TDW 1164 - The Dwarf House : Original Chick-Fil-A

0:03 Welcome everyone. Out of the Woo here.

0:03 I'm on the corner of North Sherman Road

0:06 and North Central A. Actually, it's not

0:09 North Sherman Road. It's just Sherman

0:10 Road and North Central A. And I'm here

0:13 with Jacob the Carpet Bagger. And we are

0:15 meeting up right outside the Atlanta

0:18 airport in a little town called

0:20 Hapeville. You ever been to Hapeville

0:23 before?

0:24 Once I think.

0:24 One time. And why? What brought you to

0:26 Hateville?

0:27 This right here. This directly in front

0:29 of us is the very first Chick-fil-A, but

0:33 it was not called Chick-fil-A when it

0:35 first opened. It was actually called the

0:36 Dwarf House. And before the Dwarf House,

0:38 it was called the Dwarf Cafe. I believe

0:41 Grill.

0:41 The Dwarf Grill. And they did not grill

0:44 dwarfs.

0:45 That would be highly unethical.

0:46 That would be that would be a little bit

0:48 unPC, politically correct. But they

0:51 changed it from the dwarf grill to the

0:53 dwarf house. And the guy that created

0:56 the dwarf grill went on to create what

0:59 is now known as Chickfil-A. So we are

1:02 standing your second visit and my first

1:05 visit to the dwarf house, the very first

1:08 Chick-fil-A.

1:17 The dwarf house. And the originator of

1:17 the idea is sitting right there next to

1:20 that little dwarf door.

1:24 It's my second channel, daily vlog

1:25 channel. It's the daily woo from

1:28 Hateville, Georgia at one of the few

1:31 Chick-fil-As that is actually open 24

1:34 hours a day. Open all night. But do not

1:37 be confused because this Chick-fil-A,

1:39 like every other Chick-fil-A, is closed

1:41 on Sundays. So, 24 hours a day, but only

1:45 six days a week. Should we go inside?

1:49 Maybe get some food, show what is

1:51 inside, maybe give a little history, a

1:53 little backtory.

1:54 Absolutely.

1:54 Now, you have been here before, so you

1:56 might know a little more than I do.

1:58 But I did go inside and I read like some

2:00 of the paraphernalia, some of the

2:01 pictures on the wall, some of the

2:03 interesting stuff, and they actually

2:06 they put this little homage, this

2:08 monument, this statue up very recently

2:12 when he passed away. Truet Kathy was his

2:16 name, right?

2:17 Yes. Truet Kathy. You can see

2:19 S truet Kathy

2:20 S. Truit Kathy,

2:22 native Georgian, founder of Chick-fil-A.

2:26 And they've actually placed him here.

2:28 You can get a photo with him. And from

2:30 what we could tell, this part of the

2:33 brick was part of the original building.

2:34 It has been remodeled. And of course,

2:36 they have built the sides on over time.

2:39 They have put the drive-thru in. They

2:40 have put around the side. They have

2:42 built onto it. But this is part of the

2:44 original facade. And this door, which I

2:48 guess is for children or for people who

2:51 are smaller in stature than I am because

2:55 I I would have a hard time fitting

2:57 through that door. Does the door open?

3:00 It does. You can actually enter in

3:03 through the dwarf house door. I'm going

3:06 to go I'm going to go inside here. Just

3:08 be careful because there is a wet paint

3:11 sign. No, not wet paint. That's actually

3:13 a wet floor sign right there.

3:16 So, this is it. This is the inside. Oh,

3:19 you should go back out. Come back in.

3:20 Let me get Let me get a monumental

3:23 unveiling of you coming in here. Knock

3:25 on the door.

3:28 Someone's at the door. Who is it? Oh,

3:30 come on in. Come on in.

3:33 Welcome to the dwarf house. The original

3:35 Chick-fil-A. And these awesome stained

3:39 glass windows that are up there in here.

