: service extended (as by a restaurant) to persons sitting in parked automobiles
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By 1984, according to an Indianapolis Star article that year, about 80% of customers came to dine in, with only about a fifth of the business coming from curb service.—
Shari Rudavsky,
IndyStar,
28 Mar. 2025 This was back when Frisch's was a drive-in with carhop curb service.—
Annasofia Scheve,
The Enquirer,
26 June 2023 The restaurant did away with curb service in 1985 in order to expand the building for more dine-in space, but the drive-in awning on the building's east side remains and the interior is still reminiscent of a 60s diner.—
Jenna Watson,
The Indianapolis Star,
21 July 2022