third location is in Kingsland, Georgia. The company sums itself up as three griddles and one craving.
The burgers are the reason to go. Tasty's says every patty is fresh, never frozen, and smashed to order on the griddle, and the house-made Tasty's Sauce shows up across the menu. The Classic Cheeseburger ordered "Tasty's All the Way" comes with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and that sauce. The site's list of fan favorites also includes:
- The B.C.R. Burger, with bacon, cheddar and buttermilk ranch.
- The Sunrise Burger, topped with bacon, cheddar and a fried egg.
- The Tasty's Melt, with provolone and sautéed onion on griddled toast.
- A blackened shrimp po' boy with house-made tartar sauce on a toasted hoagie.
Cheesesteaks and more melts fill out the rest of the menu. Tasty's says it's open every day, and all three locations offer delivery and pickup through online ordering. For the Centre Street store's hours, call (904) 321-0409.
The Fernandina location sits toward the east end of the historic downtown strip near 8th Street. If you're comparing downtown burgers, T-Ray's Burger Station is the converted gas station on South 8th that serves breakfast and lunch, and 1928 Cuban Bistro is just around the corner when somebody wants a pressed Cuban instead.