Roy Allen and Frank Wright are the two restauranteurs who provided the initials for A&W Root Beer a recipe that Allen concocted in 1919. At the peak of the it’s popularity A&W had more outlets across America than did McDonalds. We remember many a summer’s evening, pulling our cars up to the A&W drive-in for a burger and that classic root beer taste that came in a glass mug with the famous orange and brown logo.
