The Munch Box is a family-owned roadside stand specializing in burgers, fries, and root beer floats that opened in 1956, but when it nearly shut down in the early 2000s, the city received 1,700 letters from locals urging the council to add it to the list of historic-cultural monuments. City councilman Hal Bernson took up the cause, adding The Munch Box to the registry in 2003.