PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — A popular fast-food spot that started in the Piedmont continues to expand across North Carolina.
For five decades, Dairi-O was just a walk-up hot dog stand in King in Stokes County. Now, they serve thousands from the mountains to close to the coast.
Dairi-O just broke ground on its 13th location in Harrisburg, which is just outside of Charlotte. The chain started in Stokes County in 1947 as a hot dog and ice cream shop for locals, and it remained that way for 50 years.
In the early 2000s, Dairi-O built its first sit down restaurant about six miles down the road from the original location. That was such a success, it sparked an expansion. Now, their locations stretch from Hendersonville, near Asheville, to Jacksonville near the coast.
The COO of the company says they plan to keep opening one restaurant a year in North Carolina and eventually South Carolina. Along with new locations, Dairi-O has added a lot of new menu items in the last two decades. FOX8 Foodie Shannon Smith stopped by for a taste and to learn how the company chooses its locations for new restaurants.
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