AJ’s Restaurant / Strobler Home Furnishings, 2864 Devine Street: Fall 2009 (moved) 9 comments
I noticed when I was taking pictures of Granville’s that the storefront across the street, Strobler Home Furnishings was vacant. I believe I’ve only bought one piece of furniture during my life so far, but as it happens I did note that their new store was up on Forest Drive back in September, since it moved into the old High Point Furniture Gallery (Pop’s A&W Rootbeer back in the day..), though I hadn’t realized Devine Street was the original location.
(Notice that their moving sign actually lists the wrong address: 4717 is Groucho’s..)
UPDATE 11 Jan 2010: Added “AJ’s” to the post title based on the comments.
9 Responses to 'AJ’s Restaurant / Strobler Home Furnishings, 2864 Devine Street: Fall 2009 (moved)'
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jamie
8 Jan 10 at 9:02 am
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yah that lamp sale was great. I was surprised by how much they were willing to go down on top of already discounted sales price.
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That used to be a restaraunt called AJs (I think) back in 1979.
bud
11 Jan 10 at 11:25 am
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I think AJs actually lasted until the early ’90s. Never went there, so I have no idea what it was like, but it struck me as being somewhat upscale.
badger
11 Jan 10 at 1:28 pm
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My sister had her bridal luncheon at AJ’s in Jan. 1994, so it was open at least until then. I bought some furniture there when it was Strobler in Jan. 1997, so it became Strobler sometime between 1994-97.
Dave
11 Jan 10 at 1:53 pm
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Wasn’t it AJ’s that used to have the double decker bus. I rembering seeing it back in the 80s.
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I believe this was originally built as a laundry. It was then renovated and became the headquarters for the South Carolina Affiliate of the American Heart Association. Then it became AJ’s Restaurant.
James Mullinaux
20 Jan 10 at 3:40 pm
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I went to AJ’s in the 1978-1985 period(maybe when it had just started out–heard good things about it), very upscale restaurant, prime rib being their best item. They had a great wine list, bottles today that would easily be 100 dollars. Spent 800 dollars at a nice sized dinner party of 12 back in the early 80’s I lived on Lake Murray, and loved the area around Devine and would eat and shop in that area. I moved away in the 90s and never made it back but always wanted to.
mclaren
7 Feb 10 at 4:56 pm
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AJ’s definitely lasted until the mid 90’s. had some friends that worked there thru highschool (1995). seem to remember it being a pretty upscale place, competing with Diane’s, etc.
steve b.
15 Mar 10 at 4:12 pm
The Bohemian is moving, too, if it hasn’t already. They had a huge sale on lamps and light fixtures before Christmas.