By new DCist Food and Drink Contributor April Fulton

Mmmm, Stoney Burgers. The mere mention of these large, luscious, beef patties served on a soft roll with American cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayo and extra pickles — if you ask nicely — is enough to make Homer Simpson drool. Stoney’s burgers, cheap beer, “super grilled cheese” and its unabashedly ugly dark-wood-panel décor have fueled many a lunch or long evening for government workers, seniors, janitors, hipsters, and everyone in between.

People come here for the atmosphere and the food, which is more than you can say about most dives. It doesn’t have a nonsmoking section, a website, an ATM, a clean toilet, or a credit card machine. And you know what? It doesn’t matter. It has attitude. So, when word broke over the summer that the 37-year-old institution would be kicked out of its Logan Circle location to make way for swanky new condos, food lovers and late-night carousers cried into their beers.

Well, hang on, Stoney’s fans. Owner Tony Harris says he hopes to open a new place nearby where Stoney’s burgers will rise again.