Stewart’s Root Beer & Drive-In — Restaurant in Franklin Township

Tonight we decided to stop at Stewart’s for dinner. When the waiter came out to take our order, he was friendly and talking to my niece and nephew in the back of the car. About 20-25 minutes later our food was brought out to the car. I asked the guy (a different waiter) if the window was okay the way it was and he told me yes. As he was putting the tray on the window we told him to hold on that it wasn’t hooked. He proceeded to let the tray go which resulted in TWO root-beer floats spilling all over me, and the inside of my sisters car. He took the tray back inside and came out with small napkins. The scoops of ice cream and soda were mostly all over the carpeting of the floor and under the passenger seat. He asked if we still wanted our food and we said yes. He came out about 30 minutes later and asked how we wanted the food and at that point of being there almost an hour I said I would like it to go. It was long enough waiting with a two year old and a three year old in the car. One of the owners brought the food out and I voiced my opinion how we were most likely going to have to have the carpet shampooed and I didn’t think it was our responsibility that we would have to pay for the shampoo. He went inside and came out with a towel and put it under the seat and told me there was nothing on the towel (after I just spent the last 30 minutes trying to clean up as much as possible) Not once did we receive an apology. I went in to speak to the other owner and her response was that we shouldn’t have eaten in our car and it happens often. How is it fair that it happens “often” yet we are left responsible to clean up the mess as a customer? And isn’t the point of Stewart’s drive in to eat and enjoy food in your car? After the male continued screaming at me, in front of about 6 other customers and telling me to get out, I brought the food back in and put it on the counter. It’s a shame that business owners act that like. We went down the street to Sonic, and we will never...

It's been quite a while since I have set foot in a Stewart's. The one on Route 27 south of New Brunswick has been at its location for 40 years...maybe more. It still looks the same and still has car service (the server puts a tray with your food on your rolled down window). They also have takeout but while they have stools inside it does not appear that they offer inside dining. We arrived just before closing at 8pm. The workers were very accommodating. I had the Philly cheese steak for $11 which was delicious...loads of peppers, onions and melted American cheese with a generous portion of meat on a long roll. The hotdog $4 with the works was excellent but the roll was bland and somewhat mushy. The fries were hot and tasty, again a generous portion. It took about 10 minutes for the meal to be prepared. Of course I had to have the Root Beer which was just as good as I remembered. Go if you have the chance. You may be...

I pulled in, exhausted and hungry, and I sat at the corner, a couple seats away from the mixed race couple, and waited my chance to order from the pretty, hard working Latina behind the bar. She looked at me expectantly, and I ordered a cheeseburger with lettuce, onions, and tomato and a glass mug of Stewart's Root Beer. The black guy leaned toward me, "Wow, that's really sixties" "Well, I've been eating at this Stewart's since the sixties. Back then, this was farm country with wheat as tall as me at 5 years old. There was a metal geodesic dome installed after a few years later and it's still here". I remember the Sportsman bar up the street before all of these condos covered the farm fields. Thank god Stewart's is still here. I want you to meet my wife Aita. These are my God children. What a beautiful garden. We had great watermelons and...