[2] Root beer products can be sold as bottled or frosted mug drinks and floats.

Stewart opened up a small stand to make extra money in the summer to supplement his income as a school teacher.

[4] The restaurant was originally a West-Coast-style fast-food eatery serving only root beer and popcorn.

Stewart added extra salt to his popcorn to boost his root beer sales.

Entrepreneurs John and Ami Mandt helped expand the business by franchising the brand starting in 1931, and there are two such remaining locations in West Virginia.