Friday, 24 July 2020

National Drive-Thru Day

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July 24th is National Drive-Thru Day in the United States.

Not a day celebrating a type of food but rather a way of getting it. Drive-thrus, or more accurately, drive-throughs, are a way of getting takeout food from a restaurant without leaving a car (though they have since migrated to other industries).

Ordering from a drive-thru normally requires placing an order through a microphone and paying for it at a window opening into the restaurant. Sometimes separate windows will be used for paying for the food and collecting it. Cars will be in a queue waiting in turn for the relevant part of the service.

Drive-thru food is most commonly associated with fast food; it can take far too long to wait for other types of food for them to be suitable.

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