Dean's Drive-In closes after 27 years

REARDAN - Dean's Drive-In, a food business with deep roots in the community, served its last Double Deluxe Hamburger and chocolate milkshake on Thursday, Aug. 31.

After 27 years at the helm, owners Dean and Robin Landreth put the business up for sale.

The drive-in was built in 1962 and was originally called Stan's before it changed hands and was renamed Roy's. Later, Dean Doerschlag bought it and named it after himself.

After Dean Landreth, who grew up in Reardan, and Robin married in 1987, they pondered the idea of one day owning a business that they could work in as a family. And in 1996, wh...