Once upon a time in San Bernardino, California.....

Neal T. Baker and his wife Carol had the idea of opening a hamburger restaurant. But this was not an ordinary restaurant, they want to serve top-quality freshly made food at affordable prices to people on the go. It was 1952, the dawning of the American fast-food industry, and Neal T. Baker was one of its founding fathers. 

By 1955 Neal realized that folks liked tacos and burritos just as much as they did hamburgers, so he added those to the menu as well. It was the first dual-concept fast food chain, which he called the Twin Kitchen. It’s still the core of Baker’s menu offerings today.

Neal kept on innovating, and in 1995 he introduced a line of vegetarian menu items in the Loma Linda location. They proved so popular that they expanded to the rest of the Baker’s locations.

2022 marks the 70th Anniversary of Baker’s Drive-Thru®. Today there are 39 locations throughout the Inland Empire and the chain is still owned by the Baker family, who carry on Neal and Carol’s legacy by providing great food, great service, and great prices.

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