Brits try ICONIC 1930s DRIVE-IN DINER in Ohio (and It Was Amazing)

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025

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  • @CezandGaz
    @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +2

    Hey everyone! Check out or latest US food adventure here! - ruclips.net/video/o-Jyozri5Ak/видео.html
    Thank you so much for all your love on these videos 🫶

  • @AndrewMichaelRossi
    @AndrewMichaelRossi 2 месяца назад +29

    I'm a Bostonian by birth but moved here to Akron OH a decade ago and northeast Ohio is awesome. Glad you enjoyed your stay, come back and visit again!

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +2

      Thank you, it really is! We felt so welcomed by everyone!

    • @georgeappleby6868
      @georgeappleby6868 Месяц назад +2

      I'm from Akron and my parents went to Swensons on their first date in the late 1930's and it's where I took my wife for ours. While it's not as good as it use to be, its still better than anywhere else.

    • @lindaardo877
      @lindaardo877 Месяц назад +1

      So glad you love NE Ohio. Been here all my 65 years. Swenson's is great and love their shakes!

  • @dainhunt9060
    @dainhunt9060 2 месяца назад +17

    Thanks for coming in guys, it was a great time serving you!!

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +5

      Thank you Dain!!! 10/10 service, would recommend 🙌🏼

    • @kenkarish826
      @kenkarish826 2 месяца назад +2

      Which Swensons do you work at? Avon,Ohio?

  • @bzick405
    @bzick405 2 месяца назад +23

    Im a 50 year old American who has been the best man in more weddings that I wish to admit. Enjoy these times! They go by fast. These are the best of your life.. you will spend a lot of time later in life reminiscing about these memories

    • @kenlandon7803
      @kenlandon7803 2 месяца назад +2

      That's the voice of experience. Good advice

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +1

      That is lovely advice thank you. It really did go so fast!

    • @O.G.LIL-MAN
      @O.G.LIL-MAN 2 месяца назад +1

      same here...7 time best man. Remember the good times and live it up...life is short

    • @bzick405
      @bzick405 2 месяца назад

      @LIL-MAN_theOG you got me beat. five times and it seems like a lifetime ago

    • @thomas-k2k8w
      @thomas-k2k8w 4 дня назад

      I'm 60 next month. In Aurora Ohio, all your friends became crack heads and died so out of 19 guys in the hood you are the only one left. haven't even been to a wedding.

  • @T.C.216
    @T.C.216 Месяц назад +6

    Galley Boys are always the go to!!!! Glad you were able to visit Swensons!

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  Месяц назад

      It was delicious 🤤

  • @DennisRabidue
    @DennisRabidue 2 месяца назад +17

    I get such a kick out of Brits trying our foods , please enjoy all my country has to offer

  • @stagerlee78
    @stagerlee78 Месяц назад +2

    Biting the cheesecake and sub sandwich in the middle about caused me to wake up my family asking the TV screen out loud..."What are you doing???" 😂

    • @sassycatz4470
      @sassycatz4470 25 дней назад

      @@CezandGaz I thought that was rather strange as well.

    • @Motodoggo_
      @Motodoggo_ 19 дней назад

      Same it’s triggering lol

  • @stparisian
    @stparisian 2 месяца назад +9

    When I was a kid in the 60s and 70s, car hops wore roller skates. 🤷‍♀️ I’m born and raised in Ohio and still here 😅👍

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +2

      Wow we would have loved to see that!! 🛼

    • @thomas-k2k8w
      @thomas-k2k8w 4 дня назад

      No better place to grow up on earth. Aurora Ohio, Geauga lake park and SeaWorld right across the street.

  • @MrTHTEM
    @MrTHTEM 2 месяца назад +8

    I love Swensons!!! It makes you feel like a king and the food was incredible! Loved the outfit breakdowns girls, very demure 💅 great video!!

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +2

      It really does make you feel like royalty 🤣 and thank you!!

