What'll You Have: A History of the Varsity

What'll You Have: A History of the Varsity by Dick Parker. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781929619184.

For the Atlanta native: What could be more Atlanta centric than a coffee-table book about The Varsity? Such is the case with WHATLL YA HAVE: A HISTORY OF THE VARSITY (Looking Glass Books, $24.99), a glossy retrospective on Frank Gordys quintessential hamburger stand. Fast food and even faster service arent necessarily American virtues, but Dick Parker writes the Varsitys success story with admiration as plain as, in the restaurants own lingo, a naked dog walking. Still, the Varsity qualifies as a genuine institution in a city with little regard for its own history, and Whatll Ya Have includes enough colorful details, nostalgic reminiscences and scrapbook-style mementos to make it an appetizing present to any longtime Atlantan on your list.