curb service

noun

: service extended (as by a restaurant) to persons sitting in parked automobiles

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This was back when Frisch's was a drive-in with carhop curb service. — Annasofia Scheve, The Enquirer, 26 June 2023 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 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

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of curb service was in 1925

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“Curb service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curb%20service. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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