Are there any drive-in restaurants in Central Europe?
I just finished a road trip through a few countries in central Europe and was wondering whether I would come across a drive-in restaurant. I didn't, but I wouldn't mind visiting one on the next trip.
In Germany McDonald's used to have tons of Drive-Ins, but these were actually mis-labelled Drive-Thrus. I think they call them McDrives now. It seems they still think Germans can't pronounce the TH.
So I'm looking for a place where you park but stay in your car and a waitress/waiter comes around (often on roller skates) to take your order and deliver it as well. You then eat in the car.
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This is a concept that simply does not exist (at least not in widespread form) in Europe, and if it did exist, it probably would not be popular. While the USA has many people who love being spoiled by services (e.g. getting your groceries delivered to your car instead of taking them there yourself; getting your dinner delivered to your car instead of having to go in and order it), Europeans generally aren't looking for anything like that. A restaurant visit simply involves going in and sitting down at a table, and ordering your food from there. For hurried people who want to pick up a burger and drive off again, there are the drive-through places that you mentioned.
On that subject, the McDonald's drive-in that you mentioned is not an incorrect label per se; it's just different words being used in different parts of the world. ;-)
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At least there were some real drive in restaurants in Europe. I found a really old newspaper article about the first drive-in restaurant in Germany, opened in 1962. This restaurant seems no longer be there.
Answer 3
The first drive-in opened in 1961 in Hanover / Germany. In 1962 a A & W drive-in opened near Mannheim, where many thousands american soldiers lived in this Mannheim, Heidelberg area.
This drive-in never exists. It was abandoned for long time at the end of 1970. Now there is a supermarket and a big shopping center.
https://es-la.facebook.com/WeinheimWestUmkreis/posts/drive-in-restaurant-der-firma/2015712261995490/
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