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Drive-Thru Day

Name: Drive-Thru Day
Start: 2026-07-24T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-07-24
Location: US Holidays

Drive-Thru Day is held on July 24. Restaurants, coffee shops, liquor stores, pharmacies and many more services utilize drive-thrus for quick service. This event in the third decade of the month July is annual.

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While drive-thru restaurants have been a staple of the national landscape for over half a century, there was once a time before these majestic purveyors of food delivery convenience existed. Today 70% Of Fast Food Business Is Sold Through Drive-Thrus. Midafternoon is when drive-thrus are fastest and friendliest.

The First Drive-Thru Opened In 1947. Except it wasn’t a McDonalds: it was Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. Conveniently located on Route 66 (a.k.a. the Mainstreet of America), this burger joint bucked the trend of carhops and pointed the way toward fast food’s future.

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