And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
On the way to Las Vegas when I was a kid, we'd always stop at the A&W in Barstow for root beer in big frosted mugs. Last stop before the desert, where we'd quench our thirst! No A/C in most cars back then.
Omigawd, A&W Drive-Ins. Driving from Texas to Sand Diego, we stopped somewhere in Arizona for a root beer float and burger. After a morning on the road, that stop was a welcome respite from the road.
Mom's Pontiac Tempest was holding up driving in the desert heat, but with no air conditioning (Its a Dry Heat !), pretty fearsome. I don't know how Dad drove for hours facing the sun, but he did, no complaints and turned down Mom when she offered to spell him.
The first time I saw one of these was when I went to Purdue in 1966. There was one partway done the State St hill. Growing up in Boston, we had Friendly's and Howard Johnson and Granite State near New Hampshire. But I don't recall seeing any A&W's. We also had Moxie, Pilot Crackers, Narragansett... I don't remember when Dunkin' Donuts showed up. This year we got a DD here in north central Ohio.
We had them south of Boston; Marshfield and Harwich were two that I spend a lot of dimes at. The Marshfield location on Route 139 was a drive-in with carhops; burgers and fries. I believe that was the first place I took a girl on my first date driving my own car.
Probably the first few restaurant meals I ever enjoyed was at the A&W in South St. Louis (on S Kingshighway) with my dad and next youngest brother circa 1958 - 1962. The building was very similar (heck, even the kid in the pic looks like my brother). Wonderful times.
I remember that as a little boy, but it dates me.
ReplyDeleteLooks exactly like the one in Hollister CA still in operation.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet they substituted frosty glass mugs for plastic mugs. If they do that, it's not the same.
DeleteThey don't have an indoor dining room, so yes everything is served in "to go" cups. My favorite is a root beer freeze.
Delete1960's A&W's replaced by 2019s Popeyes. We've come a long way baby!
ReplyDelete$0.05 small, $0.10 large, & $0.25 quart root beer.
ReplyDeleteIn a cone shaped container....
DeleteOn the way to Las Vegas when I was a kid, we'd always stop at the A&W in Barstow for root beer in big frosted mugs. Last stop before the desert, where we'd quench our thirst! No A/C in most cars back then.
ReplyDeleteOmigawd, A&W Drive-Ins. Driving from Texas to Sand Diego, we stopped somewhere in Arizona for a root beer float and burger. After a morning on the road, that stop was a welcome respite from the road.
ReplyDeleteMom's Pontiac Tempest was holding up driving in the desert heat, but with no air conditioning (Its a Dry Heat !), pretty fearsome. I don't know how Dad drove for hours facing the sun, but he did, no complaints and turned down Mom when she offered to spell him.
The first time I saw one of these was when I went to Purdue in 1966. There was one partway done the State St hill. Growing up in Boston, we had Friendly's and Howard Johnson and Granite State near New Hampshire. But I don't recall seeing any A&W's. We also had Moxie, Pilot Crackers, Narragansett... I don't remember when Dunkin' Donuts showed up. This year we got a DD here in north central Ohio.
ReplyDeleteWe had them south of Boston; Marshfield and Harwich were two that I spend a lot of dimes at.
DeleteThe Marshfield location on Route 139 was a drive-in with carhops; burgers and fries. I believe that was the first place I took a girl on my first date driving my own car.
They still make the best fast food bacon cheeseburger
ReplyDeleteHow about the root beer floats? Lenoir City and Vonore TN
ReplyDeleteProbably the first few restaurant meals I ever enjoyed was at the A&W in South St. Louis (on S Kingshighway) with my dad and next youngest brother circa 1958 - 1962. The building was very similar (heck, even the kid in the pic looks like my brother). Wonderful times.
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