Quinley’s Drive-In in Petaluma also changed hands and names a number of times, becoming Hollie’s Drive-In in 1948 and then Lund’s Drive-In by the mid-1950s. The Santa Rosa Quinley’s would become Gordon’s Drive-In, which enjoyed massive popularity until it closed in the late ‘60s, changing to several other restaurants over the years. After a few years in business, the Quinleys sold the Santa Rosa drive-in to Richmond business pair Gordon Lemon and Kenneth Wells, according to a Dec. Quinley’s Drive-In was so successful that Alvin and Faye opened a second location in Santa Rosa a year later. Quinley’s, Petaluma’s first drive-in restaurant, offered up barbecued food and other diner classics, served directly from carhop to car in the parking lot or inside at the Naugahyde vinyl booths. In the summer of 1946, Alvin and Faye Quinley opened Quinley’s Drive-In on Petaluma Boulevard South. Sebastopol had the Supreme and Sequoia drive-ins, Healdsburg had Arctic Circle, and nearly every major hub had a Fosters Freeze and A&W drive-in.įittingly, the hot rod-obsessed Petaluma was the first in the county to jump on the drive-in bandwagon. Other drive-ins that popped up in the city included the Forty Niner (or 49’r), Lindquist’s, Roger’s, Sandy’s and Cal’s (which turned into Teen Angel Drive-In in 1974). Those who lived in Santa Rosa between the 1950s to mid ‘70s aren’t likely to forget the Eat & Run Drive-Up on Montgomery Drive. Before the heyday of drive-in restaurants in late 1950s America - when fast food joints beckoned hungry travelers with the allure of burgers delivered right to their car window by a chipper carhop - Sonoma County was already on board.
0 kommentar(er)