    • @O.G.LIL-MAN
      @O.G.LIL-MAN 2 месяца назад +1

      fact on fact!!! I craved Swenson's even when I lived on the west coast for a time...aint nothing like it

  • @charlieeckert4321
    @charlieeckert4321 2 месяца назад +16

    I am just old enough to remember when drive-in's with car hops were common. And you ate in the car with the tray hanging from the window. It was a whole cultural experience.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +4

      I wish we had these at home!

    • @MrGary10k
      @MrGary10k 2 месяца назад +2

      We had an A&W growing up in 90s that you could eat in the car like that. They don't have that anymore, but we still have an original A&W in town. 😀

    • @chuckrogers5567
      @chuckrogers5567 Месяц назад

      Well spoken

  • @williambranch4283
    @williambranch4283 2 месяца назад +11

    In my region, Sonic. Not an eat in diner, those are good too. When my mother was a car hop in 1948, my mother had to pay for her own uniform and roller skated to the cars. When my dad and his best friend drove up, he saw my mom, said to his friend, I will marry That girl. And a few months later he did!

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +3

      Wow that is a great love at first sight story! We will have to add Sonic to the list 👌🏼

    • @williambranch4283
      @williambranch4283 2 месяца назад +1

      @CezandGaz Foot long chili dog and a cherry limeaid

  • @jimhoyt5
    @jimhoyt5 2 месяца назад +4

    The upstairs refrigerator is large but the downstairs one is just a standard American size.

  • @O.G.LIL-MAN
    @O.G.LIL-MAN 2 месяца назад +3

    YOOOOO! You guys found your way to my area in Ohio! SWENSON'S IS EVERYONE'S FAVORITE BURGER JOINT IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO!!! I was just there a few days ago!!! My favorite is the Galley Boy and those potato teasers (which you had)--and an Ohio cherry soda!!!! There are about 20 Swenson's across the area, from Cleveland to Akron, and people line up for their food even when it snows!!! Enjoy America my friends.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  Месяц назад

      Ooh the soda sounds delicious! We loved Swensons and Ohio, such friendly people and lovely place! 🫶

  • @cathrynellis3545
    @cathrynellis3545 2 месяца назад +8

    Great video. Fried cheesecake 😋 Great to see "behind the scenes" on Harry's big day❤

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      Thank you! It was such a beautiful day ♥️

  • @troymash8109
    @troymash8109 2 месяца назад +4

    I love living in this part of Ohio. It's awesome.

  • @johnnymiller3684
    @johnnymiller3684 2 месяца назад +6

    Galley Boy! I live in Northeast Ohio, and Swensons is my favorite restaurant by far!

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +2

      It is awesome 🙌🏼

  • @victoriafleming5970
    @victoriafleming5970 2 месяца назад +5

    all of us collectively losing our shit over the fried cheesecake is so valid 😂 such a great video ❤

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      😂😂 it was worthy of that reaction for sure!

  • @buckguy17
    @buckguy17 2 месяца назад +9

    Glad you both had a great time in Ohio!!

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +3

      We really did! Great people, food and hospitality 😁

  • @mattfinleylive
    @mattfinleylive Месяц назад +1

    Congratulations, Harry and Haley! -Best wishes!

  • @GaryRupp-fe6ly
    @GaryRupp-fe6ly 2 месяца назад +1

    Bro love your wife’s bubbly personality. Thanks for sharing your awesome story ❤🎉

  • @marklar7551
    @marklar7551 2 месяца назад +2

    Big 👍for Swenson's, too bad you didn't see the X Wing in front of Mike's Place.

  • @Seanriver316
    @Seanriver316 2 месяца назад +6

    Glad that you enjoyed your time here.🙂

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      We really did thank you!!

  • @Crawdad1975
    @Crawdad1975 2 месяца назад +1

    I live about 10 minutes from where you were at and I'm glad you enjoyed your time here. You did the area justice! Thank you for the great reviews.
    Btw...the deep fried cheesecake comes with an optional berry sauce that makes it much better 😜😆

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  Месяц назад +1

      Aw thank you for watching, we loved staying in this area of Ohio!

