Spangenberg's Family Drive-In — Restaurant in Coal Township

So, this place is basically my namesake! Drove about 1.5 hours out of the way to take pictures and to partake of some glorious Spangenberg family cooking. Despite all of this I really wanted to like this place. I really did. There was only 1 guy ahead of us that ordered a single cheesesteak. We ordered 4 burgers and onion rings and fries. After 48 minutes of waiting we finally got our food and it was absolutely despicable. The burger was plain. And I mean PLAIN! No mayo. No ketchup. No mustard. No nothing. A bun and a slice of beef. That’s it. $6.50 for a cold piece of slop. Why the long wait? There certainly wasn’t any rush? This could have been served in 5 minutes. Those frozen White Castle sliders from Walmart would have microwaved 4 times faster and taste better that what I was served. Didn’t even see or taste salt on the pattie. The fries? Although handmade and despite looking fresh they were cold and soggy, and also didn’t have a single grain of salt on them. They looked like they were dunked in oil for about 20 seconds before they were served to us.

The ice cream line was served from a different window and after we ordered, noticed that most of the people were coming and going pretty quick. I get the feeling 99% of the customers only get frozen treats here. We ordered 2 sundaes. Hot fudge and strawberry and were served in about 2 minutes. Incredibly fast. Fresh. And refreshing. The food? I would have been happier with a 2 day old Big Mac that had been left on the counter at McDonalds.

I wanted to like this place. I really really did. We lived nearby for 4 years and I never forgot. When we finally make the trek, we finished and wished we hadn’t. I’m glad my family cooking isn’t this bad! Wasn’t worth the trip. Even for the fun Spangenberg...

Prices are a little high. They messed up my order. And they put way too much oil on the hoagies. You pick them up and oil just poured right out. Oil even went through the bags that they came in. Update. I came here again today, (12/21/21). This time I got the cheesesteak. I got the special deal that they offered for this day. The cheesesteak with fries 🍟, coleslaw, and a drink for a great 👍deal. I can't complain there. Without the deal, prices are still pretty high. Well, the coleslaw was bland. The fries 🍟 were just ok. They weren't terrible, but not fantastic either. Now the cheesesteak, well, I had better, but I also had worse. They put a proper amount of steak and cheese 🧀 on the bun. It did have some flavor 😋. My only complaint is that the bun was too soft and doughy. You need a hard crusty bun for a cheesesteak, or it will fall apart on you as you're eating it, depending on what you have on it. ...

Wait times can be rather long in general..but that's not surprising for a place like this. My main complaint is that the first time I went this year (which was recently) I got an Oreo Blast with "extra, extra Oreo." It was perfectly made. 4 days later my fiance & her mom went. My fiance ordered me the same thing: an Oreo Blast with extra Oreo..it ended up having less Oreo in it than a McFlurry from McDonald's with their normal amount of Oreo in it..which is usually hardly any Oreo at all. Their ice cream is good. Their food is pretty good too in general. I recommend it in general as I usually love little places like this & we will go back..it is just very frustrating ordering extra of something, paying for extra but receiving less than the normal amount. If it wasn't for the Oreo situation I'd have...