Commercial Building

Historical marker location:

204 West Elm Street, Ozark, Missouri

( Marker is on Elm Street west of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west.)

1914.

The first ever drive-thru restaurant in the world was opened in Springfield, Missouri in 1947 by a man named Red Chaney. The restaurant, called Red's Giant Hamburg, was known for its signature "Giant Hamburgers" and became a popular fast food chain in the Midwest.