My wife used to work at this exact one! We both grew up in Sweet Home, probably at least a third of the kids at the high school had their first job working at A&W.
I'm surprised you didn't talk about A&W in Canada, being it's own seperate company. We are immensely proud of our A&W restaurants up here, it's like a Canadian badge of honour lol. The food is so damn good. I heard the food in the state's ones are not nearly as good and there are hardly any A&Ws around compared to Canada? I wonder how they compare. The only annoying thing is up here they totally ditched the 50s/diner vibe and removed any photos and artwork in the restaurants of where they came from. Now it's like this modern/boring/hipster theme lol. I wish they wouldn't walk away from their identity. I can't stand when businesses do that. It was so wild to see this vintage A&W with phone ordering at the tables! And still with drive in ordering! That's absolutely awesome! 😃 Thanks for the great video! Love from British Columbia 🇨🇦❤️
Most of the old school drive in ones are confined to small towns now, like he said most are modern and double ups with other Yum companies and many are a part of big truck stops.
the last time I ate at A & W within the last 6 years was in Vancouver, Canada. Older family members went nuts lol. The locals said they had 3 within the city but supposedly it's down to one. I avoid Portland (most people do) but in Oregon, I might pass by that place for the nostalgia factor.
I miss A&W so much. Absolutely love the floats. We used to have several long John's silvers a&w combo restaurants nearby but they closed unfortunately 😞 very interesting to learn the history.
This was a blast of nostalgia as i remember seeing and a&w store in Minnesota when i lived there. It was quite nice to see you enjoy the store and the food there and wanting to wish you better days ahead and wishing you well during your travels for the summer It was also nice seeing another a&w store still around and i would love to try it out again after all these years and it was nice to hear about the history
@@SetsStreetsEats There is onr of the older style A&W in Winnona MN. It is the even older style that has the overhang missing and you had to go into the place to order and go outside to eat as it only has 2 very small tables inside.
I cannot think of A&W without thinking of Snoopy! Especially the scene from Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (1980) where he drinks a mug of root beer on a checkered table.
10:40 Man I love the Flushing A on Cherry street. I worked in that area for almost 20 years. My hometown A&W was the Ortonville location. There is a little creek that runs through the back and there is outdoor seating near it.
Cool beans I didn’t know about this location. I have a restaurant just like it. I was an A&W for years and years. They changed so much so I just dropped the name and went on my own. Dad’s Family Restaurant Toppenish, Washington Next time I’m in Oregon I’ll Visit this store. Hope to meet the owner too.
Have one of these real close to me in Dayton, Ohio, one paired with a Long John Silvers. I’ve never been, even though I LOVE root beer floats, and was always fascinated by it since it was the only one I’d ever seen growing up, lol.
My town's A&W closed down. They turned it into an Arby's. I remember we saved it the first time they were gonna close down but then they changed owners and the guy ran it into the ground. I miss going to the car shows there.
I drove past this one a few months ago with family, I really wanted to stop, lol, but family had other plans. I grew up near one in Winston Oregon, such fond memories and wow those root beer floats were great! It was not that many years ago one of the old style drive in ones was still open in Vancouver Washington, a fairly decent sized city of like 170k? a suburb of Portland, now the old drive in ones seem confined to small towns like Sweet Home. As a teen I remember the Winston one being a co-sponsor of a annual car cruise.
I remember the old restaurant in Racine Wi but they closed that one and built across the interstate another one a newer one was disappointed when I ate there they got rid of making them by hand now they use patties but the root beer was good
Life-long A&W root beer lover, here. I own a large glass A&W mug that I bought at the OG A&W joint in my town. I got it almost 30 years ago for, like, 2 bucks; the resaurant's been there since the late 1960s. The mug weighs just under 2 pounds [796 grams for the rest of the world], and it lives in my freezer, waiting for its next A&W root beer. Not just any variety, either. I get the kind that comes in those clear, long-neck glass bottles, 4 in a pack. I chill a bottle in the freezer for 15 minutes before opening. The 2 pounds of deep-frozen glass makes the root beer so chilled that it makes its own delicious slushy. Only the glass bottle A&W root beer does this; the 500 ml and the 2-litre stuff won't slush up, nor do the lesser brands of root beer. I've tried them all over the years. I think it's coz the glass bottle stuff uses proper sugar where all the others use fructose or corn syrup. There's also a slight taste difference; very slight, but it's there. Long story short: the glass bottle root beer is like having the OG restaurant stuff at home. Worth the little extra if root beer is your thing.
