My uncle was an A&W franchise king in Wyoming in the 60s and he set his brother, my dad, up with a shop when he immigrated to the States. In Jackson Hole no less. The American dream, right? My dad drove it into the ground and my uncle gave him the boot. But from 3 to 4 years old, I lived off end-of-day fried chicken. I really appreciate the backstory on the company.
I am a huge fan, have been since I was a kid-- it was our one food stop (madison) when driving from chicago to mpls for grandparents-- those frosty mugs! So good! And then I grew up and moved to madison! There is still an old A&W, with the pointed roof etc and drive up, about 30 min away. And the fries ARE good! Thank you for this! And always yes I am a fan of the cheese curds. Fresh squeaky curds AND freshly battered and fried curds.
We had A&W in the Mt. View area when I was growing up in CA. I loved it! They had a Mama burger and a Teen burger, and yes, I remember it was the first time I had bacon on a burger. Thanks for the great memories!
Fond memories of the A&W on Ocean Street in Santa Cruz, CA and going for a cheese burger, fries, and root beer floats with my mom. Thanks so much for writing about this!
I was just telling my kids about A&W drive ins (and how much I loved them growing up) the other day. Loved the little food trays that hung off the car window, and definitely the frosty mugs—the best!
I love these CA posts that you do. I've re-read the burger one so many times since we've been eating more vegan food (hah!) We had A&W in Madison and MKE area of course, but what I remember is when I lived in Boulder, CO - going on 50-mile solo bike rides to the Weld county landfill and back, and the lunch stop was an A&W where I'd get a frosty mug of RB and a few hot dogs. Good memories.
Best peace out closing salutation ever!!!! Screeeeeech mike drop
Mmmm...I really love me some root beer. It was one of my yia-yia's fave soda. Lately I've been keeping the small baby cans in my fridge for when the day calls for a root beer emergency. Cool bit of history...maybe I need to take a drive to the closest one bout an hour away, just cause.
I had an A&W near my college in LI and it was merely okay, and when me and my husband used to visit Montreal, we would always go to the one up there - SO DELICIOUS. Thank you for taking the time to give us the real history AND another one to visit! 😻
My uncle was an A&W franchise king in Wyoming in the 60s and he set his brother, my dad, up with a shop when he immigrated to the States. In Jackson Hole no less. The American dream, right? My dad drove it into the ground and my uncle gave him the boot. But from 3 to 4 years old, I lived off end-of-day fried chicken. I really appreciate the backstory on the company.
I am a huge fan, have been since I was a kid-- it was our one food stop (madison) when driving from chicago to mpls for grandparents-- those frosty mugs! So good! And then I grew up and moved to madison! There is still an old A&W, with the pointed roof etc and drive up, about 30 min away. And the fries ARE good! Thank you for this! And always yes I am a fan of the cheese curds. Fresh squeaky curds AND freshly battered and fried curds.
We had A&W in the Mt. View area when I was growing up in CA. I loved it! They had a Mama burger and a Teen burger, and yes, I remember it was the first time I had bacon on a burger. Thanks for the great memories!
Fond memories of the A&W on Ocean Street in Santa Cruz, CA and going for a cheese burger, fries, and root beer floats with my mom. Thanks so much for writing about this!
I was just telling my kids about A&W drive ins (and how much I loved them growing up) the other day. Loved the little food trays that hung off the car window, and definitely the frosty mugs—the best!
Also, the pics in this post are gorgeous! The onion ring one! It's like that famous picture of a black hole: https://www.npr.org/2023/04/13/1169469591/goodbye-fuzzy-donut-the-famous-first-black-hole-photo-gets-sharpened-up
I love these CA posts that you do. I've re-read the burger one so many times since we've been eating more vegan food (hah!) We had A&W in Madison and MKE area of course, but what I remember is when I lived in Boulder, CO - going on 50-mile solo bike rides to the Weld county landfill and back, and the lunch stop was an A&W where I'd get a frosty mug of RB and a few hot dogs. Good memories.
Wow! Learned a lot - had no idea! I'll be looking at the A&W establishments differently, now!
Best peace out closing salutation ever!!!! Screeeeeech mike drop
Mmmm...I really love me some root beer. It was one of my yia-yia's fave soda. Lately I've been keeping the small baby cans in my fridge for when the day calls for a root beer emergency. Cool bit of history...maybe I need to take a drive to the closest one bout an hour away, just cause.
amazing, truly!
I wonder where the Wisconsin cheese curds came into the picture since A&W started in California.
I had an A&W near my college in LI and it was merely okay, and when me and my husband used to visit Montreal, we would always go to the one up there - SO DELICIOUS. Thank you for taking the time to give us the real history AND another one to visit! 😻