When my sister and I were children, our parents occasionally treated the family to a special dinner at a nearby restaurant, one with real carhop service and trays that attached to the driver’s door. The delivery “Goodette” wore a uniform, complete with a little paper hat.
It was so much fun to eat in the car! In those days, most cars had a high hump on the back seat floor, and it was great fun for us girls to sit on the hump and use the backseat as a table.
In the days before Micky D’s, the best carhop experience was at the Goody-Goody on Salem Avenue. “Goody’s” was well known for several specialties: homemade French fried shoestring potatoes, cream of onion soup, butterscotch pie, and, of course, Goody’s hamburgers with their special sauce…