It amazes me that A&W now is way more popular in Canada than in the US. I grew up near an A&W but it became a tobacco store. I would love to eat at one again.
Here in Canada A&W burgers are huge. Just as big as Wendy's. Or close. But I did read the A&W restaurants in Canada are not actually affiliated with the ones in the U.S. i love their Papa Burger and their onion rings are really good.
I'm in northern NY and most of the A&W's near me are across the border in Canada. But there is still one like the one in this video a couple hours south of me in Cortland. I need to make a trip down there. Hey kids, road trip!
My A&W memories are of the one that was in Felton, CA. The building is still there, but unfortunately it is some Chinese restaurant now. But I loved going to it when it was still an A&W. I wish we could bring all that back.
I’m like 5 minutes away from the Lodi original!!! I love it there. The food is great, the floats are amazing, and YES!!! The best Root Beer EVER!!!! Totally beats the gas station A&W cans lol
Just been watching a lot of your videos. All great stuff. I actually just recently moved to Flushing myself. And I'm sure you know now that the A&w is long gone and now it's called the flushing A. I'm up there a couple times a month. It's different, but it's good!
I can remember having a couple of these little Drive-In A&W type restaurants in our little town and it seemed like what killed it was when the big guys moved in like Burger King Wendy's McDonald's Carl's Junior all those places moved into town and the little places like A&W Foster Freeze and there was even a few mom and pop like Drive in burger joints in our town they all faded away because of the ad campaigns that the other guys had that they didn't
Probably the best place to put this aside from an actual McDonald's video but if you're ever driving along the 10 Freeway in California, the McDonald's on W Ramsey Street in Banning still has the golden arches building structure and a Speedy sign outside. I passed by it and thought of you + your videos my Friend 💙
You should visit Lodi, CA. The birthplace of A&W. (You already knew that). The original building where they stored the hotdog cart is in the Downtown area. They have a stand alone A&W there, too!
@chefwolf77 I definitely agree with you for the nostalgic sake and the little museum they have inside. I just wish that location was more of a classic design but it's sadly been updated.
Can you make a video about Dog N Suds? It’s a restaurant very similar to A&W. I remember going there as a kid and thought their food and root beer was better than A&W.
I heard that they demand the franchise owners to stay open all year around or they cancel their agreement. Lots of seasonal root beer stands closed or changed to another because of this... Don't quote me... Just remember back when they all closed up or changed names... 👀
I always thought that the root beer was brewed (or something special going on in the back)... Recently found out that the root beer that you get at A&W comes out of a regular soda dispenser... 👀 Like any of the soft drinks... 👀
Can you please give me a shout out in the next video, I am HUGE fan of you and your videos, and it has been very cool to watch your videos get better and better!
Just some constructive criticism don't talk while eating. I enjoyed the video until that point. I know it's probably a me thing but there are probably others. Listening to others eat really sets me off like nails in a chalkboard.
So I eat an entire meal without saying a single word. But you still had to comment because I talked while eating the ice cream and sipping the root beer at the end of the meal? Really? Go watch someone else's videos then.
Imagine scrolling UA-cam and you see your local A&W! Thanks for visiting our little town!
Its nice to see the one in oakridge back to being open again!
Did not expect to see my town in the recommended videos. Thanks for stopping by!
I’m a cook at this location absolutely love it couldn’t ask for a better boss! Hope you enjoyed your time there!
Hello from Eugene Oregon! I took a road trip with friends a few years back and stopped in Sweet home A&W!!
My wife used to work at this exact one! We both grew up in Sweet Home, probably at least a third of the kids at the high school had their first job working at A&W.
We have one in the city I work in, Cortland, NY. I haven't been in a while, so I think it's a destination for lunch sometime this week.
