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On Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, Tesla is building a combination drive-in restaurant, movie theater and charging station.

From Seattle Times Feb. 7, 2024

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

Even after he remarried, he remained close to his first wife’s parents, and in 1991 he joined them to buy a drive-in restaurant in Buckley, Wash., a logging town southeast of Seattle.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2021

Sonic spokeswoman Christi Woodward said Friday the changes are part of Sonic’s integration into Inspire Brands, which purchased the drive-in restaurant chain in 2018 for $2.3 billion.

From Washington Times Jan. 31, 2020

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




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