drive-in restaurant

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meaningsofdrive-inandrestaurant

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drive-in
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈdraɪv.ɪn/us
/ˈdraɪv.ɪn/
A drive-in bank, cinema, restaurant, etc. is one that you can use or visit without getting out of ...
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restaurant
noun[C]
uk
/ˈres.tər.ɒnt/us
/ˈres.tə.rɑːnt/
a place where meals are prepared and served ...
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Inspired by tail fins and gleaming chrome, he elevated thedrive-inrestaurantand the theme hotel to futuristic works of art.
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This includes thedrive-inrestaurant, and later the drive-through window.
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In the late 1950s adrive-inrestaurantwith car hops was established and continues (but under new ownership).
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Adrive-inrestaurantis one where one can literally drive in with an automobile for service.
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Through the 1950s and 1960s the emphasis changed fromdrive-inrestaurantto coffee shop and family restaurant.
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It quickly put two other nearby drive-in restaurants out of business.
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The theatre's exotic exterior and its huge neon-lit marquee competed with other movie houses, drive-in restaurants, and billboards of the 1920s in attracting customers' attention.
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The culture in the 1950s and 1960s often catered to the automobile with motels and drive-in restaurants.
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A number of its outlets are drive-in restaurants with carhops.
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The hospitality industry was similarly affected and fast food drive-in restaurants began to appear.
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Starting in the 1950s, it became popular among customizers to display their vehicles at drive-in restaurants.
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A new generation of service businesses focusing on customers with their automobiles sprang up during the decade, including drive-through or drive-in restaurants and more drive-in theaters (cinemas).
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