Cookout in Salem, VA

Cookout Salem, VA Menu

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About Cookout in Salem

Cook Out runs one restaurant in Salem in the 24153 zip code, at 1251 West Main St.. Salem accounts for one of the 42 across Virginia. The closest restaurant outside the city is in Roanoke, about 7 miles away, which matters on a night when the local one has a queue.

Food is cooked to order on a char grill rather than pulled from a warmer, which adds a minute or two at the window. The building follows the chain pattern, built around drive thru service with a walk up window and outside seating. One menu runs the whole day, with no reduced overnight board.

Dining at Cookout in Salem

A tray with a main, two sides and a large drink starts at $2.99, a Plain Hamburger is $1.19 and a hot dog $0.99. All 36 milkshake flavors begin at $2.79. Prices at Salem is set by the restaurant rather than nationally, so expect small differences of a few cents from the figures here. The full menu carries every item with its price and calorie count.

The doors here open at 10:30 AM, with the kitchen running to 3:00 AM and to 4:00 AM on Friday and Saturday. Cook Out serves no breakfast, so the full board is available from open. Drive thru and walk up ordering both work, the app handles pickup, and the delivery platforms cover most of Salem at a higher price than ordering in person.

Larger orders are simpler here than the format suggests. A tray is a finished meal on its own, so ordering in bulk needs no sides worked out separately. There is no catering department to book, so anything sizeable in Salem goes through the restaurant on the phone, ideally with warning ahead of time.