Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A&W Restaurants — possibly the best thing since before sliced bread. On June 20, 1919 (sliced bread was invented in 1928), founder ...

Founded in 1919, A&W has given us over a century of memories — and still counting. Named for its founders, Roy Allen and Frank Wright, the chain is well known for its homemade root beer, drive-in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Modesto’s historic A&W drive-in prepares to close this week rather than fight a pending lawsuit filed against it, we take a ...

With the closure of downtown Modesto’s historic A&W drive-in this week, the city lost one of only a handful of its remaining Graffiti-era burger joints. Since its debut in 1957, the restaurant at G ...

SPRING VALLEY — Orange seats. Checkered floors. A car hop service. The 1950s long lived through the root beer frosted mug service, poodle skirts and teenagers counting back change. With its retro ...

Few things invoke visions of classic Americana like drive-in restaurants. The first drive-in restaurants launched in the 1920s, and increased in popularity in the '40s and '50s as more people owned ...

MIDDLEBURY ― My wife and I pulled into the parking lot at the A&W restaurant south of Middlebury on a warm late-spring evening, and just sat there. That’s the idea. This is not a restaurant you walk ...

A&W Restaurants — possibly the best thing since before sliced bread. On June 20, 1919 (sliced bread was invented in 1928), founder Roy Allen served the first mug of A&W root beer at his walk-up stand ...

Archival visuals document A&W drive-ins from the 1930s through the 1980s, offering a concise record of prices, service, and style. The montage highlights A&W drive-in history with carhops on roller ...