{"id":16663,"date":"2020-01-22T23:20:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T04:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=16663"},"modified":"2023-03-13T22:56:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T02:56:26","slug":"sandys-famous-hotdogs-1935-broad-river-road-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=16663","title":{"rendered":"Sandy's Famous Hot Dogs, 1935 Broad River Road: December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/01\/p1610819.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/01\/p1610819_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1610819_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1610819_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/01\/p1610820.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/01\/p1610820_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1610820_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1610820_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/01\/p1610821.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/01\/p1610821_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1610821_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1610821_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/01\/p1610822.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/01\/p1610822_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1610822_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1610822_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/01\/p1610823.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/01\/p1610823_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1610823_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1610823_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/01\/p1610824.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/01\/p1610824_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1610824_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1610824_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/free-times\/food\/long-standing-columbia-hot-dog-chain-sandy-s-to-cease\/article_ba42f0bc-1dc9-11ea-b45b-af735903d85a.html\">\u201cOur business is doing extremely well, so it\u2019s a funny time to be getting out of the business,\u201d Sanderson says. \u201cI\u2019m starting to work on my 80th birthday and it\u2019s beyond retirement time.\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I suppose I'll be featuring all the former <i>Sandy's<\/i> locations here before too long.  This is one I actually ate at at least once, and probably a few more times after shopping expeditions to <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?tag=dutch-square\">Dutch Square<\/a>.  This store is part of the row of restaurants and other businesses that fronts on <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?tag=broad-river-road\">Broad River Road<\/a> and backs on (or has access to) <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?tag=diamond-lane\">Diamond Lane<\/a> in the former <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?tag=intersection-center\">Intersection Center<\/a>.  I see now that (presumably) the church which bought all the back property has put gates cutting off through access to Diamond Lane, which I can understand -- it was kind of an odd setup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestate.com\/living\/food-drink\/article238424438.html\">The State<\/a> has more details on <i>Sandy's<\/i> history and closing.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 4 February 2021<\/b> -- As mentioned in the comments, this building is to become <i>Asian Express<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/02\/p1690351.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/02\/p1690351_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1690351_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1690351_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 24 June 2021<\/b> -- The <i>Asian Express<\/i> appears poised to open:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710221.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710221_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710221_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710221_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710222.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710222_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710222_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710222_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 13 March 2023<\/b> -- <i>Asian Express<\/i> is open, and has been for a good while:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870178.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870178_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870178_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870178_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/1935+Broad+River+Rd,+Columbia,+SC+29210\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur business is doing extremely well, so it\u2019s a funny time to be getting out of the business,\u201d Sanderson says. \u201cI\u2019m starting to work on my 80th birthday and it\u2019s beyond retirement time.\u201d I suppose I'll be featuring all the former Sandy's locations here before too long. This is one I actually ate at at [&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":[2932,45,164,22,471,44,3,2947],"class_list":["post-16663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-1935-broad-river-road","tag-broad-river-road","tag-diamond-lane","tag-dutch-square","tag-hotdogs","tag-intersection-center","tag-restaurants","tag-sandys-famous-hot-dogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663","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=16663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}