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Arnold's Drive in
222 N 13th St
Decatur, IN 46733
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Main Menu
Salads
dressings: buttermilk ranch, thousand island, honey mustard, poppyseed, golden italian, parmesan, peppercorn, bleu cheese, fat free toasted sesame, fat free french, fat free ranch. (additional dressing $0.29)
Blondie's Favorite
$5.99
a bed of lettuce with tomatoes, shredded cheddar, purple onion, and choice of grilled chicken or deep-fried chicken strips
Ty Cobb Salad
a mound of our fresh leaf lettuce topped with cheddar cheese, crumbled bacon, black olives, bleu cheese chunks, avocado, and tomatoes. a for sure grand slam
- $6.29
- Add Chicken For $1.99
Side Salad
$1.79Half Sandwich & Soup Or Salad
$4.49
choose a half sandwich: b.l.t, chicken salad, or ham & cheese toastie. paired with a cup of soup of the day or a side salad
Lite Plate
$5.79
choice of chicken salad, tuna salad, or seafood salad stop a bed of greens and accompanied by a cup of soup and choice of one side
Fabulous 50's Features
Elvis' P.b. & Banana
$4.29
dipped in our secret batter and deep-fried for the "king," served on a cinnamon raisin bread
Aunt Mildred's Bbq Pork
$3.79
made famous by the ole' decatur drive-in, except we went whole hog and used pork
Grilled Pork Tenderloin
$4.79
mouthwatering tenderized pork sitting on a fresh baked kaiser roll, served with lettuce, tomato, and pickle
At The Hop Cheese Toastie
swiss and american cheese paired on sourdough
- $2.79
- Add Bacon Or Tomato For A Twist! $1.00
Richie Cunning Ham 'n Cheese
$3.99
our cheese toastie cuddled with four slices of ham and tucked between two slices of sourdough
Fried Egg With Cheese
two eggs with swiss and american cheese served on sourdough, like grandma used to make!
- $3.29
- Add Grilled Tomato & Onion $1.00
Mom's Homemade Meatloaf Sandwich
$4.29
served with our special red sauce and two cheese, made with t.l.c
American Bandstand
$4.29
we tearned our ham and cheese with a fried egg and made a trio even dick clark would applaud! served on sourdough
Breaded Pork Tenderloin
$5.29
"win-rae's" (drive-in) famous all-muscle 7 oz. tenderloin brought back just for you! served "deluxe"
B.l.t.
$3.99
loved by betty boop! served on toasted sourdough bread
Mickey Mouse Toasted Club
$5.79
piled high with fresh turkey, ham, and seasoned smoked bacon, then topped off with two cheeses, lettuce, tomato, and fresh baked sourdough bread
Rockin' Reuben
$5.99
tender corned beef stacked under our mile sauerkraut and swiss cheese. made complete with thousand island dressing on thick marbled rye bread. tweedly deedly d-licious! made with turkey at your request
Charlie's Tuna Melt
$4.49
tuna, swiss cheese, lettuce, and tomato make a cozy family on roasted rye breaded
Fonzie's Fried Bologna
$4.29
sandwiches, the way they were, a quartet pounder deep-fried with lettuce, tomato, and a pickle
Flo's Fish N' Chips
$4.99
crispy battered cod sandwich served with fries and tartar sauce
Big Bopper
$4.99
boneless rib sandwich dipping with our secret bbq sauce, topped with pickle and onion on a hoagie roll. bring your bib
Super Sandwiches - Steakburgers
all sandwiches served with homemade chips. make it a platter with fries and choice of coleslaw, applesauce, cottage cheese, or bean bake, add $1.99. (with macaroni and cheese or fruit as side choice, add $0.50)
Big Arnold Burger
can you handle our 12 oz. "double-decker" arnold ran this baby through the garden for ya
- $5.59
- With Cheese $5.89
Arnold's Fabulous Steakburger
hamburger, no way! only steakburgers at arnold's! served with lettuce, tomato, and pickle
- $3.29
- With Cheese $3.59
Slaw Burger
$3.89
our steakburger with a scoopful of coleslaw, straight outta's the 50's
Breaded Cheeseburger
$3.79
our fabulous steak-burger topped with cheese and lightly breaded, too good to be true! served with lettuce, tomato, and pickle on the side
Super Sandwiches - All Star Burgers
all sandwiches served with homemade chips. make it a platter with fries and choice of coleslaw, applesauce, cottage cheese, or bean bake, add $1.99. (with macaroni and cheese or fruit as side choice, add $0.50)
La Bomba
$4.59
your taste buds won't sit still! our steakburger with pepper jack cheese, purple onion, and salsa on a seeded bun
