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(CNN) — For decades, bright, playful and oddly-shaped fast-food restaurants dotted the roadside along America’s highways. You’d drive by Howard Johnson’s with its orange roofs and then pass Pizza Hut’s red-topped huts. A few more miles and there was the roadside White Castle with its turrets. Arby’s roof was shaped like a wagon and Denny’s […]

Goodbye, bright colors and unusual shapes. Today, the design is minimal and sleek.

For decades, bright, playful and oddly shaped fast-food restaurants dotted the roadside along Americas highways.

Goodbye, bright colors and unusual shapes. Today, the design is minimal and sleek.

For decades, bright, playful and oddly-shaped fast-food restaurants dotted the roadside along America's highways.

Goodbye, bright colors and unusual shapes. Today, the design is minimal and sleek.

Goodbye, bright colors and unusual shapes. Today, the design is minimal and sleek.

Goodbye, bright colors and unusual shapes. Today, the design is minimal and sleek.

For decades, bright, playful, and oddly-shaped fast-food restaurants dotted the roadside along America's highways.