Only thing they have to open now is their eyes

Rob’s Drive In owners sell business, retire

  • Carolyn and Danny Robertson of Fairfield pose in their front yard with a “Retirement” sign the day after selling Rob’s Drive In. Photo by Mary Cryer Awalt/ Fairfield Recorder
    Carolyn and Danny Robertson of Fairfield pose in their front yard with a “Retirement” sign the day after selling Rob’s Drive In. Photo by Mary Cryer Awalt/ Fairfield Recorder
  • Friends and family were on hand to celebrate the Robertsons’ retirement. Pictured are, l-r, son-in-law and daughter Chris and Debbie Bartlett; store owners Carolyn and Danny Robertson; and daughter and son-in-law Dana and Darrell Brown. Danny is holding a congratulatory plaque from the City of Fairfield.
    Friends and family were on hand to celebrate the Robertsons’ retirement. Pictured are, l-r, son-in-law and daughter Chris and Debbie Bartlett; store owners Carolyn and Danny Robertson; and daughter and son-in-law Dana and Darrell Brown. Danny is holding a congratulatory plaque from the City of Fairfield.
The sale of Rob’s Drive In last week marked the first time since 1957 that the Robertson family of Fairfield hasn’t had a store to open early in the morning. Owner Danny Robertson woke up late last Wednesday — at 5:30 a.m. — and didn’t get up until 6:30. For decades, he’s gotten up at 4 a.m. because he had to open at 5. His wife, Carolyn, said, “It’s the first time we don’t have to be somewhere,…

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