I'm surprised you didn't talk about A&W in Canada, being it's own seperate company. We are immensely proud of our A&W restaurants up here, it's like a Canadian badge of honour lol. The food is so damn good. I heard the food in the state's ones are not nearly as good and there are hardly any A&Ws around compared to Canada? I wonder how they compare.
The only annoying thing is up here they totally ditched the 50s/diner vibe and removed any photos and artwork in the restaurants of where they came from. Now it's like this modern/boring/hipster theme lol. I wish they wouldn't walk away from their identity. I can't stand when businesses do that. It was so wild to see this vintage A&W with phone ordering at the tables! And still with drive in ordering! That's absolutely awesome! 😃
Thanks for the great video! Love from British Columbia 🇨🇦❤️
Most of the old school drive in ones are confined to small towns now, like he said most are modern and double ups with other Yum companies and many are a part of big truck stops.
There's an A&W about 20 minutes away from me. I love how the roof is like a little hat on top of the building. Their Cream Soda is absolutely top tier
I just realized there's an A&W in Niagara Falls. Now I want to go there!
Yeah i live in Canada and A&W are as popular as Wendy's. They're everywhere.
That looks so familiar...what a minute...I'm literally the next town over in Lebanon Oregon
the last time I ate at A & W within the last 6 years was in Vancouver, Canada. Older family members went nuts lol. The locals said they had 3 within the city but supposedly it's down to one. I avoid Portland (most people do) but in Oregon, I might pass by that place for the nostalgia factor.
People in Oregon also avoid Portland, lol. Sweet Home is a good hour South and a few miles West off I-5
I miss A&W so much. Absolutely love the floats. We used to have several long John's silvers a&w combo restaurants nearby but they closed unfortunately 😞 very interesting to learn the history.
This was a blast of nostalgia as i remember seeing and a&w store in Minnesota when i lived there. It was quite nice to see you enjoy the store and the food there and wanting to wish you better days ahead and wishing you well during your travels for the summer
It was also nice seeing another a&w store still around and i would love to try it out again after all these years and it was nice to hear about the history
Thank you so much for the tip. And for those kind words, i'm so glad you enjoyed it!
@@SetsStreetsEats There is onr of the older style A&W in Winnona MN. It is the even older style that has the overhang missing and you had to go into the place to order and go outside to eat as it only has 2 very small tables inside.
I cannot think of A&W without thinking of Snoopy! Especially the scene from Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (1980) where he drinks a mug of root beer on a checkered table.
10:40 Man I love the Flushing A on Cherry street. I worked in that area for almost 20 years. My hometown A&W was the Ortonville location. There is a little creek that runs through the back and there is outdoor seating near it.
Ive been to one of those when i was little back when i lived in Oregon. I went to one of the ones near the coast when we went to the beach
Howdy from Portland, Oregon. Lo e finding these little hidden gems in my homestate.
I love going to a&w root beer because it’s totally awesome restaurant, I’m so happy about you got to eating & drinking at there
My dad told me he used to go there a lot with his friends when he was in Highschool and he still remembers
Cool beans
I didn’t know about this location.
I have a restaurant just like it. I was an A&W for years and years. They changed so much so I just dropped the name and went on my own.
Dad’s Family Restaurant
Toppenish, Washington
Next time I’m in Oregon I’ll Visit this store. Hope to meet the owner too.
as a kid, we used to have on in Veneta but I think its gone....Florence on the coast has an Old school A&W as well
Wow, it’s been a while since I haven’t ate at A&W. My local used to be at Woodfield Mall. It opened around 1984 and closed around 2019.
Correction, the Woodfield Mall location opened in 1985.
Have one of these real close to me in Dayton, Ohio, one paired with a Long John Silvers. I’ve never been, even though I LOVE root beer floats, and was always fascinated by it since it was the only one I’d ever seen growing up, lol.
Used to get coffee here every Friday night after football games
My town's A&W closed down. They turned it into an Arby's. I remember we saved it the first time they were gonna close down but then they changed owners and the guy ran it into the ground. I miss going to the car shows there.