  • @steves2241
    @steves2241 18 дней назад

    I am in Illinois, and I have never heard of Swensons in my life. The drive-in places where you eat in your car we have are Sonic, and A&W.
    The girl who got the fried cheesecake said how American, I am a 65 year old American man, born and raised in Peoria Illinois, and I am about as American as it gets, and I have never had fried cheesecake in my life. I have had the New York cheesecake, that you can get at Walmart or Kroger, but that is about it.
    And I love Jersey Mike's, they are the best, and much better than Subway. I get the #9 on Wheat and it is really good.

  • @spaceshiplewis
    @spaceshiplewis 10 дней назад +1

    Who the hell orders a fried cheese cake without dipping sauce?? I guess the same barbarian who bites her food in the middle! 😮

  • @Daehawk
    @Daehawk 2 месяца назад

    You two are great having the times of your life. You remind me of me and my late wife when we first met. I wish you two the best. And I can leave without sneaking in that you have the most beautiful eyes ❤ 😊

  • @emsparamedic5183
    @emsparamedic5183 Месяц назад

    In a lot of homes the size of that mansion that finished basement would often be used as in-law quarters. So if one or both of your parents lived with you they'd have their own living area. A very ideal situation for many people. Looks like you all had a wonderful time.

  • @Barefoot-Rob
    @Barefoot-Rob 21 день назад

    Swensons is GREAT! I always order the Gallyboy. I live between Cleveland and Akron, and have a Swensons about a mile away from my home.

  • @ashleypulley7665
    @ashleypulley7665 18 дней назад

    The bitting in the middle is making me so mad 😂😂😂

  • @razortype-s
    @razortype-s Месяц назад

    Half Pounder FTW.. mustard.pickle,onion with Velveeta cheese. a side of zucchini sticks and some breaded mushrooms. that fried cheesecake/Xango looked good, I'm surprised that it didn't come with a side of strawberry dipping sauce. Haven't been to that Swensons Seven Hills location in a while. 🙂👍👍

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  Месяц назад +1

      Sounds delicious!!

  • @mikeweaver79
    @mikeweaver79 2 месяца назад +3

    I love Swensons! From Ohio

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +1

      We love Swenson too! And Ohio!!

    • @mikeweaver79
      @mikeweaver79 2 месяца назад

      @ next time you come to Ohio. Come visit my area which is home to a very large Amish Population. I speak the language (PA Dutch) and could show you around. about 1 hour south of Akron.

  • @jbeiii
    @jbeiii Месяц назад +1

    Just starting on your channel after it popped in my feed. You seem like nice kids. Look forward to diving into more of your videos. One small critique - ditch the fake southern/country accents the guys were using leaving Jimmy John’s. Brits are not fans of Americans using fake British accents. That goes both ways with southerners or those in rural areas of the US. Good luck

  • @joeygregory2817
    @joeygregory2817 24 дня назад

    I love Swensons double cheeseburgers and tato teasers

  • @LudiCrust.
    @LudiCrust. 2 месяца назад

    Swenson is one of those old names I haven’t heard in so long I forgot about them. Talk about a blast from the past.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      You should revisit!!

  • @matthewsterpka1067
    @matthewsterpka1067 Месяц назад

    I’m in love with Cez’s cute face she’s so adorable 😮‍💨💗💗

  • @DavidHayes56
    @DavidHayes56 Месяц назад

    My personal opinion is that people miss out trying to get a fancier burger. I would pick Swenson's cheeseburger with everything (cheese/onion/pickle) over the Galley boy every time. Their pulled pork sandwich without the Barbeque sauce (add dill pickles) used to be excellent as well. The vanilla milk shake tastes like some kind of home made ice cream but it is a milkshake mix from a local dairy (Smith's). When it opened, the people taking orders and bringing food to the car were expected to always be running to any car needing them (lights on) or they would be fired on the spot. They got paid NO wages and yet there was a 200 person waiting list for jobs. They had to be college students and all tips went into a pot and got divided. I had a landlord who was also a pharmacist who worked Swenson's part time while going to college about 75 years ago. He considered purposely failing an exam so he could stay in college longer because he made $200 a week working part time from his share of the tips and that was a lot more than a full time degreed pharmacist got paid at the time! The burgers used to be very inexpensive so tips exceeding the cost of the meal weren't unusual, but prices seem to have increased every time the menus got printed (which is often). So their prices are more comparable but the flavor of their burgers and shakes is not. I used to buy 80 cheeseburgers at a time to take back to work at lunchtime. I couldn't afford that now.