Route 66 Burger
$4.99
our fabulous steakburger topped with provolone, sweet baby ray's bbq sauce, and three strips of bacon, cruise in for this one
Leave It To Beaver
$4.59
steakburger with our "secret receipt" coney sauce topped with shredded monterey and jack cheese and diced onion, sitting atop a seeded bun
Potsie Melt
$4.59
our fabulous steakburger blanketed with swiss cheese, topped with thousand island dressing, then smothered with grilled onions. served on your choice of sourdough or marbled rye
Blue Moon Burger
$4.99
you'll love this one! our famous steak-burger topped with bleu cheese and three strips of bacon
Super Sandwiches - The Dog House
all sandwiches served with homemade chips. make it a platter with fries and choice of coleslaw, applesauce, cottage cheese, or bean bake, add $1.99. (with macaroni and cheese or fruit as side choice, add $0.50)
'57 Classic Coney
$2.29
dawson's original recipe for over 75 years. served with chilli sauce, mustard, and onion
Hound Dog
$1.29
a plain hot dog
State Fair Corn Dog
$2.49
it will make you feel like a kid again
Wooly Bully
$2.79
sauerkraut dog. this dog don't mess around
The Dirty Dog
$2.79
coney sauce, slaw, and shredded cheese
The Memphis Frank
$1.79
mustard and slaw
The Decatur Dog
$2.79
mustard, relish, onion, pickles, and tomato
Smoked Sausage
$3.39
you're gonna' love it! smokey would second that emotion
The Chicken Coupe
all sandwiches served with homemade chips. make it a platter with fries and choice of coleslaw, applesauce, cottage cheese, or bean bake, add $1.99. (with macaroni and cheese or fruit as side choice, add $0.50). all chicken coupe sandwiches are served on kaiser bun, unless indicated
Honey I'm Home
$4.99
grilled chicken topped with honey mustard and provolone, accompanied by lettuce, tomato, and pickle. desi's favorite
Char-grilled Chicken Breast
$4.29
tender chicken breast with lettuce, tomato, and pickle
Buffalo Bill
$4.99
hand-breaded chicken breast coated with our own special hot sauce, purple onion, bc dressing, lettuce, tomato, and pickle
Teriyaki Chicken Breast
$4.49
marinated and grilled to perfection. served with lettuce, tomato, and pickle
Henny Penny
$4.99
grilled chicken, provolone, purple onion, lettuce, tomato, and pickle dripping with parmesan peppercorn dressing. you'll think the sky is falling
Lucy's Chicken Salad
$4.29
a heaping mound of all-white meat chicken salad atop toasted sourdough bread. also yummy on our cinnamon raisin bread
Chicken Strips
$4.29
tender seasoned strips served with your choice of sauce
Chicken Bacon Swiss
$5.29
char-grilled chicken breast topped with melted swiss cheese, bacon, and sweet baby ray's bbq sauce
Start Your Engines
dressings: buttermilk ranch, thousand island, honey mustard, poppyseed, golden italian, parmesan, peppercorn, bleu cheese, fat free toasted sesame, fat free french, fat free ranch. (additional dressing $0.29)
Wipe Out
$5.99
beer battered limbo sticks, jalapeno poppers, hoola hoops, and sauce for dippin'
Chili Cheddar Fries
$4.99
a big basket of waffle fries paired with a cup of chili cheddar sauce. (guaranteed to have over 350 grams of fat)
French Fries
$1.59Cheese Fries
$2.5950/50
$4.29
hoola hoops and fries with ranch for dippin'
Cheddar Battered Cauliflower
$3.29Hoola Hoops
$3.29
hand-dipped giant onion rings
Battered Poppers
$3.99
jalapeno peppers stuffed with cream cheese
Fab Four
$4.99
fried veggie basket with all of your favorites: mushrooms, cauliflower, sweet corn nuggets, and hoola hoops. you'll love it
Beer Battered Mushrooms
$3.49Sweet Corn Nuggets
$3.29
try this for something different
Limbo Stix
$3.29
beer battered mozzarella sticks with sauce for dipping'. too good to share
Yummie Desserts
fresh from mrs. c's bakery
Warm Homemade Bread Pudding With Cranberries
$4.29
this one's coated with buttery brown sugar caramel sauce and cinnamon ice cream. hurry, before howard eats the last piece
Deep-fried Cherry Cheesecake
$4.49
go ahead. treat yourself to something great! topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and smothered in cherry topping
Old-fashion Sugar Cream Pie
$2.29
just like my grandma used to make
Strawberry Funnel-iscious
$4.29
deep-fried funnel cake with creamy vanilla ice cream. smothered with strawberries and dripping with syrup
