Likely were inspired by a Simpsons episode (the one with the ad for the Good Morning burger)
When I was young we would eat there regularly, not often. The price was right for my parents, and I considered it a treat. You could stand by the window and watch a team of men chop up fresh potatoes and deep fry them right in front of you. To me that was fascinating. I haven’t seen any fast food drive-in do anything like that since. They all probably deep fry frozen pre-cut potatoes. By the time I was in high school, my friends and I might pick up a Deeburger (which we by then called a “cat burger“) when we were desperate for food and didn’t have any money. But it is a pleasant childhood memory.
At In-n-Out burger, you can watch them put whole potatoes in a press to cut into fries, and put right into the fryer.
But a lot of people don’t like them because they are too plain. I always get them well done (fried twice) so they are more crispy. I can’t stand limp, mushy fries.
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In the 90’s, I would frequently donate platelets at ARUP (not plasma, I wasn’t getting paid). Frequently in their list of risk questions, they would ask if you ate at a particular Dees location, due to a recent hepatitis outbreak tied to it. The one on 4th South in SLC was the most common.
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I admit I have not watched closely the food preparation at In‘N’out. The ones I went to in California were drive-through, and you couldn’t see the kitchen.
That’s wonderful you donated. People confuse the two. I donated over a hundred units myself up at ARUP. They call it liquid gold, because of the luster when hit by sunlight.
Those platelets were in a human being within 48 hours or less. As soon as their tested, a terribly sick person benefits from platelet donors.
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Serious aside to this restaurant thread, but I also donated enough units with ARUP to be considered an organ donor on the wall at the SLC library. But my run at ARUP came to an end when a false positive came back for HIV. Even though more extensive tests proved I was negative, the FDA won’t allow me to donate with them again.
I was able to start donating again through the Red Cross, because they have a retest protocol with the FDA to provide an exception to the rule. But ARUP is not a big enough organization to use the same protocol.
I always figured I didn’t have a lot of time or money to donate to charitable causes, but I can always donate blood or blood products.
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I worked at Red Barn in the early 70’s. Anybody remember that place?
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On 2100 South?
Ninth West and North Temple
I think there was one on about 500 E. and 2100 S.
“When the hungries hit
Hit the Red Barn.” 
Yeah. There were four. 21st South. 3500 South State. 9th South and State. 9th West North Temple
Their “mascots” were Hamburger Hungry, Fish Hungry, and Chicken Hungry. They looked like perverted versions of the McDonald’s “mascots”
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I remember the place, never actually ate there, but drove by there from the Avenues to the old airport a lot when I was young.
It wasn’t bad. I personally thought it was better than most of the fast food places.
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I was a night manager for a while at the N Temple location. One night someone shot a 22 through a front winfow into the salad bar area. Fun times.
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A false positive for HIV??! WTAF. My God.
why are the employees at In-N-Out over the top obnoxiously friendly? Its annoying, and fake. I appreciate that they smile and are positive, and I’d hate to have someone grumpy but most really lay it on way too thick.
I’m greatly concerned for their mental health. Imagine having to force that for 8 hours.
I’m a fan of the double/double and a shake. Their shakes are very underrated.
Neopolitan shake for me along with the animal style double double
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Do they make actual milkshakes? Or are they just soft ice cream like most other places make?
An actual milkshake you should be able to drink thru a straw.
they aren’t real milk shakes but they are damn good