Dude. They have drive-ins here. Drive-INS.
For food. Not just movies!
This is the stuff of childhood fantasy for a kid who grew up in the East Bay. Clearly my own cultural ignorance, but I really didn’t know they were around anymore. I’ve been passing them for about two weeks now–since Kentucky, maybe, or Arkansas?–but it didn’t occur to me to stop at one until tonight.
You order through your window and then eat right there. In your car. To save you the trouble of going in, I guess.
I’m giddy!
(I hope fuel conservation doesn’t put them all out of business. I bet they’re hurting right now as folks drive less to save gas, and money.)
There are drive-ins in Oregon and northern California, too, at least at some of the A&W restaurants.
Unfortunately, the last time I stopped at one it was a cold summer night and I and my traveling companion were on bicycles. Drive-ins become significantly less enticing without a car.
Perhaps they could adapt to fuel shortages by leaving cars in the parking spaces and charging customers extra to sit in them?