Watch ’em rise – Three generations of Dedmans have expanded a restaurant concept from carhop to catering. Up next: wholesaling Frank’s signature biscuits.

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    In 1972, a local restaurant owner named Frank Dedman Sr. made a life-changing decision. Eight years earlier, in 1964, he had opened a drive-in eatery that sold car-side burgers, po-boys and homemade i…


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