A cook fills a burger plate with fresh fries at the Burger Bar in downtown Bristol, VA on Monday, October 14, 2013. Copyright 2013 Jason Barnette  The Burger Bar is locally-owned by Joe &amp; Kayla Deel. The original restaurant in this building opened in 1942 under the name Snack King. Since that time, it has had several owners until Joe bought the restaurant from Ben Zandy and re-opened as The Burger Bar on January 1, 2013.