0 a person who serves food at a drive-in restaurant (= one where people eat their meals in their cars) -- “免下车”餐馆服务员
Carhop service was reintroduced on weekends and a weekly classic car show is hosted in the parking lot.
As was common at the time, they employed around 20 carhops.
Curb service was introduced in the late 1920s and was mobilized in the 1940s when carhops strapped on roller skates.
The uniforms of early carhops were important, as many drive-ins were competing and something eye-catching was seen as gamesmanship.
A number of its outlets are drive-in restaurants with carhops.
He suspected that he could increase his sales by controlling the parking and having the customers order from speakers at their cars, with carhops delivering the food to the cars.
Now carhops are only featured at a few remaining original drive-in stands and nostalgic fast food establishments.
Early restaurants built during this time offered carhop services.
