Originally Posted by http://www.bigthings.ca/quebec/montreal.html

This big orange has been a drive-up fast food outlet since 1942 and is currently operated under the name of "Orange Julep". Orange Julep is a traditional orange drink invented in Montreal more than 60 years ago. Food is brought by girls on roller blades to people's cars.

Originally Posted by http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2002/080802/resto.html

In terms of roadside attractions, the Orange Julep is Montreal’s crowning glory. It was built in the 1940s by a gastronomic visionary named Hermas Gibeau. Apparently, he intended to live in the three-storey sphere with his wife and kids, while the counter below did a brisk trade in his already-popular foamy citrus beverage. This was in the heyday of car culture, before the Décarie expressway was considered one of the worst urban planning fiascos in the city’s history. Back then, instead of envisioning an anal artery spewing exhaust fumes onto the concrete wasteland above, architects imagined people promenading along the top, window shopping in boutiques and sipping G&Ts on terrasses...