Baker's Drive-thru

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Baker's Drive-thru
Type	Private
Founded	1952
Founder	Neal T. Baker
Headquarters	San Bernardino, California, United States
No. of locations	36 (2007)
Area served	Inland Empire
Industry	Fast-food
Website	http://www.bakersdrivethru.com

Baker's Drive-thru is a chain of fast-food restaurants located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. It was the first fast food chain in America to offer a dual menu of both American and Mexican-style food options.^{[citation needed]} This fact is branded in their logo as: "Bakers, America's First Twin Kitchen." The menu features a selection of items such as hamburgers, french fries, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and milkshakes. In addition, it serves a special breakfast menu which normally ends at 11am.

In 1995 it began adding a vegetarian menu to locations, originally called the Loma Linda Kitchen menu due to the predominance of Seventh-day Adventists who are largely vegetarian(and who make up the majority of the population of Loma Linda, California);the first two locations that featured this menu were in Loma LInda and Yucaipa.^[1] The vegetarian menu has been added to 12 locations so far.^[2]

The Baker's menu is interesting in that the meal options are hierarchically divided into family member associations including, "Papa Meal", "Mama Meal", or "Baby Meal" which was later on changed to the "Budget Meal". There is also an option to "Powersize" one's meal which always increases the default size of a meal's beverage and french fries. Baker's Drive-thru is unique in that it is one of the only fast-food restaurant chains in the United States that does not offer free refills on soft drinks, catching many customers by surprise.^{[citation needed]} It is also an interesting fact that the Baker's logo does not contain the color red, which is almost true of all major fast-food brands. Baker's has been known to be one of the most popular fast-food restaurants in the Inland Empire.^{[citation needed]}

The restaurant chain has established a cult-following among many who are deemed residents of the "909" area code. For college students from the 909 who have moved out of area for school, among one of the first things they will ask a fellow "909er" upon meeting is what their favorite thing is on the Baker's menu.