A&W Restaurant

The weeks have become a blurred and the weekends more so. There's been a lot of driving activity, emotional stress and not much brevity. Along our rides, we've been eyeing an A&W restaurant off I-15 and promising each other that we're going to stop someday. Friday was the day.

We pulled off I-15 even though the traffic was bumper to bumper and we knew we'd be that much more behind. We were too tired and hungry and we needed to refuel. We were not disappointed! The A&W cheeseburger and root beer float tasted just as I remembered them from days long past.

They used to have car hops, servers that would come to your car to take your order, set up window trays for your food and bring the food to the car when it was ready. Rain or shine, the car hops were always there to assist. The last A&W car hop I know of was demolished circa 1977 in Los Angeles. It was the bomb and I have many fond memories of eating there. It was a big deal to be served and eat in car! LOL

Alas, the car hops are gone, but the charbroiled flavor of an A&W cheeseburger and their delicious rootbeer floats still remain - albeit, in short supply. They have a gorgeous Wurlizter-like jukebox that plays CDs, no more 45 rpm records! There was a large customer seated at the adjacent table, so I couldn't snap a frontal photo.