A&W in Orlando, Fl in the early sixties. It was the cruise to, and cruise thru, spot on weekends. Car hops on skates and a large back row where you could park and bench race while you nursed a nickel root beer. You could watch hotrods and customs all night.
The Sonic drive-ins near here used to alternate sponsoring cruise nights on Saturday, but Asian cube-cars with their ill-mannered owners, flashing neon, and thumping sound systems drove away the old car owners who supported the cruises. Now the Sonics are mostly empty on weekends after Grandpa and Grandma take the grand kids home.
