Crystal

Enumclaw

A strict interpretation of the bottom line could mean that you can get in if you are under 18, just as long as you had identification. Also, the mind reels at what the "T" and the "A" stand for in the phone number. Seattle Times, July 9, 1971

Here's a south King County drive-in that I missed after several months of research. I never rememered it from my lifetime, perhaps because of the bill of fare in the above ad. Once I spotted the ad (while trying to resolve the Eastside/Bel-Kirk conflict) I thought that perhaps it could be just a few rear-projected screens for use for three minutes at a time. Instead, it is a full-sized drive-in sitting on the map where I should have seen it before.

It was variously known as the Alpine, the Big E and then the Crystal over the short life-span from 1967 to the 1971 ad above.

Today the old approach road is called Watson Street, and it leads to a residential development. The land now holds condos and a Key Bank branch, near an undeveloped grass field.

USGS Enumclaw 1958, 1968, 1973

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