  • @lisabehe4546
    @lisabehe4546 Месяц назад

    Swenson's is 🔥🔥🔥 I live in PA and will often drive over to OH for a Galley Boy ❤

  • @yaboycapone1996
    @yaboycapone1996 2 месяца назад +3

    Their first times trying food with seasoning 😂

  • @elainesrottenbottom296
    @elainesrottenbottom296 2 месяца назад +4

    15:52 Smoke alarm beep

    • @JonSobel
      @JonSobel 2 месяца назад +1

      And 19:55 😄

  • @toodlescae
    @toodlescae 2 месяца назад +3

    Hot fudge milkshakes rock.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +1

      It’s like a dessert! 🤌🏻

  • @dalewcrighton8083
    @dalewcrighton8083 Месяц назад +1

    The burgers have a little sweetness to them. No one knows the secret recipe. It seems to be something of an Akron urban legend that Swensons mixes a little brown sugar into the ground beef. I can't say if it is true or not, but whatever they do it yields a patty that is extra tasty and delicious

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  Месяц назад

      Ah yes I do remember the sweetness! Whatever it is, is GOOD 😋

  • @mikelundquist4596
    @mikelundquist4596 Месяц назад

    The best time to do a food review is when you're full.

  • @NickolasNuber
    @NickolasNuber 2 месяца назад +2

    Welcome to Ohio! Try Culver's.

    • @O.G.LIL-MAN
      @O.G.LIL-MAN 2 месяца назад

      truth be told, alot of the Culver's here are out in the deep suburbs ...I find them easier to get to one when I visit my relatives in Michigan than in Ohio

  • @GBofOH
    @GBofOH 2 месяца назад +1

    I love Swensons. I used to live in the same neighborhood as the original one in Akron.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +1

      No way! I wish we had one near us

  • @yaboycapone1996
    @yaboycapone1996 2 месяца назад

    3:02 facts, bro knows whats up.

  • @lateknightr3038
    @lateknightr3038 2 месяца назад +2

    very good video

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      Thanks for watching!

  • @justintaylor6604
    @justintaylor6604 2 месяца назад

    It’s low key driving me crazy that I can’t figure out which location you’re at, but also makes sense because I only frequent the one on Cuyahoga Falls ave in Akron, lol

  • @Melanie-nq9tv
    @Melanie-nq9tv Месяц назад +1

    Lovely dresses look good ladies and gentlemen.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  Месяц назад

      Thank you kindly😁

  • @AW11-e4h
    @AW11-e4h 2 месяца назад +2

    That’s service ✌️🇺🇸

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      Shoutout to Dain 🙌

  • @annfrost3323
    @annfrost3323 2 месяца назад

    In times past, the servers would be in roller skates instead of running to the cars, and they would be teenagers or young women. There are still places around the country where they still serve in skates. I think at some Sonic restaurants.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      Oh wow, it would’ve been so cool to see that!

  • @jokerswyld02
    @jokerswyld02 Месяц назад

    Bbq sauce and tarter sauce

  • @matthewcostello3530
    @matthewcostello3530 Месяц назад +1

    no one goes to a drive-in for a grilled cheese, that's an embarrassment

  • @janb200
    @janb200 2 месяца назад +6

    Carhops used to wear roller skates!

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад +1

      Wow, now that is something I would love to experience!

  • @meaders2002
    @meaders2002 2 месяца назад

    Your "waiter" is a "curber" or "car hop" depending on local usage. Or at least it used to be.

  • @thomas-k2k8w
    @thomas-k2k8w 4 дня назад

    Try a roman burner at MR. hero's.

  • @Hullj
    @Hullj 2 месяца назад

    Pity you missed Sky-Way. Since Swenson's got sold they have cheaper out and since they are across the street from McDonald's I just go there. Big Macs blow Galley boys out of the water.
    Fun fact- at Swenson's all servers have to run

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      Will have to check out Sky-way! Is there anything in particular you’d recommend?

