Anaheim / North Orange County
Anaheim's drive-thru pads line the flatland arterials. In-N-Out, Taco Bell, Wendy's and Jack in the Box cluster on Euclid Street, State College Boulevard, Brookhurst Street, Katella Avenue and Lincoln Avenue, and Starbucks runs drive-thrus on the same streets. The newest pad supply is 39 Commons at Beach and Lincoln, where the City reports In-N-Out, Dutch Bros and Dave's Hot Chicken breaking ground, on a stretch of Beach Boulevard that Caltrans counted at 68,800 vehicles a day in 2023. In Anaheim Hills, the pads sit on Santa Ana Canyon Road at Anaheim Hills Festival and at La Palma Avenue near Imperial Highway (In-N-Out at 5646 E. La Palma, Chipotle at 5631).
Population
344,521
Median HHI
$95,227
Median age
36.2
Homeownership
46.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
Primary retail corridors
Harbor Boulevard · Lincoln Avenue · Euclid Street · Katella Avenue · Ball Road · State College Boulevard · Imperial Highway
Specific shopping centers in Anaheim that already carry credible co-tenancy for this use. Listed in approximate order of fit.
8020 East Santa Ana Canyon Road
Anchors / key tenants: Target, Nordstrom Rack, Hobby Lobby, 24 Hour Fitness, ULTA
Anaheim Hills’ affluent suburban center — different trade area than the rest of Anaheim. Target, Nordstrom Rack and Hobby Lobby anchor the center, with casual dining, fitness, and family-service retail. The former Edwards theater closed in 2022 and that part of the site is approved for apartments.
Existing operators are the most honest comp for whether a use can support Anaheim rents. These are publicly visible retail pad space businesses currently trading in the market.
In-N-Out Burger (four Anaheim restaurants)
540 N. Euclid St (92801); 1168 State College Blvd (92806); 600 S. Brookhurst St (92804); 5646 E. La Palma Ave, Anaheim Hills (92807)
All four have both a drive-thru and a dining room on In-N-Out's own locator. The Euclid Street store opened March 21, 2025, State College in 2015, La Palma in 1999 and Brookhurst in 1980. The City says 39 Commons will be the fifth Anaheim location.
39 Commons (In-N-Out, Dutch Bros, Dave's Hot Chicken)
Northeast corner of Beach Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue, Anaheim
Per the City's June 30, 2026 release, a 140,000 sq ft center built in phases. Phase one is about 15,000 sq ft on sites for In-N-Out, Dutch Bros (the chain's first in Anaheim), Dave's Hot Chicken and a fourth building for small retailers, with construction through 2027 and into 2028. A grocery store is planned for a later phase with timing to be determined.
Taco Bell (nine Anaheim drive-thrus)
8972 Katella Ave; 810 N. Euclid; 324 S. Brookhurst; 2144 S. Harbor Blvd; 1600 W. Katella Ave; 1212 S. Harbor Blvd; 1075 N. Tustin Ave; 100 N. State College Blvd; 3270 W. Lincoln Ave
Taco Bell's locator lists 10 Anaheim restaurants and tags nine with a drive-thru. The tenth, 5626 E. Santa Ana Canyon Rd, shows no drive-thru tag.
Raising Cane's
223 S. Euclid St, Anaheim, CA 92802
The only Anaheim restaurant on Raising Cane's locator. The city page does not say whether it has a drive-thru.
Chipotle (five Anaheim restaurants, no Chipotlane)
8182 E. Santa Ana Canyon Rd (92808); 927 S. Euclid St (92802); 5631 E. La Palma Ave (92807); 2002 E. Lincoln Ave (92806); 2085 E. Katella Ave (92806)
None of the five store pages lists a Chipotlane pickup lane, only in-store pickup and delivery. The Anaheim Hills store is near Santa Ana Canyon and Festival Drive, and Chipotle is on the Anaheim Hills Festival directory. The Euclid store's page places it next to Panda Express by Northgate.
