Swenson’s Drive-In

I had lunch at Swen­son’s Dri­ve-In in Sev­en Hills. It was unlike Kunkel’s Dri­ve-in in Con­nersville, they did­n’t have the old box­es to call inside, instead you turn on your lights. The carhops run to and from the vehi­cles, I imag­ine they stay in good shape doing this. One of the carhops looked like she was prob­a­bly a com­pet­i­tive run­ner. I got burg­ers. Part of my quest to find a decent ham­burg­er in Cleve­land.

I got a Gal­ley Boy Bas­ket with onion rings instead of fries and coleslaw, anoth­er Gal­ley Boy and a Choco­late Milk­shake. The burg­ers were like J’s Dairy Inn in Lib­er­ty, good, but not fan­tas­tic. The Gal­ley Boy is sauced with bar­be­cue and some­thing else. The buns are light­ly toast­ed. You can’t real­ly com­pare the burg­ers to Heck­’s since they are at oppo­site ends of the spec­trum, nei­ther fit­ting the per­fect burg­er cri­te­ria. Still, it is good to know there is a decent dri­ve-in rel­a­tive­ly close-by. Next Stop: Steven­son’s.