Can this site actually run a drive-thru?
A drive-thru can add six figures a year to a QSR unit — or get killed by the zoning board after you've paid for drawings. We check which one your site is, free.
- Free one-page verdict on your actual address — by email
- Zoning, stacking space, traffic and permit history, checked from public records
- Run by a working QSR builder, not a data service
What the scan measures: does the parcel hold a legal lane — stacking, menu board, bypass and exit — without choking the parking field?
Get your FREE drive-thru scan
Enter the address of the site you're considering. We check it against public records and email you a one-page verdict — Likely feasible, Likely blocked, or Needs variance — plus the 3 facts behind it.
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What the free scan checks
Seven checks, all run against public records and the parcel itself — the same facts a zoning board, a landlord and your architect will judge the site on. If a fact can't be confirmed from public records, we don't guess: it's marked TO CONFIRM on your verdict, and the full audit is how it gets confirmed.
01 Zoning & permitted use
The site's zoning class — and whether a drive-thru is permitted in that district as of right, by special permit, or not at all. This single fact kills more drive-thru plans than any other.
02 Lot size & setbacks
Lot size and setback signals from the parcel: is there physically room for a lane once the building, setbacks and required parking are accounted for?
03 Stacking / queue space
A stacking estimate from the parcel — how many cars the lane can hold between the street and the menu board before the queue spills into traffic or the parking field.
04 Traffic-count signal
The traffic-count signal on the fronting road — whether the volume supports a drive-thru format, and whether that same volume makes the town nervous about your queue.
05 Corner / pad vs. inline
Corner/pad vs. inline classification. A pad or corner parcel can usually wrap a lane; an inline space in a strip center usually can't — knowing which one you have changes the whole conversation.
06 Existing lanes in the center
Existing drive-thru lanes in the center — a neighboring lane can prove the use is accepted there, compete for the same queue, or trip a landlord exclusivity you haven't seen yet.
07 Permit history
Permit history for prior site-work denials at the address — if a drive-thru or site plan was already denied here, you want to know before you pay anyone to draw it again.
→ One page, one verdict
It all lands as a one-page verdict with the 3 facts that decided it — so you can take it straight to your franchisor, your landlord or your lender. Section 02 shows the three possible verdicts.
The verdict you get
No 40-page report, no maybes stacked on maybes. Your free scan ends in one of three verdicts, with the 3 facts behind it in plain language.
The site can work
Zoning allows the use and the parcel holds a lane. Your verdict names the facts that support it — and what the full audit still needs to test-fit before you commit.
Walk away early
The district prohibits the use, the parcel can't hold the queue, or the site's history says no. Better to learn it from a free scan than from a zoning board after the drawings are paid for.
Possible — with a fight
The site could work, but it runs through a variance or special permit. Your verdict names what's missing, so you can price the time and risk before you decide to pursue it.
Honest by design: TO CONFIRM means exactly that
Anything that cannot be confirmed from public records is marked TO CONFIRM — never invented, never smoothed over. A verdict is only as good as its facts, and we'd rather flag a gap than hand you a confident answer built on one. The paid audit below is how TO CONFIRM items get resolved: code read section by section, lane test-fit, and — on the site-walk tier — measurements taken standing on the parcel.
Who this is for
Drive-thru decisions are rarely made by one person reading one lease. This check is built for the operators who carry the risk when the answer is wrong.
Multi-unit QSR franchise groups
You're screening sites across a territory and can't afford a six-figure miss on any one of them. Run the free scan on every candidate address before a dollar goes to architects, and spend design money only on the sites that come back feasible.
Franchisees facing a drive-thru remodel mandate
Your franchisor is pushing drive-thru remodels across the system — but the mandate doesn't check your zoning. If your site comes back Likely blocked or Needs variance, you have a documented, fact-based answer to take back to the brand instead of a remodel you can't legally build.
How it works
Three steps, no sales call required. Drive-Thru Check is operated by All American Construction Group — a general contractor that builds restaurants and QSR locations, so every check is read the way a builder and a zoning board will read it.
Enter the site address — free
Put the address in the form at the top of this page, with your name and work email. Two minutes, no cost, no obligation.
Get your one-page verdict
Likely feasible, Likely blocked, or Needs variance — emailed to you with the 3 facts behind the call and every unconfirmed item marked TO CONFIRM.
Go deeper with the full audit
If the site is worth pursuing, the paid audit replaces every estimate with a confirmed answer: code read, lane test-fit, permit path and timeline.
The full site analysis — every TO CONFIRM from your free scan, resolved from the code and the parcel.
- Zoning code, section by section — the exact sections that permit, condition or prohibit your drive-thru
- Stacking-lane design test-fit — the lane drawn on your parcel to prove the queue fits
- Menu-board / speaker and bypass-lane requirements for your jurisdiction and format
- Landlord / center restrictions — exclusivities and center rules that can override zoning
- Permit path + timeline — every approval in order, and how long the path realistically runs
✓ Secure checkout by Stripe
Drive-Thru Feasibility Audit · $495 · Card payment, receipt by email.
Everything in the audit, plus boots on the parcel before you commit.
- Everything in the Feasibility Audit
- Site visit — the parcel walked and read in person, not just on paper
- Measured stacking — the queue counted in real feet, not parcel estimates
- Photos of the conditions that decide the lane: corners, curb cuts, neighbor lanes
- Turning-radius check — the lane tested against the vehicles that have to make the turn
✓ Secure checkout by Stripe
Drive-Thru Feasibility Audit + Site Walk · $995 · Card payment, receipt by email.