Red's Giant Hamburg

Red's Giant Hamburg

Red's Giant Hamburg was a cafe on U.S. Highway 66 in Springfield, Missouri. It claims to have been the world's first drive-through restaurant. [http://slog.cstv.com/touchingthebases/2007/05/mvc_no_chickfila_cows_here.html] Owned by Sheldon "Red" Chaney (May 20, 1916 - June 2, 1997), it started as a motor court with the cafe added later in 1947. Chaney decided that customers would prefer to place their orders by yelling through a window, and the drive-through was born.Fact|date=December 2007 The name was supposed to be "Red's Giant Hamburgers", but Chaney measured the sign wrong and decided to drop the "er". [http://www.birthplaceofroute66.com/bk1story.html] An interesting film about "Reds" was made by some SMS art students in the early 70s' but its whereabouts are unknown.Fact|date=December 2007 A short video by the Springfield rock and roll band "The Morells" was also filmed there in 1983, see the external link below.

The interior was painted with a blue ceiling and green floors to imitate the outdoors; Chaney believed people would compare it to eating at a picnic. [cite book
last = Scott
first = Quinta
coauthors = Kelly, Susan Croce
title = Route 66
publisher = University of Oklahoma Press
date = 1988
location = Norman, OK
pages = 170
isbn = 0-8061-2291-9] Root beer was kept in a barrel. An old car, a home-made mobile, and anything else to draw attention to the place was kept in front, plainly visible from the highway. When Chaney retired in 1984, the city asked him to remove all of it.Fact|date=December 2007

The building was removed in 1997 shortly before Chaney's death. Plans are being considered for a historic marker to be erected at the site.Fact|date=December 2007

Sheldon "Red" Chaney died on June 2, 1997. Red's wife, and partner, Julia Chaney, died on May 19, 2006.

References

* [http://cityguide.ozarksgateway.com/fe/Obituaries/Profile.asp?businessid=76367 Obituary, (Springfield, MO) "News-Leader", May 23, 2006 ]

External links

* [http://www.birthplaceofroute66.com/bk1story.html "Red's Giant Hamburg" in Curtis, C.H. Skip, "Birthplace of Route 66 - Springfield, Mo"]
* [http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060527/COLUMNISTS17/605270344 "Red's Giant Hamburg sizzled with food, fun, heart", Overstreet, Sarah, in (Springfield, MO) "News-Leader", May 27, 2006]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfs-TFt96T0 "The Morells video filmed at Reds circa 1983"]


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