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Historical marker location:

3015 Barrett Station Road, Kirkwood, Missouri

( Marker can be reached from Barrett Station Road east of Old Dougherty Ferry Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Union Pacific. 1966.

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.