3:42 It is kind of like a church. If you're a

3:44 big fan of chicken, then this would be

3:46 your hollowed ground. You would worship.

3:48 You would get on bended knees and pray

3:51 to the chicken sandwich as you eat it.

3:54 And very coincidentally, this is

3:56 actually cool. Pray for Atlanta. Now,

3:58 you are you live kind of in the south

4:00 and in this area. Do you see these

4:01 around? Is this like a thing around

4:03 Atlanta or is it more like a Chick-fil-A

4:05 thing?

4:05 I think this might be a Chick-fil-A

4:07 thing. And you can actually while you

4:08 are like holding your hands in prayer,

4:10 you can actually make sure you use the

4:11 Purel to keep your hands

4:15 very How does that even work?

4:16 Maybe not.

4:17 Very clean. So here is the original

4:19 dwarf grill right up here in Hateville,

4:22 Georgia. And you can see the way it

4:24 progressed from the dwarf grill to the

4:27 dwarf house. And here, I guess this is

4:29 probably this might have actually been

4:31 maybe the uh creator here, maybe and his

4:34 wife. There's no names on there though,

4:36 so I guess we just kind of have to guess

4:38 guess who that was. And then here's

4:41 another one that actually opened in

4:43 Forest Park. They had the dwarf burger.

4:46 How far is Forest Park from here?

4:49 I don't know.

4:50 This says it was actually destroyed by a

4:52 fire and then rebuilt.

4:54 So that was actually not on the

4:56 property. This is actually what we're

4:57 looking at right outside. So this is

4:59 actually how it looks to this day. This

5:01 is the door that we just crawled

5:02 through. So, we just crawled through

5:04 that door. And this is, of course, this

5:06 is what it looks like outside. Modern

5:09 day here as well. You can hang your keys

5:11 here. And then over there in the corner

5:14 is actually like a seven dwarf. Oh, look

5:17 at that. Home of the original

5:21 Hateville Dwarf House. And we're going

5:23 to get some food. Now, the menu here is

5:25 the same as it is other Chick-fil-A.

5:28 Half diner and half fillet. Oh, so the

5:32 diner's here. This is the diner, and

5:34 then the Chick-fil-A is over here. So,

5:36 if you want to do a normal Chick-fil-A

5:37 drive-thru, you would go on this side.

5:38 Oh, I can see what you're saying. So,

5:40 the diner is on this side, and the

5:42 Chick-fil-A is kind of over on this

5:44 side. And look at these old Here is an

5:47 old wooden rake. A raster. A rash

5:51 rasterillo.

5:56 Some coffee beans. So, obviously, if you

5:56 want to order coffee here, you can just

5:58 make your own right here. You don't even

6:00 have to order up here at the counter.

6:02 So, here is like the area where the

6:04 basically the the new style Chick-fil-A

6:07 is. And there's some little stuff along

6:09 the walls, home of the original home of

6:10 Chick-fil-A. But then over around here

6:12 is kind of the old school dining area

6:15 kind of kind of style. And against the

6:18 wall, which we haven't even gone to

6:19 check out yet, is like a seven dwarfs

6:23 Disneyesque kind of kind of deal, which

6:25 is actually right right across the wall

6:29 right over here. So, here is the

6:34 there is the menu. And you don't see

6:37 many Chick-fil-As where you can actually

6:38 sit along to the side, but look at the

6:40 Seven Dwarfs. These do not look like the

6:43 Disney Seven Dwarfs. These actually look

6:46 like the Chick-fil-A seven dwarfs. There

6:48 you go. This mural dedicated the memory

6:51 of Douglas Henry Davis,

6:54 but those not look like the Disney seven

6:56 dwarfs. And it looks, if you look very

6:57 closely, I know you're very enamored by

6:59 this, but if you look very closely, you

7:01 can see they actually do move. There is

7:03 like a little a little track that they

7:05 move along, but they're not moving. The

7:07 dwarfs are very tired. They are not

7:09 moving. Maybe they have eaten too much

7:11 Chick-fil-A. Maybe they've had too much

7:13 to eat. Because when I get too much to

7:15 eat, the last thing I want to do is go

7:16 mining. You don't want to go mining. You

7:18 don't want to go chipping on trying to

7:19 find jewels. Look at the size of that

7:20 ruby. You don't want to do any of that

7:22 when you're full off Chick-fil-A. Right

7:24 now, I'm hungry, so I can do a lot of

7:25 mining.

