Summer Drive-Ins: Mugs Up and a Whiz Burger

By CHARLES FERRUZZA

It’s a lot easier to find local restaurants that serve their own house-brewed beers and ales these days than home-made root beer. But the foamy brew that Bill and Ann Kendall serve at Mugs Up Root Beer Drive-In in Independence (700 E. 23rd St.) is made from the same recipe that this distinctive white-and-orange burger joint has sold for 51 years.