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Oh man. My fondest memory was 1990 Clemson Football game. Nuclear Sub at -- walkthecorner 05/18/2020 2:39PM I was within a block and a half of you! -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 2:42PM So close. Sad to see it go. My first meal was there when I arrived as a -- walkthecorner 05/18/2020 2:49PM Anyone remember the fights there -- Don Catfishio 05/18/2020 1:39PM Littlejohn sold the business to the new owners in the nick of time ** -- Wahoo Ron 05/18/2020 11:05AM Went way down hill in last 10 years -- DeltaPsiberHoo 05/18/2020 1:17PM When did they sell? ** -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 11:13AM The new owner took over summer 2019 according to their website ** -- Wahoo Ron 05/18/2020 11:51AM From website -- Wahoo Ron 05/18/2020 11:56AM Tough to read that. ** -- MBHoo 05/18/2020 12:03PM Gonna be emotionally upsetting situations everywhere off -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 12:07PM 2018, fall I think. ** -- Stimp 05/18/2020 11:24AM We survived the loss of University Diner -- ARKHOO 05/18/2020 10:57AM Here’s my worst story of LJ. We were playing VT at home and a VT -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:43AM Ugh. always hope uva would be above such things. ** -- CAVern 05/18/2020 10:57AM Now is the time for armed rebellion. I'm not sorry I said it, either. -- QBSacker 05/18/2020 10:20AM Just let me know where to muster. ** -- 111shamrock 05/18/2020 10:55AM We need to revolt before they take away all of our freedoms! ** -- confuzionrains 05/18/2020 10:22AM ...and all of the Corner restaurants that have been there since the 1700s! ** -- QBSacker 05/18/2020 10:23AM ...at least that's how Littlejohn's feels to me. ** -- QBSacker 05/18/2020 10:23AM Time-lapse video taken inside Little John's from 1:00-315 am May 22, 2010. -- stubbyhoo 05/18/2020 10:03AM That clip makes me smile broadly and become depressed at the same time! ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:14AM Not being open 24/7 was the beginning of the end ** -- confuzionrains 05/18/2020 10:08AM Students love Sheets now * ** -- T Room Cav 05/18/2020 10:33AM Corner has gotten a little rougher. Would need a security guard for that. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:20AM Monk melton used to run the corner beat by himself. Believe me people -- 6th hoo 05/18/2020 10:31AM He was a great cop..old school. He didn't need, or want, to arrest you. He -- UVAFan2626 05/18/2020 11:18AM What in the world is going on in C'Ville ** -- confuzionrains 05/18/2020 10:21AM Atrocious management. It always makes an impact ** -- nyhoo 05/18/2020 12:17PM Waiting for the hijinks that will ensue on July 1st. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 12:34PM Been in the National news way too many times in the past Decade -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:24AM Chuck weighed in? ** -- darkstar 05/18/2020 10:41AM On TNT NBA Basketball in late Fall of '17 -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:42AM Then I'm doubly glad we kicked Auburn's arse. ** -- The Hook 05/18/2020 2:40PM If Littlejohn's can't make it---with 20K students & professors & 10K nurses -- UVAFan2626 05/18/2020 10:03AM I have friends who own a restaurant who are doing just fine on take-out -- NorthernExposure 05/18/2020 12:17PM The rent and the over expansion was what did them in. Bar patronage -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:12AM Sheetz? the gas station? -- Oregon Hoo 05/18/2020 10:38PM Lot of people. More options bigger selection, quicker service, security gua -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:42PM Did the frequency of Sheetz fights ever slow down? It seems like last year -- QBSacker 05/18/2020 10:25AM There have been fights on the Corner for a long time. Sheetz didn't cause -- UVAFan2626 05/18/2020 10:28AM Pardon me but I take issue with your language... -- QBSacker 05/18/2020 10:39AM Few things but a lot less than LJ and I text a group chat -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:27AM Oh that's terrible - I had never heard of that happening there during my -- QBSacker 05/18/2020 10:38AM LJ workers tried to stop things but hard to do when that many people ** -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:41AM Well... -- QBSacker 05/18/2020 10:58AM Surprised Gary the Molesting Corner Cop never did that one, but no student -- Mg234 05/18/2020 12:19PM C'Ville and UVa need to coordinate to fix this problem. Bad for business -- confuzionrains 05/18/2020 10:45AM C’Ville wants no part of UVA. -- Birddog 05/18/2020 