drive-in restaurant
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Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened a drive-in restaurant in Pasadena in 1937, a few years before starting the first McDonald’s in San Bernardino.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024
The 24-hour drive-in restaurant also runs one of the better complimentary salsa bars around, with a handful of fiery hot options.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2023
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
One of the things Carter most misses about home is Swenson’s, a local drive-in restaurant best known for its large hamburgers and extra-thick milkshakes.
From Washington Times • Mar. 27, 2015
“People with cars are so lazy they don’t want to get out of them to eat!” said Jesse G. Kirby, the founder of an early drive-in restaurant chain.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
