This snack bar is located in Chihana Golf Course in Kadena Air Base, Okinawa City, about an hour’s drive from Naha Airport. Although it is a U.S. military facility, it is open from early in the morning and yen is accepted since it is inside the golf course. The menu is also written in katakana. This is a place where you can eat authentic food with low hurdles.
Point 1: What is the location of “Chipper’s Snack Bar” in Kadena Air Base and Chihana Golf Course?
Chipper’s Snack Bar” is a snack bar located in Chihana Golf Course, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa City.
It is located on the edge of Kadena Air Base, about 5 minutes by car from Southeast Botanical Garden in Okinawa City.
Even though it is called a snack bar, it is a place where you can eat authentic American-style hamburgers and chili dogs, and it is open from early in the morning until 6:00 p.m., basically all year round!
Many places on U.S. military bases only allow you in a few times a year and require ID, but you don’t have to do that here at Chipper’s Snack Bar!
Chipper’s Snack Bar is open all year round, and even Japanese people can enter anytime. And since there is terrace seating, you can enjoy your meal while looking out over the spacious golf course.
Even if you are longing for a real hamburger or chili dog, this is a low hurdle to jump in!
Point 2: Introduction to the burger menu at Chipper’s Snack Bar!
Chipper’s Snack Bar offers burgers (226 grams, $7~), sandwiches (grilled cheese sandwich, $4.25~), hot dogs ($5~), and sides such as chicken tenders ($2.50, 2 pieces), curly fries ($2), and onion rings ($2.75). Sides such as chicken tenders ($2.75), curly fries ($2), onion rings ($2.75), and visas (about $2,000 for a whole).
Burgers can be made into a French fry and beverage combo for an additional $2.75 or so. (Hot coffee is not available as a combo.)
Some items on the menu, such as the “Steak & Cheese Sub,” are different from their Japanese counterparts, but this refers to a hot dog with steak and cheese on it.
All of them are very hearty and a woman may or may not be able to eat a whole one, so you may want to share one with others.
Point 3: “Chipper’s Snack Bar” is also a great place for a hearty and delicious pizza!
Chipper’s Snack Bar also has pizza.
In New York City, it is common to buy a pizza cut into slices eat it on a street corner, and go to work.
Chipper’s Snack Bar offers regular and specialty pizzas, with the cheapest cheese pizza costing $12.50 (about 1,875 yen) for a whole, pepperoni for $14.50 (about 2,140 yen), and specialties such as Hawaiian, buffalo wing, and combination for $18 (about 2,140 yen). Specialty pizzas such as Hawaiian and Buffalo wings and combinations are priced at $18 (about 2,700 yen).
The price is about the same or a little lower than that of Japanese pizza restaurants.
However, the size of the pizzas is so large that they are probably 50 cm in diameter and very satisfying, so I guess you could say they are a good value for money.
It seems that many locals come here not only to eat but also to buy take-out pizzas. Even at gatherings among friends in Okinawa, people say, “Don’t buy U.S. Army pizza yourself (because someone else will bring it to you).
That is how much the locals love their pizza!
Although located on a U.S. military base, Chipper’s Snack Bar is always open, and Japanese and Japanese yen are accepted!
