Taylor's Drive In. Open since 1947 in downtown Springfield (MO).
139 Memorial Plz, Springfield MO. North and West of the Shrine Mosque.
Mmmm….Taylor's. My first thought on opening any jury duty notice over the past 35 years has been "Fantastic! I'll be having lunch at Taylor's."
According to their menu cover, Taylor's was one of the "it" cruising spots for teenagers of the 50's and 60's. That's more than a little before my time but when I worked at University Plaza Hotel, also downtown, in the 80's and early 90's I'd been known to stop in at Taylor's fairly often. They are Springfield's original steakburger and shake joint, long before the Steak N Shake franchise came to town. The hubs, Gene, worked for a printing company in the 80's, also downtown, and he reminisced that he and all the guys would often call in a big order in to Taylors and they'd take turns making the grub run.