Fat Boy Drive-In to open June 26 after winter plumbing damage
Fat Boy Drive-In will open June 26 on Bath Road after winter plumbing damage pushed back Brunswick’s seasonal kickoff by weeks.
A long, bitter winter pushed Fat Boy Drive-In’s Brunswick opening back to June 26, a delay that cuts into the early-season window a roadside staple depends on for summer traffic and sales. The 111 Bath Rd. property will reopen Friday with burgers, sandwiches, frappes and car-side service after plumbing damage forced the later start.
The opening comes weeks later than regular customers have come to expect. Fat Boy’s 2025 season began May 17, and the restaurant’s website lists its current hours as Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., a schedule that makes every warm-weather week count once summer traffic begins building along Bath Road and Route 1. Online concern about whether the drive-in would return at all had been growing before the June 26 announcement.
Fat Boy will enter its 71st season this year. The Burton family owned the drive-in for more than 50 years, and Mike Jerome bought it in May 2020. The business traces its roots to July 29, 1955, when it opened across from the Brunswick Naval Air Station and handed out free ice cream for children on opening day. Ken Burton later took over the takeout restaurant from his uncle in 1984 before the eventual sale to Jerome.
The reopening comes while the property remains on the market. The Boulos Company has listed 111 Bath Rd. for sale at $695,000, with Joseph Italiaander and Nate Roop handling the listing. Commercial listing data describes the site as about 0.76 acres with high-visibility frontage on Bath Road, one of Brunswick’s most traveled commercial corridors.
Even with the sale listing in place, Fat Boy is preparing to operate as a going concern for the summer. The 2026 setup includes a new play area for kids and picnic tables, which makes the roadside stop more of a sit-down destination for families and visitors as well as a takeout counter. For Brunswick, the return of Fat Boy is one of the first clear signs that the summer season is underway on Bath Road.
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