The Texas Tavern is a Roanoke institution: a 24-hour diner on Church Avenue, ten seats wide, that has been serving the same menu since 1930. It calls itself "Roanoke's Millionaires Club" — anyone who can afford the bill is welcome — and the menu is essentially chili, hot dogs, "Cheesy Western" cheeseburgers with relish, and eggs.
The room seats ten people at a marble counter; no tables, no booths, no exceptions. The cook works the grill three feet in front of the customers. Cash only. Open every hour of every day except Christmas. This is not nostalgia tourism — locals genuinely eat here, including at 3 am, and the menu and prices have barely moved in decades.