drive-in restaurant
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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
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
After returning to Michigan, they opened a flying school and a drive-in restaurant, both of which failed, before selling Nutrilite vitamins in 1949.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2018
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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