For a slice of retro Americana, stop at Middlebury's A&W Drive-In. Among the few remaining New England branches of this century-old national chain, it's the only one where carhops on roller skates still deliver root-beer floats, cheeseburgers, onion rings and other artery-clogging goodness directly to your car window.
A&W Drive-in
Vermont
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