For the average American who had not eaten in a restaurant in his or her entire life, the fast food chains that appeared in the cities offered an alternative form of restaurant in which eating was very much a public activity.
Hai que pensar que para a gran maioría dos estadounidenses que non comeran nun restaurante na súa vida, as cadeas de comida rápida que aparecían nas cidades supuñan un achegamento a un mundo onde comer era unha actividade pública.