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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 ...
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A&W's initial menu relied heavily on root beer and snacks, such as popcorn and peanuts, as well as sandwiches on sliced bread. [15] In 1927, J. Willard Marriott gained franchise rights for Washington, D.C. and the neighboring cities of Baltimore and Richmond. Subsequently, he moved to Washington to open a root beer stand with Hugh Colton.
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.
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First opened as a food stand in 1957, Modesto’s A&W Root Beer Drive-In touted its 5-cent drinks, 25-cent long dogs and “fast courteous service” in a March 1958 Modesto Bee ad celebrating its ...
Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. [19] It is the most populous city in the county, the 11th-most populous city in California and the 60th-most populous city in the United States.