At the A&W in my town, Tuesday (I believe) was Coney Dog night and they were crazy cheap. My mom always had Beta meetings on Tuesday nights so she often didn't have enough time to make a proper dinner. So we'd have Coney dogs instead. I totally forgot about that until I saw your image of the burger wrapers. That place looks awesome!
We had one of these in my town (Pacifica, CA) too. Except ours was right on the cold, foggy beach. So the hearth was always welcoming. I used to get 10 cent softee ice cream cones. And those bags!!! They had the very same ones. After I moved from Pacifica, it was converted to a Taco Hell. How disappointing. Thanks for the memory.
A&W Groovinesse_ticketDecember 1 2003, 13:49:51 UTC
EEP! So glad to know I'm not the only one who obsesses about the A&W designs. Not too many here in CA, but whenever I see one in my travels, I am compelled to swoon over the cool illustrations that send me back to a similar, back-seat, hungry-kid position as you. Happy sigh.
Stockton, CaliforniacprattDecember 2 2003, 03:03:47 UTC
I grew in Stockton, California; we had an A&W just down the street from the University of the Pacific. It had carhop service for most of my childhood; needless to say I have plenty of fond memories of that packaging. However, the most intriguing menu item at the A&W was of course the onion rings. Why? Simple: They cost $5. Apparently there were plenty of customers who wanted onion rings - so management decided to put them on the menu even though they couldn't actually make them on-premises. Urban legend had it that they'd walk down to the block to the McDonald's to buy onion rings if you'd ordered them. Needless to say, I never actually tested this theory; working a mile away at Thrifty Drug, my $3.15 an hour didn't really cover A&W onion ring expenses.
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I totally forgot about that until I saw your image of the burger wrapers.
That place looks awesome!
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