And in the face of Covid-19, a number of younger restaurants are also trying out the service for the first time. Little Anthony's Diner, a Tucson institution, and the Historic Steer-In, which first opened in Indianapolis in the 1930s, have restored the practice.
Carhop service was a midcentury trademark of restaurants such as Mel's and Bob's Big Boy in Burbank, California, which has also revived the practice. "And we also have people who have just seen carhop dining in the movies and want to try it for themselves." "We have people in their sixties and seventies who are bringing their kids to share the experience, because they want to relive their younger years," said Weiss. "Dedicated to my Saturday cruise #cruiselifecc" he wrote on Instagram when he shared the image of the new ink.īut while carhop dining is new for Khalifa and his crew, many of the chain's most loyal fans have a long history with the practice. Khalifa even went so far as to get a fresh tattoo on his leg bearing the words "cruise life" and a detailed image of the Mel's Sunset Boulevard location. The pals, who have a car club they've dubbed #ridergangcruising, meet at the one Mel's location in their respective cars before driving down to Mel's Drive In on Sunset Boulevard, where they order carhop dining in the parking lot - each from his own vehicle. Weiss declined to offer revenue figures, but one look at social media proves the immense popularity of Mel's carhop dining: Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa and Cedric the Entertainer have adopted a Saturday night pandemic ritual of meeting at Mel's Drive In Sherman Oaks. In Los Angeles, the service is offered at the Sunset Boulevard, Santa Monica and Sherman Oaks locations - all marked by the iconic, Jetsons-esque Googie architecture that evokes the Space-age optimism of the American midcentury. So he took a chance and introduced the concept to Northern California, importing the kitschy carside service to his very first Mel's Drive In location, at 140 South Van Ness Avenue, and securing Mel's Drive In a place in car culture history. The elder Weiss had seen the roller-skating, poodle-skirt-clad waitresses delivering trays of burgers and shakes to diners seated in their Buick Roadmasters and Chevy Aerosedans at eateries across Los Angeles. The popularity of carhop dining evolved in America in tandem with the popularity of the automobile itself, predating the fast-food drive-through and reaching a peak in the years following World War II. Weiss' grandfather, Mel Weiss, was the first to bring carhop dining - in which waiters bring a restaurant order directly to people in their cars - to San Francisco in 1947.
So he started thinking like his grandfather. (CNN) - When the coronavirus pandemic shut down his restaurants, Colton Weiss knew that to survive, he would need a creative (and safe) solution to keep serving his customers.
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