East Meets West

Our Story

With a vision for a unique experience, Mom & Pops Burgers opened in the fall of 2016. Our menu reflects who we are – Mom was born in the Pampanga province of the Philippines and moved to Southern California when she was little. Pops is a New Englander from Meriden, Connecticut. We met in San Francisco and how we arrived on Cape Cod is a long story which we would be happy to tell to you in person — come on in, we’re excited to serve you!

Our Culinary Director, Chef Nate!

Chef Nate Dress has brought his vast culinary talents, work-ethic, leadership and positive vibes to the Mom & Pops Burgers team since day 1. Much more than the team's rock day in and day out, Chef Nate is family.    

Fresh Ingredients

We serve only Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, sourced through the country’s top beef purveyor, Pat LaFrieda. Our beef comes from all Black Angus steers, humanely raised on small, family owned farms. The steers live their lives on pasture and are finished on corn to develop the marbling. The steers are not dosed with antibiotics, and also feature an all-natural “never ever” program of all natural Black Angus beef which is 100% hormone and antibiotic free for their whole lives.

OUR BEEF

To serve our customers food we grew up on and love, sourcing only the highest quality, freshest ingredients. Our love for our food is evident in everything we do, from butchering and grinding our special blend of beef in-house daily, to cooking each and every order to order. This is more than a business to us, and we hope you enjoy everything about your experience at Mom & Pops Burgers.

OUR MISSON

Community

Supporting a strong local community is not only a priority to us as a local business, but also as a year-round family living in the local community. Since opening, Mom & Pops Burgers has provided support to many organizations and fundraisers across Cape Cod and in our local Chatham community, including:

MONOMOY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
MONOMOY COMMUNITY SERVICES
CHATHAM VFW BROWN JAMES BUCK POST 8607
CHATHAM CHILDREN’S FUND
FAMILY PANTRY OF CAPE COD
CAPE COASTAL BASEBALL
CAPE COD CARES FOR TROOPS
LOCAL FIRE & POLICE DEPARTMENTS
ALZHEIMER’S FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER

Frequently Asked Questions

  • It is our ketchup and mayo-based burger sauce, with a few secret ingredients added in. Pops spent many hours perfecting his sauce, just ask his #1 taste-tester, Mom!

  • No.

  • Mom’s Sauce is a delicious cream based sauce with a zest of fresh lime that refreshingly balances out the heat of our spicier burgers.

  • Lumpia is a spring roll of Chinese origin commonly found in the Philippines. It is a savory snack made of thin crepe pastry skin called “lumpia wrapper” wrapped around a mixture of savory fillings, including chopped vegetables and minced meat (Mom’s contain pork). In a Filipino home, lumpia is one of the most common dishes found in any kind of gathering, and Mom rolls hers from scratch right here at Mom & Pops.

  • Yes, we have wine and a world class draught beer selection that we are very excited about, and think you will be too!

  • Yes, please park in the marked parking spaces either in front of, along the right side of, or behind our building.

  • Yes, we have a handicapped accessible, unisex bathroom.

  • November 11, 2016

  • No, Mom & Pops is a family owned business.

  • No, our only location is right here in Chatham, Massachusetts.

  • Absolutely not. While we will do our best to service your order as quickly as possible, we make everything here fresh (nothing pre-processed or frozen), cook everything to order, and hope nothing about your experience at Mom & Pops feels like a fast food restaurant. As such, a wait is inevitable from time to time, but as the saying goes, “the best things in life are worth waiting for, especially the food at Mom & Pops.”

  • Not from around here, eh? That’s ok, we’ll make it easy for you. According to the American Heritage College Dictionary, a milkshake is “a beverage that is made of milk, ice cream, and often flavoring, which is blended or whipped until foamy.” Unless of course you grew up here in New England, where a ”milkshake” would never include ice cream. Adding ice cream makes it a ”frappe” of course!

  • We use a seeded brioche bun for our burgers and most other items. Please ask your server if you have a question about which bun is used on a menu item.

  • Yes, we can substitute a gluten free bun for our standard buns to make any of our hamburgers gluten free.

  • Fair question. Butchering, grinding and pattying our burgers in-house, hand-rolling Mom's lumpia, and preparing all of our other items from scratch daily takes great time, care and effort (not to mention space). Our goal is to makes these items the best we can — that's why our focus is perfecting on what we do offer, and working hard every day to make it happen.

  • We take food allergies very seriously. Before placing your order, please inform your server if a person in your party has a food allergy.

  • Absolutely, stop on in and pick up one, or however many you would like, today!

  • We have 33 seats inside, and addtional seating in our outdoor beer garden. We do not take reservations and all seats are on a first come, first sit basis.