The first Amy’s Drive Thru restaurant opened in Rohnert Park, California, on July 20, 2015. It is a vegetarian fast food restaurant concept, featuring veggie burgers, shakes, French fries, pizzas, macaroni and cheese and salads. Vegan and gluten free menu options are available.
Amy’s Drive-Thru was created by Rachel and Andy Berliner, the married duo who also founded Amy’s Kitchen in the 1980s. That business has been thriving for decades, and it’s now the leading maker of vegetarian and vegan frozen meals.
Amy’s menu looks much heartier and fresher than the other fast-food chains: For lunch and dinner, there are organic (veggie) burgers, burritos, fries, chili, mac and cheese, pizza, soup, plus seasonal salads, coffee and milkshakes. At breakfast, there are tofu scrambles, burritos, bagels, oatmeal, parfaits – plus some less-healthy sounding treats, like hash browns and cinnamon rolls.
Instead of a swift-moving, utilitarian kitchen, the culinary operation at Amy’s Drive-Thru is necessarily divided into thirds, with vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options all prepared separately so as not to cross-contaminate. Whereas a standard fast-food restaurant has around 15 employees per outpost, Amy’s Drive-Thru employs over 90 because it takes many more people to prepare the food.
According to today.com; fastcompany.com. Source of photo: internet
