Baker's Drive-Thru

Baker's Drive-Thru is a chain of fast-food restaurants located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. The menu features a selection of items such as hamburgers, french fries, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and milkshakes.[1]

Baker's Drive-Thru

Type	Private
Industry	Fast-food
Founded	1952 (1952)
Founder	Neal T. Baker
Headquarters	San Bernardino, California , United States
Number of locations	39 (2016)
Area served	Inland Empire
Owner	Carol Baker(deceased 2017)
Website	http://www.bakersdrivethru.com

Inspired by the success of McDonald's, Neal Baker founded his first restaurant in 1952, calling it "Baker's Burgers." Three years later, Baker added Mexican food to the menu. Burgers were sold at one window and Mexican food at another; he called this the "Twin Kitchen" concept.[2] After struggling for over 30 years to make Bakers a success, Baker hired Joe Amlani to conduct a complete overhaul on the concept and establish their operations as they exist today.

In 1995, it began adding a vegetarian menu to locations, originally called the Loma Linda Kitchen menu due to the prevalence of vegetarians in Loma Linda; Seventh-day Adventists, who are traditionally vegetarian, comprise about half[3] the population of the city of Loma Linda. The first two locations that featured this menu were in Loma Linda and Yucaipa.[4] As of February 2013, the vegetarian menu has been added to 21 locations.[5]

In-store dining was indefinitely shut down in mid-March 2020 to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. But drive-thru, pick-up & take-away service are still available.