{"id":463,"date":"2009-07-11T23:33:21","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T04:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=463"},"modified":"2011-06-28T23:31:46","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T04:31:46","slug":"royal-crown-cola-bottling-co-john-pauls-armadillo-oil-company-1215-assembly-street-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=463","title":{"rendered":"Royal Crown Cola Bottling Co \/ John Paul's Armadillo Oil Company, 1215 Assembly Street: 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

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John Paul's Armadillo Oil Company<\/i> was one of those places that never registered with me. First, there was the name, which didn't give me a good idea of what to expect. \"Hmm, southwest? But then why drag the Pope into it?\" Second, it opened while I was living out of town and third, it was in the Vista so parking was an issue.<\/p>\n

I'm not sure if John Paul's<\/i> started in Greenville and expanded to Columbia or vice-versa, but there's apparently still one up there<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As you can see from the facade work currently being done on the building, it was at one time the Royal Crown Cola Bottling Co<\/i>, and if there's anything more Southern than RC Cola<\/i>, it could only be RC with a Moon Pie<\/i>. I would have to guess from the style that the RC incarnation may go back as far as the 30s or 40s. I'm saying that the John Paul<\/i> incarnation closed in 2006 based on this restaurant review<\/a>, but in that case it seems odd that there are still chairs inside three years later.<\/p>\n

(Hat tip to commenter Tom)
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UPDATE 29 June 2011<\/b> -- I'm not sure where this mural on the south wall of the building came from. It certainly does not seem to be there on the pictures I took initially (see the first shot above in particular), but neither does it seem to be new. I can only guess that it had been painted over at one time (though who paints brick?) and was uncovered in palimpsest fashion:<\/p>\n

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