Charlie's Drive-In

Restaurant

806 W. Main St .Hortonville, WI 54944

Call-ins welcome telephone (920) 779-6753

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We are open for the 2014 season which is our 49th!!!

Elvis and elvis junior with the showgirls braved a bitterly cold St. Pat's day parade. People cheered and there was fun had by all.

Look for the Elvis Week extravaganza on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 12 and 13. On Tuesday weare expecting George the Legend to dj, all of our carhops dressed as Marilyn Monroes, our elvis making the rounds and Tori as queen Marilyn. The day generally rounds out to be the biggest classic car night of our year by far.

Recent blog activity lovin' Charlie's food...

 

 

Charlie's in Kodachrome
From: shimonlindemann, J. Shimon & J. Lindemann
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Commmentary from the artists themselves.
The best drive-in restaurant in the world. As old folks we've seen so much great stuff fade into the sunset. This project the Mann kids got going is an incredible, beautiful thing, linking the past to the future and creating community.
Owned by the Mann family since 1965, son Carl and daughter Rachel continue on. Carl used his training as an artist to transform the mid-century family business into a work of relational art. His sister and business partner, Rachel, keeps the promotional schemes low-budget to ensures the restaurant remains profitable in a time when most people opt for the corporate sameness to the quirky surprises of a homespun drive-in. Through special events like weekly classic car night and Elvis death week tributes, the family collaborates to create a community around their homespun version of Americana.

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Every Tuesday is classic car night. A free mug of root beer with sandwich purchase, when you bring in your classic transportation.

OUR MENU FOR 2014 pdf menu

as above w/ swiss cheese, fried onions and our own homemade horseysauce

The story of Charlie's Drive-In begins more than 45 years ago. Charlie was working at Wire Products and noticed that a unique little drive-in across the street was up for sale. Charles and Suzanne Mann decided that they would tackle the restaurant business and purchased the A&W from Ray Baerwald in 1965.

They continued under the A&W name until 1982 when they decided to go independent and Charlie's Place was founded. The name is not the only thing that has changed over the last 45 some years. Initially the staff was all male, but as times changed, female staff members were added to the crew, which is now predominantly female.

The fabulous bacon cheeseburger was not always on the menu. During one of Charlie's fishing outings, Suzanne worked it onto the menu and it is now one of our most popular sandwiches. In 2000, a stereo system with satellite radio was also added so that our customers could enjoy music from the era that made drive-ins famous.

Since 1965, the Mann family has seen many changes. Charles and Suzanne became parents and are now grandparents. They have operated a true family business since 1965 with their children Carl and Rachel owning the drive-in since 2005.

Charlie's has always maintained quality food and service, something that the Mann's are extremely proud of. We invite you to join us in celebrating our 45th year.

We thank all who have been patrons, employees and friends over the years. We are pleased to serve you our signature root beer and fresh all beef burgers, and hope you enjoy this little slice of Americana as much as we do.

The Mann Family

 

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