7:27 So, but after I eat, no mining will be

7:29 done. [laughter]

7:31 Not on the itinerary for today.

7:33 So, let's go back outside. Show the the

7:35 out. We'll not go through this door.

7:37 We'll actually go through the new school

7:39 doors right over here. And then we're

7:42 going to go back inside and order

7:43 something off. Did anything on the menu

7:45 tickle your fancy? Strike your not your

7:47 funny bone, but your hunger your hunger

7:49 bone, if that is even a thing.

7:51 Hunger bone.

7:51 Any strike your hunger bone. [laughter]

7:54 So, here's a sign. The Dwarf House, home

7:56 of Chick-fil-A. Founded in 1946.

8:01 Right here. The Dwarf House. The

8:04 miniature door there that you can

8:06 actually go through. Here's a little bit

8:08 of a closeup of the sign here as well.

8:11 1991 Shining Light Award in honor of S.

8:14 Truit Cathy who is right here. And a

8:17 little bit of good brand marketing. He's

8:19 actually holding a Chick-fil-A soft

8:21 drink. He has a beverage in there. He's

8:23 a soda drinker.

8:24 He's drinking oatmeal for some reason.

8:26 He is. He doesn't look like he's

8:28 Let's get in here. Let's get a picture

8:30 with S. Truit Cathy here. Right there.

8:33 See, we're at the Chick-fil-A right now.

8:36 Yes. Excellent. There's the sign.

8:38 established 1946.

8:41 So, I'm just hanging out with Jacob the

8:42 Carpetbagger. He has a YouTube channel

8:45 and a blog, the carpetbagger.org.

8:47 See, I remembered that. But you've also

8:49 started doing YouTube videos. Just

8:51 search the carpet bagger. What is the

8:53 URL?

8:53 Carpetbagger og.

8:55 That's the That's the YouTube URL.

8:57 Yes.

8:58 So, YouTube carpetbagger og or just

9:02 search

9:02 one word

9:03 the carpet bagger. You will find it. He

9:05 does all kind of really cool weird

9:07 roadside attractions like this. A lot of

9:09 history of the South. You focus pretty

9:11 much on southern states like Tennessee,

9:12 Mississippi, Georgia, Florida.

9:15 All about the South. Jacob the Carpet

9:17 Bagger. Go subscribe to his channel.

9:19 We're going to go get some food and

9:20 we'll see you guys later. Check down

9:22 below for my t-shirts and get yourself a

9:23 heck t-shirt. I noticed you're wearing a

9:25 sweet

9:26 south of the border, which is the

9:27 premier

9:28 roadside attraction.

9:29 Roadside attraction. Would you call that

9:31 a southern roadside attraction? I guess

9:32 it would be North Carolina to South

9:34 Carolina. It's the cap. It's It's

9:36 between North and South Carolina. It is

9:38 the capital of Carolina.

9:40 It is the mecca of roadside cheesy

9:43 goodness. Absolutely. I have stopped

9:44 there probably a baker's dozen times in

9:47 my day. But today we are at the Dwarf

9:50 House. Let's go get some food. I'm

9:52 hungry.

9:53 While we were doing that vlog, I didn't

9:54 tell you, but I have your credit card.

9:56 Oh

9:57 So, I'm buying

TDW 1164 - The Dwarf House : Original Chick-Fil-A

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