I drove past this one a few months ago with family, I really wanted to stop, lol, but family had other plans. I grew up near one in Winston Oregon, such fond memories and wow those root beer floats were great! It was not that many years ago one of the old style drive in ones was still open in Vancouver Washington, a fairly decent sized city of like 170k? a suburb of Portland, now the old drive in ones seem confined to small towns like Sweet Home. As a teen I remember the Winston one being a co-sponsor of a annual car cruise.
Eaten at that location many times! Love it.
I remember the old restaurant in Racine Wi but they closed that one and built across the interstate another one a newer one was disappointed when I ate there they got rid of making them by hand now they use patties but the root beer was good
I have a memory of going to one and they had great baked potatoes and that frosty mug instead of the only ones close to me is one in a gas station
Life-long A&W root beer lover, here. I own a large glass A&W mug that I bought at the OG A&W joint in my town. I got it almost 30 years ago for, like, 2 bucks; the resaurant's been there since the late 1960s. The mug weighs just under 2 pounds [796 grams for the rest of the world], and it lives in my freezer, waiting for its next A&W root beer. Not just any variety, either. I get the kind that comes in those clear, long-neck glass bottles, 4 in a pack. I chill a bottle in the freezer for 15 minutes before opening. The 2 pounds of deep-frozen glass makes the root beer so chilled that it makes its own delicious slushy. Only the glass bottle A&W root beer does this; the 500 ml and the 2-litre stuff won't slush up, nor do the lesser brands of root beer. I've tried them all over the years. I think it's coz the glass bottle stuff uses proper sugar where all the others use fructose or corn syrup. There's also a slight taste difference; very slight, but it's there.
Long story short: the glass bottle root beer is like having the OG restaurant stuff at home. Worth the little extra if root beer is your thing.
Thanks for the tip!
It amazes me that A&W now is way more popular in Canada than in the US. I grew up near an A&W but it became a tobacco store. I would love to eat at one again.
I haven't been to a A&W in a lotta of years they were certinaly BIG here in California.
Here in Canada A&W burgers are huge. Just as big as Wendy's. Or close. But I did read the A&W restaurants in Canada are not actually affiliated with the ones in the U.S. i love their Papa Burger and their onion rings are really good.
I'm in northern NY and most of the A&W's near me are across the border in Canada. But there is still one like the one in this video a couple hours south of me in Cortland. I need to make a trip down there.
Hey kids, road trip!
Great video Chris nothing beats the actual A&W root beer from the actual restaurant
Thanks for coming by man, its not a bad place at all is it?
Not only have I eaten at the original A&W in Lodi, I also had pizza at the original Shakey's pizza in Sacramento.
My mom worked as a carhop at one in Chicago around 1965 when she was 15.
My A&W memories are of the one that was in Felton, CA. The building is still there, but unfortunately it is some Chinese restaurant now. But I loved going to it when it was still an A&W. I wish we could bring all that back.
yep, they missed a HUGE marketing opportunity to go full nostalgia even more so than Sonic, people are dying for all kinds of nostalgia
@@deanfirnatine7814 Exactly. And Sonic isn't even that good. A&W was way better.
@@ZetaReticuli_ Nice to know that A & W has reached "out of this world" status with the "alien" crowd!
I’m like 5 minutes away from the Lodi original!!! I love it there. The food is great, the floats are amazing, and YES!!! The best Root Beer EVER!!!! Totally beats the gas station A&W cans lol
I'm lucky, we have the only drive in A&W left in Vermont! My love of onion rings comes from A&W
Oh God ya the Onion Rings are the best
@deanfirnatine7814 one of my favorites!
Just been watching a lot of your videos. All great stuff. I actually just recently moved to Flushing myself. And I'm sure you know now that the A&w is long gone and now it's called the flushing A. I'm up there a couple times a month. It's different, but it's good!
@@JDvintagemi Yeah, I definitely heard it Closed, many years ago, I'm glad to see a similar business is operating in that building, though.
