drive-in restaurant
Example Sentences
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His second wife, Lee Roberts, was more amenable to his racing, supporting him with money from her job as a carhop at a drive-in restaurant.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
“I picked him up at a drive-in restaurant in Corpus Christi, Texas,” Josh laughs.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
At night, their parents would grab hamburgers at a drive-in restaurant, playing Ella Fitzgerald and Johnny Otis on the jukebox.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
In the late 1950s my mom and her sister ran a drive-in restaurant in a small town on the west side of Michigan.
From Salon ● May 23, 2019
In 1937 they opened a drive-in restaurant in Pasadena, trying to cash in on the new craze, hiring three carhops and selling mainly hot dogs.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
