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Article: Afloat in ice cream; July brings back memories of drive-ins and root beer floats
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- July 14, 2004
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Remember the old-fashioned drive-ins? Not the movie ones, but the
fast food ones.
We used to have several in Dubuque, at least two were A&Ws.
Back in my dating days it was almost unheard of to have a date and
not at least take a spin through an A&W just to see who was there.
The most popular one was on the lower end of Dodge Street, next to
the former Demitri's Restaurant - both of which bit the dust with the
U.S. 20 highway project.
If you spotted some friends at the drive-in, of course, you'd have
to stop and at least order a root beer so you wouldn't get kicked out
while you visited. The beverage of choice was almost always a root
beer - or even better, my husband's favorite - a root beer ...