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| B&K Root Beer Stands |
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| The B&K chain was founded in the mid-1940s in Michigan City, IN. There were 238 B&K locations around Indiana at one time. The remaining ones are now all independently operated. |
| B&K Drive-in Manchester Rd. Akron, OH |
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| This B&K Drive-in was built in 1955. It originally had a neon mug sign. |
| B&K Drive-in Wilbeth Rd. Akron, OH |
B&K Drive-in Van Wert, OH |
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The Akron B&K Drive-in appears to be from the 1950s.
The Van Wert B&K Drive-in opened around 1955. The neon sign is lit at night. For more, see this website. |
| B&K Drive-in Cuyahoga Falls, OH |
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| This B&K Drive-in has been around since at least 1961. It probably opened in the 1950s. |
| BK Root Beer Drive-in Sidney, OH |
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| The Sidney B&K Root Beer Drive-in is probably from the 1950s or 1960s. |
| B&K Root Beer Alexandria, IN |
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| The Alexandria B&K Root Beer has car hops and still serves root beer in glass mugs. For more, see this website. |
| B&K Root Beer Muncie, IN |
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| This Muncie B&K Root Beer was closed from in 2005-2009. It had reopened by the time of these photos in 2010. |
| B&K Root Beer Gas City, IN |
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| This Gas City B&K Root Beer has an extra long canopy and still features car hops. |
| Barker's B&K Root Beer Kokomo, IN |
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| Rupert's B&K Root Beer Kokomo, IN |
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| Kokomo has two B&K Root Beer locations: Barker's and Rupert's. The Rupert's B&K features the same style neon mug sign as the one in Van Wert above but mounted on the roof rather than a pole. I don't know of any other B&K neon mugs. |
| B&K Root Beer West Logansport, IN |
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| B&K Root Beer East Logansport, IN |
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| Logansport has two B&K Root Beer locations at opposite ends of town. The B&K Root Beer West sign was probably all neon at one time or perhaps there was another root beer stand here before B&K. |
| West End B&K Root Beer Peru, IN |
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| The West End B&K Root Beer is the only location that I know of with a neon hot dog on top of its sign. |
| B&K Root Beer South Broadway Peru, IN |
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| This B&K Root Beer appears to be from the 1950s or 1960s. |
| Waddle Sugar Shack Mentone, IN |
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| This B&K Root Beer also goes by the name of Waddle Sugar Shack. |
| B&K Root Beer Marion, IN |
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| The Marion B&K Root Beer offers car hops and an indoor dining area. |
| B&K Root Beer Rochester, IN |
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| The Rochester B&K Root Beer has an oval sign which I have not seen elsewhere. |
| Dwyer's B&K Root Beer Silver Lake, IN |
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| Dwyer's B&K Root Beer features a simple canopy and unique plastic signs. |
| B&K Root Beer Wabash, IN |
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| The Wabash B&K Root Beer features a classic drive-in canopy and walk-up window. |
| The Port Drive-in Chesterton, IN |
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| The Port Drive-in features a plastic B&K mug on their roof. I have not seen another one like it. This drive-in opened in 1953 as Studman's. In 1957, it was renamed the Snack Shack. It became the Port Drive-in sometime after that. I don't know if this place was associated with B&K from the beginning or not. It appears one of the drive-thru canopies was converted into an indoor dining area. |
| Bummie's B&K Drive-in Bluffton, IN |
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| Bummie's B&K Drive-in opened in 1962. They still have car hops. Their sign features an arrow like the one at the Chesterton stand above. Apparently, A&W used these arrows as well. For more, see this website. |
| Allen's Root Beer Drive-in Coldwater, MI |
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| Allen's Root Beer Drive-in was built as a B&K Root Beer stand in 1955. It has been Allen's since around 1980. There are car hops and cruise nights. |
| Root Beer Drive-in Wadsworth, OH |
former drive-in Kokomo, IN |
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The canopy supports at the Root Beer Drive-in look like inverted versions of those at Allen's Root Beer described above. I'm told that this was originally an A&W and that it became a B&K later.
This Kokomo drive-in canopy might be owned by the restaurant next door visible at the left. However, it is no longer in use. The canopy looks very similar to the one in Wadsworth. Does anyone know if this was ever a B&K or what business was here originally? |
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More B&K Root Beer Stands:
Huntington, IN [open] Indianapolis, IN [open; now Mel's Drive-in] Knox, IN [open] Lafayette, IN [now A-One Auto Sales] Mishawaka, IN [open] Warsaw, IN [open] Akron, OH Cuyahoga Falls, OH Troy, OH [open] If anyone knows the status of these, has photos, or knows of others, I'd appreciate the info. |
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