Wendy's and Jack in the Box
Wendy's: 1012 N. State College Blvd, 1095 N. Tustin Ave, 680 N. Euclid Ave. Jack in the Box: 999 S. Brookhurst St, 290 W. Lincoln Ave, 1101 N. Magnolia Ave, 1155 N. Euclid, 100 S. State College Blvd, 2793 W. Ball Rd, 2210 S. Harbor Blvd
Addresses from each chain's own Anaheim city page. Neither page states drive-thru status store by store.
Anaheim Hills Festival food and bank tenants
Anaheim Hills Festival, Santa Ana Canyon Road, Anaheim Hills, CA
The center directory lists The Habit Burger Grill, Chipotle, CAVA, Mendocino Farms, BJ's, Wood Ranch, Chase Bank, Bank of America and SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union. The directory does not say which of them are in freestanding pad buildings.
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Permit path: Table 8-A (18.08.030) requires a conditional use permit for Drive-Through Facilities in all five commercial zones, decided by the Planning Commission under 18.66.040. The one exception is a drive-up that is accessory to Business and Financial Services, such as a bank, which needs no CUP. The restaurant itself (Restaurants-General, which 18.36.040 says includes drive-through and quick-serve) is by right in C-NC, C-R and C-G.
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Lane design under 18.42.080: the lane must be separate and striped, cannot sit in a required landscape setback, and must start at least 25 feet from the ultimate right-of-way line. Stacking spaces are 9 by 22 feet, cannot count as parking, and their layout is approved with the CUP. A double lane needs a licensed traffic engineer's study (peaking for the 20 highest periods of the year, service time, arrival rate, queue length, blockages and mitigation) approved by the Traffic and Transportation Manager, at the applicant's cost.
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Parking (Table 42-A): Restaurants-General is 4 spaces per 1,000 sq ft up to 20 seats and 10 per 1,000 above 20 seats; a stand-alone Restaurants-Full Service is 15 per 1,000; Business and Financial Services (banks) is 4 per 1,000; the drive-through lane itself adds no stalls but must have adequate queuing. A 3,000 sq ft QSR pad with 40 seats needs 30 spaces plus its stacking lane. Automotive-Repair (minor) needs a minor CUP in C-NC, C-R and C-G, parks at 3.5 per 1,000 with a 5-space minimum, and service stations need a CUP under 18.38.070.
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Specific plans: the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (18.116, Table 116-C) prohibits drive-throughs and drive-through restaurants in its C-R District, and 18.116.130.080 bars uses meant mainly to attract cars in the Central Core. Taco Bell's drive-thrus at 1212 and 2144 S. Harbor Blvd do not by themselves show a new one could be approved nearby, so check the parcel against the plan boundary. On Beach Boulevard (18.122, Table 122-B) drive-throughs are allowed only in the N-C, R-C and O development areas and hours are limited to 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., with longer hours only by CUP in MU-H and R-C.
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39 Commons site history: the City's release says part of the site was a landfill for construction and industrial waste in the late 1950s, with years of cleanup and monitoring, and that shifting ground left it mostly empty for decades. Before committing to a pad there, ask the landlord for the geotechnical report, any environmental monitoring obligations that run with the lease, and the phasing schedule for the second phase grocery.
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Traffic (Caltrans 2023 AADT, state routes only): Beach Boulevard (Route 39) at Lincoln Avenue carried 68,800 vehicles a day. Imperial Highway (Route 90) in Anaheim Hills carried 57,700 between Orangethorpe and La Palma avenues and 62,900 to 64,900 between La Palma Avenue and the 91. Anaheim's other pad corridors are city streets without an official count we could find, so get the City's own counts before you rely on a broker flyer.
Zoning, licensing, and demographic figures on this page come from the public records below. Codes and licenses change, so confirm with the city and the licensing agency before you sign.