Hot Fudge Brownie Supreme
$4.29
homemade brownies and heaps of vanilla ice cream with hot caramel and hot fudge drizzled on top (pecans optional)
Hot Apple Dumpling
$4.29
made from scratch, bursting with apples and cinnamon sauce then topped off with our own cinnamon ice cream
Sweet Dream Date
$6.99
you have to try this one! our very own concoction of sweets. please pick four scoops of ice cream to help us out, then sit back and get your kicks on route 66
Ice cream
By The Scoop
Vanilla
- Double $2.59
- Single $1.59
- Home Waffles Cones, Add $0.49
Chocolate
- Double $2.59
- Single $1.59
- Home Waffles Cones, Add $0.49
Strawberry
- Double $2.59
- Single $1.59
- Home Waffles Cones, Add $0.49
Rocky Road
- Double $2.59
- Single $1.59
- Home Waffles Cones, Add $0.49
Rainbow Sherbet
- Double $2.59
- Single $1.59
- Home Waffles Cones, Add $0.49
Butter Pecan
- Double $2.59
- $1.59
- Home Waffles Cones, Add $0.49
Cinnamon
- Double $2.59
- Single $1.59
- Home Waffles Cones, Add $0.49
Old Fashioned Fountain Service
most like hard, some like soft, you choose
Our Original Banana Split
$3.79
vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream with pineapple, marshmallow, and strawberry topping. don't forget the banana
Rin Tin Tin
$3.29
ice cream with hot fudge and spanish peanuts
Sundaes
$2.99
strawberry, cherry, pineapple, butterscotch, hot fudge, chocolate, or caramel (nut optional)
Turtle Sundae
$3.29
hot caramel, hot fudge, and pecans, sinfully delicious
Cool Soft-serve Cones
- Small $2.29
- Large $1.29
Flavor Burst Cone
twist & shout, ask your server for flavors
- Small $1.29
- Large $2.29
Black Cow
$1.99
root beer float
Big Cow Huna
root beer float
- For Two $3.99
Red Pop Or Dreamside Float
$1.99Ice Cream Soda
$1.99
cherry, chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and lime
Boston Cooler
$1.99
vernor's ginger ale teamed up with our ice cream
Cherry Flip
$1.99
cherry soda served with chocolate ice cream
The Red Dog Float
$1.99
our traditional root beer float with a squirt of cherry syrup
Old Fashioned Fountain Service - Cool Cats
Nestle Crunch
- Small $2.59
- Large $3.59
Cookie Dough
- Small $2.59
- Large $3.59
Oreo Cookies
- Small $2.59
- Large $3.59
P.b. Cup
- Small $2.59
- Large $3.59
M & M
- Small $2.59
- Large $3.59
Snickers
- Small $2.59
- Large $3.59
Butterfinger
- Small $2.59
- Large $3.59
Tutti-fruity
- Small $2.59
- Large $3.59
Heath Bar
- Small $2.59
- Large $3.59
Beverages
free refills on these beverages
Frosted Mug N' Root Beer
$1.19
our famous homemade root beer
Coke
$1.49Diet Coke
$1.49Mellow Yellow
$1.49Sprite
$1.49Fanta Orange
$1.49Minute Maid Lemonade
$1.49Freshly Brewed Iced Tea
$1.49Maxwell House Coffee
$1.19Apple Juice
$1.39Milk Or Chocolate Milk
$1.39French Vanilla Cappuccino
$1.49Fountain Cokes
back from the 50's: cherry, chocolate, lime, vanilla, or marshmallow
- Small $1.59
- Large $1.89
Phosphates
cherry, chocolate, vanilla, or ask arnold about the ole green river
- Small $1.59
- Large $1.89
Shirley Temple
sprite & cherry syrup
- Small $1.59
- Large $1.89
Red Dog
root beer with cherry syrup
- Mug $1.59
Hot Cocoa
$1.49
topped with whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon
Shakes & Malts
Root Beer Freeze
$3.49Cappuccino
$3.49Mocha
$3.49Pineapple Banana
$3.49Pineapple Marshmallow
$3.49Chocolate Truffle
$3.49Chunky Monkey
$3.49Banana Split
$3.49Key Lime Pie
$3.49Strawberry Cheesecake
$3.49Chocolate Turtle
$3.49Apple Pie Ala Mode
$3.49Very Cherry
$3.49Elvis
$3.79S'mores
$3.79Chocolate
$3.79Strawberry
$3.79Vanilla
$3.79Cotton Candy
$3.79Butter Pecan
$3.79Bubble Gum
$3.79Butterscotch
$3.79Raspberry
$3.79Marshmallow
$3.79Pineapple
$3.79Birthday Cake
$3.79Dreamsicle
$3.79Banana
$3.79coffee
$3.79Hot Fudge
$3.79Caramel
$3.79Cinnamon
$3.79Peanut Butter
$3.79Black Cherry
$3.79Irish Mint
$3.79Choc-o-mint
$3.79Chocolate P. Butter
$3.79P. Butter & Jelly
$3.79German Choc. Cake
$3.79Choco-cherry
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General Info
About Us
Welcome to Arnolds! Eat outside under the canopy or at picnic tables, when the weather permits, listening to the 50's music, or eat inside to enjoy all the extra memorabilia. Music inside too, as well as videos of 1950s and 1960s shows all the time.