Started in 1948 as the first
drive-thru hamburger joint with a
two-way speaker box. They spread throughout southern california and have in recent years started popping up in northern california and elsewhere.
Their menu is simple and hasn't changed in years: hamburger, cheeseburger, double-double, fries, coke, shake. They offer a good meal at a fair price.
Most franchises are eerily identical, for customer comfort: no matter where you are, it feels like back home when you enter an In-N-Out. They all have the same seating arrangement, counter and kitchen space, decorations, and crossed palm trees out front.
It's been rumored that they're owned by the mormon church; this I can't confirm or deny. But it is true that on the crimp of each burger sleeve and the bottom of each cup, there's a biblical reference.