I can remember having a couple of these little Drive-In A&W type restaurants in our little town and it seemed like what killed it was when the big guys moved in like Burger King Wendy's McDonald's Carl's Junior all those places moved into town and the little places like A&W Foster Freeze and there was even a few mom and pop like Drive in burger joints in our town they all faded away because of the ad campaigns that the other guys had that they didn't
Probably the best place to put this aside from an actual McDonald's video but if you're ever driving along the 10 Freeway in California, the McDonald's on W Ramsey Street in Banning still has the golden arches building structure and a Speedy sign outside. I passed by it and thought of you + your videos my Friend 💙
fond memories of n ot just their floats, but their onion rings and burgers
I remember the one in San Jose that had a groovy Fireplace.
Love love their on tap Root Beer!!!!!!
im proud to say that i bought tee's from 80's tees , im cool like chris now !
Yay!
Im in oregon, and i see those resturants everywhere! Usualy connected to a kfc, and A&W is my favorite root beer!
I love A&W
lucky bastid. Im in illinois, and there are NONE left here. Sad. :( i loved going there.
You should visit Lodi, CA. The birthplace of A&W. (You already knew that). The original building where they stored the hotdog cart is in the Downtown area. They have a stand alone A&W there, too!
I'm planning on it!
Interesting, I thought A and W started in Canada.
Oakridge Oregon has an old one too!
i was about to say that this looks like my local A&W
but that's because it is
Root beer float looks good never been to a A@W restaurant.
@@josephhughes3313 They are definitely worth a stop for those root beer floats.
We just passed by the A&W
I had an A&W near me. It sadly closed a few years ago :(
Had an A&W paired with a KFC but A&W got squeezed out and KFC took over the whole building, miss A&W..
That’s too bad. A&W is way better than KFC anyday
Root beer floats need to come back.
if you were going for classic you should have gone to A&W 1 in Lodi CA.
@chefwolf77 I definitely agree with you for the nostalgic sake and the little museum they have inside. I just wish that location was more of a classic design but it's sadly been updated.
@@SetsStreetsEats that's very true but even though it's been a little bit updated I still love that location
I work at a vintage A&W in Iola, KS. Would be awesome for you to stop by sometime, I’m a huge fan of this channel and would love to meet you. 😎👍
I just grabbed breakfast from A&W.
They're everywhere in Canada. Way better than the Clown food
A&W are now all franchisee's who then in turn I believe own the parent company
Can you make a video about Dog N Suds? It’s a restaurant very similar to A&W. I remember going there as a kid and thought their food and root beer was better than A&W.
It's on my list!
Hah! I live about a quarter of a mile from this place. I eat there often.
A&w is popular in Canada
YUM Brands! no longer owns Long John Silvers and A&W Restaurants
Who owns them?
I do not know when you made this video, however Yum brands sold both LJS and A&W
You came all the way over here?
Think I was traveling across Colorado possibly maybe 5 years or so ago the first time I tried a A&W, not terrible but not that impressed either
A n Grubb. Frosted mugs.
That is the best rooter
If the mugs aren’t frosted - it’s far from correct.
Yes they were always frosted
They were at ours.
The A&W's in my area are complete dumps.
Where at
That is a really intense intro.
I heard that they demand the franchise owners to stay open all year around or they cancel their agreement. Lots of seasonal root beer stands closed or changed to another because of this... Don't quote me... Just remember back when they all closed up or changed names... 👀
I always thought that the root beer was brewed (or something special going on in the back)... Recently found out that the root beer that you get at A&W comes out of a regular soda dispenser... 👀 Like any of the soft drinks... 👀
You should visit the Chucky e cheese in Muncie indiana
I just went!
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Can you please give me a shout out in the next video, I am HUGE fan of you and your videos, and it has been very cool to watch your videos get better and better!
Just some constructive criticism don't talk while eating. I enjoyed the video until that point. I know it's probably a me thing but there are probably others. Listening to others eat really sets me off like nails in a chalkboard.
So I eat an entire meal without saying a single word. But you still had to comment because I talked while eating the ice cream and sipping the root beer at the end of the meal? Really? Go watch someone else's videos then.
I really enjoy your videos, but you lose me when you talk while eating
Greece tastes turrible
I personally would not eat a country important safety tip.
@@noahrbxt9246
Like wat?
why did you eat a country my man
@@phantomhourglass13
It wat it cooked in ,, my main
Its weird how huge it is in Canada then in the states. Sad america doesn't have the burger family like Canada has. Teen burger is king ❤