Growing up in Atlanta, Joyce Harris remembers being "courted" at the famous Varsity restaurant on North Avenue.

"When I dated, we would always go to the Varsity," the Cumming woman said. "I've been waiting 20-something years for today, so I had to be here before they opened."
Harris was among about four dozen people waiting outside when the Varsity Jr. opened Monday morning in Dawsonville.

"Nobody believed I'd do it and be here - somebody take my picture," she said.

It was childhood memories that brought Frank Huber of Dawsonville and friend Jason Jarrett to the new eatery at 6 a.m. They were first in line.

Huber said he always looked forward to special shopping trips to Atlanta with his family because he knew he'd get to go to the Varsity.

"We'd get a new pair of blue jeans and a new pair of shoes, and then we'd go to the Varsity to eat, and that was the big deal," Huber said. "I mean that was something back then."

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