What was the first fast food restaurant?

Brainy Blonde

Just remember, you asked for it, says she who just gobbled down a Dairy Queen burger and a Dilly Bar!!!!! Here's some info that might help. The first MacDonald's opened in 1956 as per their web site. The following is an URL to fast food facts: http://www.kenkuhl.com/fastfood/ The following is fast food finder: http://www.olen.com/food/ This is what someone else had to say: OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES, fast food has infiltrated every nook and cranny of American society. An industry that began with a handful of modest hot dog and hamburger stands in southern California has spread to every corner of the nation, selling a broad range of food wherever paying customers may be found. Fast food is now served at restaurants and drive-through, at stadiums, airports, zoos, high schools, elementary schools, and universities, on cruise ships, trains, and airplanes, at K-Marts, Wal-Marts, gas stations, and even at hospital cafeterias. In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music - combined. http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/schlosser-fast.html May 30 02, 4:09 PM

Socrates

The very first fast food joint was not McDonalds--in 1921 E. W. Ingram and Walter A. Anderson opened in Wichita, KS a convient restuarant called White Castle. It survives to this day: and their tiny, steamed, onion burgers are Out Of Sight! I wonder if any exist on the British Isles or the vast frozen tundra that is Canada. May 31 02, 9:44 AM