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Red's Giant Hamburg: The first drive-thruPosted Jan 25th 2006 9:08PM by Nicole WestonFiled under: Lunch, Dinner, Restaurants, Beef, Did you know?, AmericaAlong Route 66 lies a quite piece of American history: the first drive-thru restaurant. Red's Giant Hamburg is located in Springfield, Missouri and
has been there since 1947. Sheldon “Red”
Chaney decided that it would be easier for the customers to place their orders through a window to the kitchen, rather
than repeating them to waitresses. Just like that, the car hop service was replaced with the first drive-thru
window. Legend has it that the name of the restaurant was originally meant to be "Red's Giant
Hamburger", but due to some poor planning, the sign was not large enough and the "er" had to be dropped.
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