drive-in restaurant
Parking lot eatery
A drive-in restaurant is an establishment where customers remain in their parked cars and are served by staff who bring food to the vehicle.
Popular in mid-20th century America, drive-ins featured carhops—servers who took orders and delivered trays that hooked onto car windows.
We stopped at a drive-in for burgers and milkshakes.
The format has largely given way to drive-through windows.
- carhopRestaurant worker serving cars
- curb serviceOrders delivered to parked vehicles
- menu boardDisplay listing available items
- burgersMeat patties in buns
- milkshakesBlended frozen dairy drinks
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