white collar workers

 

Steak N Shake began in the 1930s in Normal, Illinois in a converted gas station.  The founder Gus Belt had the motto "in sight, it must be right" and so he ground sirloin for his steakburgers right in front of the customer.  Using real milk, shakes were mixed at the counter.  Of course, in today's drive-thru, there was no "in sight."  Employees still wear the soda jerk hats and bows ties from the 1950s.  But back then, there were no breaks to talk on the cell phone.

 

Steak N Shake

50th and Milwaukee

Lubbock, Texas