{"id":12540,"date":"2017-02-24T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T05:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=12540"},"modified":"2021-03-06T15:50:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T20:50:04","slug":"dooleys-sport-shop-168-highway-378-west-24-february-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=12540","title":{"rendered":"Dooley's Sport Shop, 168 Highway 378 West: 24 February 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/17\/02\/p1400100.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/17\/02\/p1400100_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1400100_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1400100_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/17\/02\/p1400099.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/17\/02\/p1400099_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1400099_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1400099_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/17\/02\/p1400101.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/17\/02\/p1400101_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1400101_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1400101_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This old-time fisherman's stop is apparently a Lexington institution, having been there according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/local\/article132018354.html\">The State<\/a> for 67 years.<\/p>\n<p>The development of the area, and the many changes in retail have persuaded the owning family that it's time to close:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cYou just can\u2019t make it on bait and tackle alone any more,\u201d the elder Dooley said.<\/p>\n<p>His son, 51, decided taking over the store isn\u2019t worthwhile. \u201cThe only way it would is if I work seven days a week, be the only employee and probably live here,\u201d he said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And so goes another little piece of Americana...<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 26 March 2018<\/b> -- Now closed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/18\/03\/p1500192.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/18\/03\/p1500192_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1500192_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1500192_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/18\/03\/p1500194.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/18\/03\/p1500194_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1500194_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1500194_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/18\/03\/p1500195.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/18\/03\/p1500195_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1500195_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1500195_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 6 March 2021<\/b> -- Now open as <i>Twisted Roots Bar & Grill<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/02\/p1690567.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/02\/p1690567_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1690567_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1690567_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/02\/p1690568.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/02\/p1690568_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1690568_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1690568_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also adding map icon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/168+US-378,+Lexington,+SC+29072\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This old-time fisherman's stop is apparently a Lexington institution, having been there according to The State for 67 years. The development of the area, and the many changes in retail have persuaded the owning family that it's time to close: \u201cYou just can\u2019t make it on bait and tackle alone any more,\u201d the elder Dooley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1707],"tags":[2182,591,1068,1822,389,4,356],"class_list":["post-12540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-168-us-378-west","tag-bait","tag-fishing","tag-lake-murray","tag-lexington","tag-stores","tag-us-378"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}