# Any root beer stands in your area? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433 "2019-08-09T22:14:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/21 "2019-08-12T15:19:23Z")
We have an A&W that’s fairly close and we also have a drive-in called A & Dubs. It’s a family-owned restaurant. They make their own root beer that rivals A&W. Great burgers too. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/22 "2019-08-12T15:53:13Z")
In Elmhurst IL, at the north end of downtown at York Rd. & North Ave. is [this place.](https://www.hamburgerheavenelmhurst.com/) Their website says > [@Hamburger Heaven](#): > > To this day we are proud to say we still serve [snip] the original Richardson Root Beer made in oak barrels. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/23 "2019-08-12T16:37:17Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > About an hour and a half from here, though, there’s [Triple XXX Root Beer](http://triplexrootbeer.com/), one of the last vestiges of what was once a nationwide chain. So, nine X’s? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/24 "2019-08-12T16:47:43Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Union city Ohio, which is about fifty miles away, has a A&W old style restaurant. It’s nice. It’s nice, but the town not so much. Well not the town itself, the people from the town. It’s a welfare town with a large drug addict population. I worked there in the 80’s and it was going straight down hill even then. I do like the A&W though, I feel like I am living dangerously when I go there. 😃 That and the foods pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/25 "2019-08-12T17:25:41Z")
There’s a pizzeria in Greensboro (I used to go to one in Winston-Salem when I lived there and it was still open) that is unduly proud of its house-made root beer, but I never knew them to serve it in a frosty glass mug, just a run-of-the-mill restaurant-supply-house stackable plastic tumbler. They did make good pizza, though. Twenty-odd years ago. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/26 "2019-08-12T17:26:28Z")
[Eddie’s Drive-In](http://eddiesdrivein.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/27 "2019-08-12T17:27:58Z")
There are a couple of old school drive in root beer stands left in town. There’s also a Sonic, and while I suppose one could order a root beer there using the car hop service, it somehow seems spiritually different. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/28 "2019-08-12T18:28:36Z")
Just had dinner at an A&W drive in a few weeks ago and the root beer came in a large glass mug. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/29 "2019-08-12T18:37:48Z")
The [New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum](http://www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org/) occasionally hosts events at which food is served. There is a guy who sells sarsparilla, root beer, and other “old-fashioned” beverages out of a cart designed to look like a cowboy chuck wagon. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/30 "2019-08-13T11:41:49Z")
I’m starting to see that along with the craft beer movement there has also been a craft soda pop parallel. Independence Missouri has a place called [Polly’s Soda Company](http://www.pollyssodapop.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/31 "2019-08-13T11:43:06Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > In Elmhurst IL, at the north end of downtown at York Rd. & North Ave. is [this place.](https://www.hamburgerheavenelmhurst.com/) Their website says I SOOO want to try that place! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/32 "2019-08-13T11:53:55Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > I had to check your location because I didn’t think you were from Indiana. The only other XXX is in Lafayette IN about an hour from me. Very popular with Purdue students and alums. Looking at the menu, ours sounds much better. _Miracle Whip?_ Ugh. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/33 "2019-08-13T13:52:41Z")
A bit over an hour away, in Middlebury, VT, is an actual A&W drive-in with car hops on skates. Takes me waaaay back. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/34 "2019-08-13T18:06:13Z")
There used to be a burger joint across from my high school that served ginger beer in a frosty mug. We went there all the time. This was over 55 years ago, and the place has changed owners several times. I don’t think they still serve ginger beer. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/35 "2019-08-13T20:54:50Z")
St Louis here…Fitz’s Root Beer ROCKS. I worked in a place a long time ago that was previously an A&W. Still had tanks and a LOT of glassware in the basement. I have a fair collection including a few tiny sampler mugs. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/36 "2019-08-13T22:39:32Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > I had to check your location because I didn’t think you were from Indiana. The only other XXX is in Lafayette IN about an hour from me. Very popular with Purdue students and alums. Besides the [Triple XXX](https://www.triplexxxfamilyrestaurant.com/) (also known as the "Tri Chi), Tippecanoe County boasts two of the 14 remaining [Dog N Suds](https://dognsudsgreaterlafayette.com/) locations. In addition, the [Lafayette Brewing Company](http://lafbrewco.com/) crafts a root beer to complement its alcoholic offerings. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/37 "2019-08-14T03:31:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Looking at the menu, ours sounds much better. _Miracle Whip?_ Ugh. 😛 You won’t get any resistance from me. I’m an IU grad and Triple XXX is in Purdue territory (huge state rivalry). I’ve eaten there once and thought it was ok but nothing special, but I can understand their nostalgia. On the other hand… don’t be dissin’ the tangy zip of Miracle Whip. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/38 "2019-08-14T03:36:48Z")
The last one anywhere near here closed 10 or 12 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/39 "2019-08-14T11:45:48Z")
There is a quaint little root beer stand over in [Waukesha](https://johnsdrivein.weebly.com/). My wife thinks there was a Dog n Suds in the same area back in the 70’s. I wouldn’t know, I didn’t grow up around there. But speaking of [Dog n Suds](http://www.richmonddognsuds.com/), there are a couple of them across the border in the northern flatlands. Their root beer is pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433/40 "2019-08-14T22:20:23Z")
XXX Root Beer in Issaquah, WA. I haven’t been in years (it’s not an area I go to often, and when I do I’m on my way back from a hike, and I usually am more in the mood for root beer without the root). [http://triplexrootbeer.com/](http://triplexrootbeer.com/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-root-beer-stands-in-your-area/838433.md?page=3)