Barack Obama's visit sends Toledo Hot Dog joint's sales soaring!

Washington, June 10 (ANI): Ever since President Barack Obama stopped for a bite at Rudy's Hot Dog in Toledo, Ohio, the fast food joint has shot to fame.

The residents of Five Points are still abuzz over the unexpected presidential visit to their neighborhood.

"The locals have been driving me nuts and going crazy," Politico quoted Harry Dionyssiou, whose family operates six Rudy's diners, as saying.

"Everybody wants to sit at the same table, on the same chair that the president sat in; they want to eat the same thing that he ate."

Even after the initial hype over the president's visit has quietened, the financial benefits for business owners are long lasting.

"We make over 1,000 po' boys a day, and that number has really gone up since the president's visit," said Eileen Nix, co-owner of Parkway Bakery and Tavern in New Orleans, which the Obama family visited in August.

David Thornton, who co-owns the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, N.J., said business is still up 10 percent since the president stopped by his shop almost a year ago. (ANI)