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Posted: Jul 14, 2026 / 01:49 PM PDT
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In-N-Out has plans to bring double-doubles to Culver City, but officials there are going animal style on the concept of a drive-thru in their community.
The Southern California-founded burger chain has proposed a new restaurant at the northeast corner of Sepulveda and Sawtelle boulevards that would be part of the existing Studio Village Shopping Center.
According to the proposal, the approximately 1.119-acre site will include a 3,890-square-foot restaurant with the capacity to seat 84 guests inside and 44 guests outside. Additionally, there will be a 61-space parking lot and, crucially, a drive-thru lane with a 26-car capacity.
The store would be open from 10:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday. In-N-Out officials said it would sit on a “nicely landscaped and meticulously maintained” site.
It would be the first new drive-thru to open in Culver City since 1997.
In N Out Burgers, protein-style (left) and animal style (right). (Getty Images)
The plans were brought to the public at meetings earlier this year, and as reported by SFGATE, “locals showed up…in droves, offering mostly disapproval at the notion of a busy drive-thru in their part of town.”
Culver City officials seem to be aligned with the residents, as they voted Monday to extend a 45-day moratorium on any new drive-thrus in the city for another 10-and-a-half months.
As noted by SFGATE, that extension gives city leaders a “long enough runway to draft permanent legislation that will keep drive-thrus out of the city for good.”
The moratorium explained that members of the public raised concerns about “traffic, automobile queueing and idling, air quality, odors, trash, pests/vermin, pedestrian safety, hours of operation, late-night activity/incidents, and impacts on the adjacent school and park.”
“The Subcommittee recommendation was based on the public comments that drive-thrus are a product of car-centric design which has sweeping impacts on public health and safety because of car-idling and smog creation, dangerous zones for pedestrians, particularly children, and increased obesity rates,” the moratorium reads. “The Subcommittee further discussed that drive throughs do not match Culver City’s General Plan 2045 goals related to addressing climate change, reducing emissions, promoting safety and creating a walkable and accessible city.”
A Change.org petition against the proposed In-N-Out circulating through the community has garnered nearly 1,000 signatures. The person who started it, a local parent, envisioned “a café with outdoor seating [that] would not only blend seamlessly into residential landscapes but also promote pedestrian-friendly streets and encourage local business and responsible development” at the site — not a fast-food joint.
French fries with ketchup are arranged for a photograph at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Costa …French fries with ketchup are arranged for a photograph at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Costa Mesa, California. (Getty Images)Read More
Culver City Vice Mayor and primary drive-thru ban backer Bubba Fish, speaking to SFGATE, said that he’s not against In-N-Out itself, but rather he has “beef with drive-thrus in dense urban and suburban residential areas overall.”
“I heard from so many residents that they were really, deeply concerned about this In-N-Out,” he told the outlet. “The more I looked into it, I saw that there were other health impacts.”
In-N-Out, on the other hand, said in their plans for the Culver City location that they are committed to bringing “high-quality, well-paying jobs and affordable, freshly cooked food” to the city while also bringing a strong infusion of sales tax revenue. They also stated that the restaurant would “not [be] noisy, particularly in comparison to the ambient street noise in the general area.”
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