[1] It was established in 1945 by the Tutweiler family, who transferred ownership of the restaurant to John McKay in 1955.

Typical of drive-in restaurants, the servers (called "curb girls" by McKay) fill orders and bring food out to the customer's cars.

[8] The drive-in has a large neon sign of its logo, a yellow and red crown.

[1][9][10] The restaurant's menu is "large" and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner including hoagies, sandwiches, pot roast, chicken livers and swiss steak with their most popular items being the barbecue, hot dogs, specialty salads and pizza.

Dessert items include a root-beer float, milkshakes and three kinds of pie (apple, coconut and either chocolate or cherry cream).