Record #:

5131

Author(s):

Tomlin, Jimmy

Abstract:

When his father died at the start of the 20th century, W. B. Aydelette dropped out of school and began selling ice cream in Greensboro to help support his family. In the 1930s he added hot dogs to his menu at his restaurant Yum Yum Better Ice Cream and his fortune was made. The restaurant soon became a Greensboro institution. Now owned by Aydelette's son and run by his grandson, Yum Yum's sold over 440,000 hot dogs in 2000.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 69 Issue 2, July 2001, p99-102, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Restaurants--Greensboro; Aydelette, Wisdom Brown, 1916-1978