Frostop

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