Wednesday, August 09, 2006

What'll ya have?!

Anslee finally had her first trip to the Varsity. Can you believe we waited this long? We met my mom and dad there before they took Andrew to my sister's house.

Our table was loaded with food (my family takes food SERIOUSLY). We had chili slaw dogs, chili burgers, fries, onion rings, P.C. on ice and frosted oranges and ate every single thing.

What Makes The Varsity So Special?
(found on their website)
It's the Worlds Largest Drive-In Our Downtown Atlanta location is on more than two acres and can accommodate 600 cars and over 800 people inside. On days when the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets are playing a home game, over 30,000 people visit The Varsity.

Legendary Volume Two miles of hot dogs, a ton of onions, 2500 pounds of potatoes, 5000 fried pies and 300 gallons of chili are made from scratch daily.
Only the Best IngredientsFrank Gordy insisted on the freshest of all ingredients and three to six deliveries per day are routine. When asked what he did with leftovers, he replied "We don't have any."

Car Hops! Identifying cars by number has always been an integral part of the Varsity Drive-In system. "Curb men" would sing and dance their way to fame. The most famous of our car hops was a man named Flossy Mae, who sang the menu to customers for over 50 years. Well known TV and Movie star Nipsy Russell also got his start at The Varsity as car hop #46.
T

4 comments:

prentice said...

I LOVE the Varsity!! I didn't even think to stop there on the way through last time. Isn't it on North Avenue?

Tonia said...

Looks like a cool place!! Those chili dogs sound good!!

Anslee is so cute slurping her P.C. through the straw!!!

~Hugs
Tonia

prentice said...

By the way, TC, if the thread is invisible, how do we know it's red?

tc said...

The original one is on North Avenue. Hmmmm... you are right Prent. I wonder how the color was discovered?!