Pick's holds the title of California's oldest drive-through — it opened in 1923 as Reed and Bell's Root Beer Stand, a regional franchisee of A&W founded by Lewis Reed and H.C. Bell, before Mayo and Johnie Mae Pickard bought the roadside stand in the early 1950s and gave it the name generations of Cloverdale has known it by. When the business went up for sale in 2024, its future was uncertain; Anidel Hospitality — the Sonoma-based group behind the Sonoma Cheese Factory revival — chose to restore rather than raze it, reopening the century-old stand as Pick's Roadside in January 2026 with fifth-generation Cloverdale resident Amber Lanier as general manager. The renovation keeps the roadside Americana intact while quietly upgrading what's in the kitchen.
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Pick's holds the title of California's oldest drive-through — it opened in 1923 as Reed and Bell's Root Beer Stand, a regional franchisee of A&W founded by Lewis Reed and H.C. Bell, before Mayo and Johnie Mae Pickard bought the roadside stand in the early 1950s and gave it the name generations of Cloverdale has known it by. When the business went up for sale in 2024, its future was uncertain; Anidel Hospitality — the Sonoma-based group behind the Sonoma Cheese Factory revival — chose to restore rather than raze it, reopening the century-old stand as Pick's Roadside in January 2026 with fifth-generation Cloverdale resident Amber Lanier as general manager. The renovation keeps the roadside Americana intact while quietly upgrading what's in the kitchen.
The menu keeps the promise of the sign out front: burgers built on Wagyu beef and finished with Pick's famous red relish — the house signature that survived every change of hands — alongside classic root beer floats and organic Straus shakes and soft serve. The unexpected twist is the drink list: a distinctive selection of local wine and beer curated by in-house sommelier Todd Jolly, putting Alexander Valley bottles next to the frosty mugs. Order at the window, online for takeout, or settle in roadside the way Cloverdale has since 1923.
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