THE FIRST GENERATION MELS
Facts and Story by Mark "Kip" Groesbeck.
In 1947, Mel Weiss and Harold Dobbs opened the first drive-in restaurant in San Francisco, Mels drive-in. At the time, the drive-in restaurant concept was just beginning in America, and the agreeable weather of California was ideal for year round carhop service.
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