“What’ll ya have?” The question hits you before you even reach the counter, shouted cheerfully by a cashier who expects your answer immediately.
You learn fast at this legendary Atlanta drive-in, where ordering requires its own language: “walk a dog” means a hot dog to go, “strings” are french fries, and “F.O.” is a frosted orange drink.
A Georgia Tech dropout opened a tiny hot dog stand near campus in 1928, calling it The Yellow Jacket. Nearly a century later, that humble start has grown into the world’s largest drive-in, covering two city blocks and serving over two miles of hot dogs every single day…