What'll Ya Have?

Probably indigestion.

Today we went to an Atlanta Landmark, The Varsity. It's been featured on a number of different Food Network shows and we were excited to give it a try.

It was bad. So disappointing. I won't even include the link here because I'm so disgusted by them.

When we arrived, there were at least 20 school buses in the parking lot. I'm not exaggerating. They do have plenty of parking, though.

The place was full of school kids, but the dining area had ample seating and the kids weren't noisy in the dining room. The ordering area is very loud, though the lines move quickly. Their signature line is shouting "What'll Ya Have?" when you step up to place your order.

The menu is basically burgers and hot dogs with a variety of toppings like slaw or chili. We each got bacon cheeseburgers with lettuce and tomato. I got fries and Chris got onion rings. For dessert I had a brownie and he had a peach "fry pie".

The burgers weren't even warm enough to melt the cheese.  The tomato was nearly white, it was so unripe and hard. The fries were soggy enough to be bent in half without breaking, greasy and cold. I only ate about 4, so that's got to tell you something.

It's possible that knowing they had many buses of kids arriving at lunch time, they cooked a lot of food in advance. I checked some reviews on Yelp, and we weren't the only people who have gotten cold food. Besides, there were already at least 100 people eating in the dining room, so you'd think that even if they'd prepared food in advance, they'd still be making fresh hot food too.

If they did, we didn't get any of it.

The brownie was adequate. Seemed sort of old and not too interesting. The peach fry pie was the only item served hot and it had the most flavor of everything we ordered. That's still not saying much.

Only McDonald's has worse burgers, and I might even prefer one of theirs since they are at least hot when served.

Rating: Blech.

An unsuspecting Chris reaches for a fry.