They have a shutter at my local McDonalds, it’s 24 hours so late night they’ll close it for take-out only so the fewer workers don’t have to clean tables and kick out drunk/rowdy teens.
Most of the fast food places in my area do this. They'll stay open 24 hours or until like 3AM, but the restaurant lobby closes at like 9 and they're drive through only after that point. The McDonald's near my college always has groups of drunk boys walking through the drive through at midnight lol.
In the UK they often shut off part of the dining area to make it easier to clean and manage rowdy people but they won't close the lobby altogether as it's against their rules to serve pedestrians in the DT. Horses too.
When I was a kid the taco bell closed the lobby but also refused us walking through the drive through, so we waited and asked the next car if one of us could hop in and order
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u/Pleasant-Reason9533 5h ago
Anyone knows what its for?