Varsity Junior Closes….What Did you Have? What Did you Have?
…..Two slaw dogs, Onion Rings, and a fountain Coke for me….
After 45 years at the North Atlanta (Buckhead) location, a Varsity Junior closed on Sunday, August 22nd. Plans for a newly constructed restaurant and playground for the children could not be agreed upon by the City of Atlanta, so the location has been changed to Dawsonville and is slated to open before Christmas 2010.
Community minded, Junior League member, Susan Gordy, ran this location for many years. She is credited for starting a very successful catering business for The Varsity. Hot Dogs and paper hats can be found at Real Estate Tuesday Caravans as well as wedding receptions….all over the Southeast. And it wasn’t unusual to see her behind the wheel of one of the catering vans, going down Lavista Road….
Five other locations are still available, including the original Midtown location , credited as the World’s Largest Drive-In Diner, opened around 1929.
But for many, the closing of the location just off Cheshire Bridge and Lindbergh is like saying “Good-bye” to an old friend….but I guess we should revise that to “See Ya Later”…..at another location soon….
Great post! I know you will miss the old place. But I’m happy to know that they are moving into new territory. Maybe we should all take a mini road trip one day and visit their new location in Dawsonville!!!