{"id":1538,"date":"2010-03-09T00:29:05","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T05:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2012-12-27T23:29:32","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T04:29:32","slug":"stuffys-629-main-street-2000s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=1538","title":{"rendered":"Stuffy's, 629 Main Street: 2000s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stuffy's<\/i> was a sandwich shop in the University Corner<\/a> retail block at Main & Devine streets, across the street from the old Towers dorms<\/a> (now the new Honor's Dorms<\/i>).<\/p>\n

This picture was taken recently walking up the hill on Devine Street from Assembly Street, and is of the back side of the Stuffy's<\/i> building. (The front side sign is gone). I might have walked up on the landing to get a better shot, but just as I had finished taking this one, someone walked out onto the landing to take a smoke-break. I presume this was one of the servers from Al-Amir<\/i>, which now occupies the 629 Main Street space. For some reason, I neglected to get a new picture of the front, but you can see the space (rather poorly) at the University Corner<\/i> link above.<\/p>\n

I have to admit that I never ate at Stuffy's<\/i>. I'm not sure why except that while I was in college I was on the \"meal ticket\" plan which put me at The Russell House<\/i> and Capstone<\/i> more often than anywhere else. Also, the sandwich I want is rarely exactly what's on a menu-board. From google, it appears that there are still Stuffy's<\/i> open in Richmond Virginia. This is the only web page I could find<\/a>. It's not very good, but it is good enough to confirm that the Main Street Stuffy's<\/i> was in the same chain -- I can remember that guy-eating-a-sandwich from the Columbia ads.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 27 December 2012<\/b>: Corespondent wblood1 sends this 1980 picture of Stuffy's<\/i> and The Big Bird<\/a>. You can also see a bit of the demolished 7-11<\/i> on the left:<\/p>\n

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