  • @oaktree1628
    @oaktree1628 Месяц назад

    Watch the American tv show called HAPPY DAYS to see the stereotypical American drive in restaurant that existed in the 1950s.

  • @bryandeviney4072
    @bryandeviney4072 2 месяца назад +1

    It cracks me up how they pronounce "jalapeno" exactly like how it's spelled in English...Even though it has a J it's supposed to be pronounced the Mexican way, since the spice came from Mexico... It's spelled and pronounced the spanish way, so the J in Spanish should sound more like an H.... I don't think most people in the UK even realize they are pronouncing it wrong.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      Apologies that was satire!! We do say it with a ‘H’ 🤣 ..well most of us do!

    • @garycamara9955
      @garycamara9955 2 месяца назад

      Its spanish, it spelled like it's pronounced in Spanish. The J is pronounced like an H.

  • @jimreeves9510
    @jimreeves9510 2 месяца назад

    The way the girl bit into the cheesecake and the sub just let me know shes psycho. 😂

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      😳😳 if I blink twice in the next video send help

    • @crosley62
      @crosley62 Месяц назад

      I think we're all picturing the same image in our minds. 😮

  • @turdfurguson8359
    @turdfurguson8359 Месяц назад

    I go to more funerals than weddings anymore

  • @mrxager18
    @mrxager18 2 месяца назад

    attacking a sandwich sideways is a bold move.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      She doesn’t play by the rules 😅

  • @skullandbones1832
    @skullandbones1832 2 месяца назад +1

    👍

  • @johnniekight1879
    @johnniekight1879 2 месяца назад

    I said it before and I'll say it again You look like actress Eleanor Donahue.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      Very kind, thank you!

  • @mokumboi19
    @mokumboi19 2 месяца назад +4

    This is definitely a drive-in. It's not at all a diner, though.

  • @darylsledge1456
    @darylsledge1456 27 дней назад

    all i hear is "so salty", "so sweet".

  • @csw3287
    @csw3287 Месяц назад

    Where in Ohio?
    I live in Dublin, Ohio

  • @buddystewart2020
    @buddystewart2020 2 месяца назад +1

    I don't understand brits, why is she biting into the sides of things? She did it with the fried cheesecake and now with the sub. I don't get it. I've never seen anyone do that before.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      The best bite is in the middle!

    • @toddwertalik6632
      @toddwertalik6632 2 месяца назад +2

      Agreed, middle is the best bite​@CezandGaz

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  2 месяца назад

      @@toddwertalik6632 Todd knows wassup! 🙌🏼

  • @markhorn8451
    @markhorn8451 2 месяца назад

    They used to have girls in skates as waitresses instead of guys. So they moved fast.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  Месяц назад

      Skates! That would’ve been interesting to see

  • @WilliardPippenhuffel
    @WilliardPippenhuffel 2 месяца назад +1

    Why do you bite sandwiches in the middle? LOL...unhinged behavior.

  • @phyromhuy7505
    @phyromhuy7505 27 дней назад

    She destroyed that poor cheesecake

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  27 дней назад

      I won’t disagree with you mate!

  • @kenkarish826
    @kenkarish826 2 месяца назад

    Jimmy Johns is a rippoff, you get better and cheaper at subway...

  • @Sgt_MoDog_USMC
    @Sgt_MoDog_USMC Месяц назад

    Why do Brits take bites of sandwiches from the middle???? LOL

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  Месяц назад +1

      It’s part of the citizenship test 🤪

    • @Sgt_MoDog_USMC
      @Sgt_MoDog_USMC Месяц назад

      @@CezandGaz LOL!!!

  • @bob_._.
    @bob_._. 2 месяца назад

    Why do so many Brits give their children really short names that end in "z"? That's so weird.

    • @CezandGaz
      @CezandGaz  Месяц назад

      They are nicknames! Quite common for a nickname in the UK to end in a ‘Z’ or ‘S’ 🙂

  • @crosley62
    @crosley62 Месяц назад +1

    I was so disappointed in how she ate that cheesecake 😢