List of drive-in restaurants

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An American A&W Restaurant in Page, Arizona A&W restaurant in Page, Arizona.jpeg
An American A&W Restaurant in Page, Arizona

This is a list of notable drive-in restaurants.

A drive-in restaurant is one where a customer can drive in with an automobile for service. For example, customers park their vehicles and are usually served by staff who walk out to take orders and return with food, encouraging diners to remain parked while they eat. Often, the restaurant staff attach a serving tray to a window of the vehicle.

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It is usually distinguished from a drive-through. At a drive-through restaurant, conversely, customers wait in a line and pass by one or more windows to order, pay, and receive their food.

Drive-in Tray. Setup to simulate 1950s restaurant. Drive inn tray.jpg
Drive-in Tray. Setup to simulate 1950s restaurant.

Drive-in restaurants

Matt's Place Drive-In in Butte, Montana, is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places Matt's Place Drive-In (2013) - Silver Bow County, Montana.png
Matt's Place Drive-In in Butte, Montana, is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
A Stewart's Restaurants drive-in in Tuckerton, New Jersey, which has been in continuous operation since the 1970s Camarostew.jpg
A Stewart's Restaurants drive-in in Tuckerton, New Jersey, which has been in continuous operation since the 1970s

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