Those words are what you’ll hear when you reach the front of the line at The Varsity, Atlanta’s premiere hot dog eatery. I dearly love hot dogs and when we get to Atlanta to see my son and his family, a trip to the Varsity is in order.
The Varsity is a restaurant chain in Atlanta, Georgia and the main branch of the chain was billed as the largest drive-in fast food restaurant in the world, taking up two city blocks and accommodating up to 800 diners.
The Varsity was established in 1928 in mid-town Atlanta, right across the street from Georgia Tech. The Founder, Frank Gordy, was a student at Tech and thought the cafeteria food a was so bad, he opened a hot dog stand, and nearly 100 years later, it remains a Georgia Tech favorite.
The traditional Varsity Hot Dog is at the top of the menu, but the restaurant sells a ton of their scrumptious Onion Rings and Peach Fruit Pies. In 1996, The Varsity stated that it served over 5,000 fried fruit pies, two miles of hotdogs, 300 gallons of chili, 2,500 pounds of potatoes and 2,000 pounds of onions every single day. It also described itself as the largest seller of Coca-Cola in the world. In 1998, The Baltimore Sun reported that the restaurant sold over 12,000 hotdogs a day and could deliver over 1,000 hotdogs a minute via conveyor belt and up to 2,400 fried fruit pies an hour.
If in Atlanta, be sure to make a trip to The Varsity.
