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'''Frostop''' was a national chain of drive-in restaurants affiliated with the Frostop brand of root beer. The first location was opened by L. S. Harvey in [[1926]] in Springfield, Ohio. | '''Frostop''' was a national chain of drive-in restaurants affiliated with the Frostop brand of root beer. The first location was opened by L. S. Harvey in [[1926]] in Springfield, Ohio. | ||
By the mid-1960s, the chain had four locations in [[Birmingham]]. Each offered "pure beef" hamburgers and frothy mugs of Frostop root beer and orange drink. The restaurants were distinguished by their oversized mug-shaped signs. The sign at Frostop's [[Five Points West]] location was modified for [[Marsh Bakery]]. | By the mid-1960s, the chain had four locations in [[Birmingham]]. Each offered "pure beef" hamburgers and frothy mugs of Frostop root beer and orange drink. The restaurants were distinguished by their oversized mug-shaped signs. The sign at Frostop's [[Five Points West]] location (which was managed in [[1965]] by [[Bob Sykes]]) was later modified for [[Marsh Bakery]]. | ||
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==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
* 2916 [[Bessemer Road]], [[Five Points West]] | * 2916 [[3rd Avenue West]] ([[Bessemer Road]]), [[Five Points West]] | ||
* 5612 [[1st Avenue South]], [[Woodlawn]] | * 5612 [[1st Avenue South]], [[Woodlawn]] | ||
* 5500 [[Crestwood Boulevard|U.S. Highway 78]], [[Crestwood]] | * 5500 [[Crestwood Boulevard|U.S. Highway 78]], [[Crestwood]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:11, 2 July 2016
Frostop was a national chain of drive-in restaurants affiliated with the Frostop brand of root beer. The first location was opened by L. S. Harvey in 1926 in Springfield, Ohio.
By the mid-1960s, the chain had four locations in Birmingham. Each offered "pure beef" hamburgers and frothy mugs of Frostop root beer and orange drink. The restaurants were distinguished by their oversized mug-shaped signs. The sign at Frostop's Five Points West location (which was managed in 1965 by Bob Sykes) was later modified for Marsh Bakery.
Locations
- 2916 3rd Avenue West (Bessemer Road), Five Points West
- 5612 1st Avenue South, Woodlawn
- 5500 U.S. Highway 78, Crestwood
- 8401 1st Avenue North, East Lake