Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> Any Midwesterners remember these places? When I was growing up I
>
> The Arf'n'Barf? Sure!
>
>> guess there were 70 of them in the Chicago area. My siblings and I
>> loved it when the parents would take us there on Friday nights. We
>> felt we living large and the activity was overwhelming! We got these
>> huge mugs of root beer and a burger or hot dog and even got to order
>> onion rings. I'm sure the food was junk but it sure brings back some
>> great memories of the 60's. I didn't even know there were still any
>> around but it seems there are a few still around. Now I want to go on
>> a short road trip. I'm looking forward to the car-hops.
>
> My memories of it are, like yours, from the 1960s (and also fun, as are
> all my drive-in memories from that era). I grew up in outstate southern
> Michigan -- I spent my first 33 years there.

Wow. Their site says: "By the mid 1970's, Dog n Suds had grown to the
extent that almost 600 units were in operation, which were located in 38
states and Canada."

Now they have 17.

Odd mix: 16 in the US Midwest and South and none west of the
Mississippi......and one way out in British Columbia.


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