Ed Walker's Drive-In & Restaurant, Drive-in restaurant on Towson Avenue, Fort Smith, United States.
Ed Walker's Drive-In & Restaurant is a restaurant on Towson Avenue in Fort Smith serving American comfort food including French dip sandwiches, five-pound burgers, and malts. The venue offers both drive-in service where you eat in your car and an indoor dining area for guests.
The restaurant was founded in 1933 as Ed Walker's Café making it Fort Smith's oldest continuously operating restaurant. It changed hands several times over the decades but maintained its role as a community dining landmark.
The restaurant earned recognition in the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame in 2020 for its role as a gathering place in the community. Visitors come here to experience a piece of Fort Smith's dining tradition where regulars and newcomers mix throughout the day.
The location has plenty of parking space that was expanded during renovations completed by owner Ted Cserna in 2006. The restaurant accepts modern payment methods making it easy to pay whether you eat in your car or inside.
This is Arkansas's only restaurant authorized to deliver beer directly to customers' vehicles through its curbside service. This special permission makes it a place where classic drive-in tradition meets modern beverage options.
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