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Modesto’s historic A&W drive-in restaurant is closing, but not for why you might think Exterior of Barnwood Restaurant pictured May 15, 2013, just weeks before it closed. John Mangelos opened ...
Modesto became home to an A&W food stand on G and 14th streets in 1957. In 1963, the chain became the first-ever to serve a bacon cheeseburger . Dale Mulder, an A&W franchisee in Lansing, Michigan ...
In 1976, A&W Restaurants participated in the Easter Seals Telethon, where money from large root beer mugs was collected by the local restaurant on behalf of the TV station broadcasting the telethon in the area. [106] In January 2013, A&W Restaurants appointed Lexington-based advertising agency Cornett Integrated Marketing as its new agency of ...
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City Transit (1927–1932), Modesto Motor Bus Service (1932–1973), Intracity Transit (1973–1990), Modesto Area Express (1990–2021), Stanislaus Regional Transit: Headquarters: 1001 9th Street: Locale: Modesto, California: Service area: Modesto and Stanislaus County, California: Service type: Bus service, Dial-a-Ride: Routes: 30: Hubs
The drink gained the name "A&W Root Beer" in 1922 when an employee of Allen's stand in Stockton, [7] Frank Wright, joined Allen in a partnership. The following year, A&W opened its first drive-in restaurant, located in Sacramento. [2] Though Frank Wright was bought out another year later, the chain of root beer stands retained the same name.
Its western segment also connects the city of Modesto with the San Francisco Bay Area via I-580, although this route is discouraged due to it being a two-lane road between Modesto and Interstate 5 (motorists are instead encouraged to take SR 120 in Manteca to I-5 and I-205 to I-580).
Modesto (/ m ə ˈ d ɛ s t oʊ /; Spanish pronunciation:) is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States.With a population of 218,069 according to 2022 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, [9] it is the 19th-most populous city in California.