hoping to avoid a pay-wall :
via google first choice
via the NYTimes itself :
this is where I grew up. in a very different time. Kirks on ElCamino started in 1948 it was a great treat to go their from time to time in the mid'50s and beyond.
there were dirt roads everywhere and world class apricot orchards on every bodies land.
times change. this is not a complaint.
pictures of kirk's on el camino
what you can't see is the very large parking lot with BBQ tables to eat out side