According to D&T Drive Inn’s web site, until 1959 it was an actual icehouse, a place that stored and sold blocks of ice until in-home freezers became viable options. When a Mrs. McKeehan bought the place, she named it after her sons, Dan and Ted. Today, D&T sports more than 50 beers on tap, and there’s a homey food menu that goes perfectly alongside. Our favorite beer snacks at D&T are all included on the Dan & Ted’s plate: pimento cheese, salami, pickled eggs and house-made pickles. It’s happy hour all day on Monday, steak night is Tuesday and Wednesday is “Dog and A Beer Night,” when a quality hot dog on an El Bolillo bun and a beer costs just ten bucks.
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