The two continued operating the root beer stand and converted the log house into a steak restaurant. In 1953, Smith joined with a business partner to purchase a five-acre parcel of land that had a log house and a walk-up root beer stand named the Top Hat. Before long, he sold it and opened a fast food restaurant, Troy's Pan Full of Chicken, on the edge of town. Soon afterwards, Smith purchased the Cottage Cafe, a little diner in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He decided to work delivering bread because bread is lighter than milk. returned to his hometown of Seminole, Oklahoma, where he became employed as a milkman. Most drive-ins also have patio seating, and many have drive-through lanes.įollowing World War II, Sonic founder Troy N. At a standard Sonic Drive-In, a customer drives into a covered drive-in stall, orders through an intercom speaker system, and has the food delivered by a carhop.
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