10:49AM UVa doesn't pay property taxes ** -- ARKHOO 05/18/2020 10:52AM Neither does amazon - does that mean they dont want anyhting to do with -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 11:54AM Shooting themselves in the foot. They're forcing establishments to -- confuzionrains 05/18/2020 10:51AM CPD is down at the Corner, as is UPD and the Ambassadors ** -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:43PM Spot with Sheetz as a frequent flyer as a bar with PD -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:47AM I still don't understand how the Corner has degenerated into this -- confuzionrains 05/18/2020 10:50AM Meant to reply to you but did below -- Mg234 05/18/2020 12:22PM It's not the entire Corner. It's just that specific spot. -- uvadeac92 05/18/2020 11:16AM The issues were confined to LJ entryway and Eddies/Poes/No 3 aka -- Mg234 05/18/2020 12:21PM What use to be my spot that I regulated. Sophie's! -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 12:41PM The area between the Spot and the bridge is ground zero for hobos. -- Stimp 05/18/2020 11:27AM Of which there were none when I was in school ** -- nyhoo 05/18/2020 12:23PM That is actually the very spot where these yellow-shirted Ambassadors -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 11:29AM Why not orange shirted ambassadors? -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 11:41AM They are actually Highlighter color to attract and detract. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 11:42AM It can work with orange......they make highlighter orange :) ** -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 11:45AM You are correct. Trinity was the spot for the big showdown a couple of -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 11:24AM Eye roll :) ** -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:43PM Many drunk people ** -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 10:44AM Not the only intoxicant of concern. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:49AM PG board...... -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 11:10AM They also bit off more than they could chew when they opened in Stonefield. -- UVAFan2626 05/18/2020 10:18AM The oven at that place didn't cook the subs like the Corner, either. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:20AM Grill didn’t have the flavor but Stonefield was quicker ** -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:22AM Sheetz shouldn't have been allowed on the Corner. ** -- confuzionrains 05/18/2020 10:17AM I liked it and so did UVA and other bars/businesses -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:19AM Sheetz isn't immune. Think they broke their concept to go on the Corner -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:22AM I remember the Facebook post saying they were coming. People asked -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:23AM Sheetz is the shiznit for 20-somethings. -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:16AM They make surprisingly good sammiches. -- The Hook 05/18/2020 11:18AM You talked to lil' big jdub? -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 11:20AM Mind you, 'surprisingly good' does not mean 'great'. ** -- The Hook 05/18/2020 11:22AM Yeah, you know me. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 11:23AM Where robbers wear watermelons as masks -- Hoobert 05/18/2020 11:12AM I saw that. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 11:14AM I think the phenomenon isn't unique to Sheetz... -- 1995hoo 05/18/2020 10:24AM It happens even more when you travel overseas ** -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 10:28AM I hate this. ** -- confuzionrains 05/18/2020 10:25AM I like finding the local spots ** -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:24AM Find Rockfish Brewing Company in the left part of 5th Seasons -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:32AM I’m gonna. How much you want to bet Cville tries to raise taxes to bring ba -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:33AM Sheetz where you come to eat shit :) ** -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 10:23AM Sheetz is some of the blandest chain food ever. -- Lucius 05/18/2020 10:18AM Dude, 90% of time I’d agree but they actually do a good job -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:24AM Wawa is good for what it is. Sheetz is not. -- Lucius 05/18/2020 12:45PM Sheetz, Wawa. No, just no. You need to be stopped before you do more damage ** -- confuzionrains 05/18/2020 10:26AM I did love the Wawa in Sarasota next to the Lambo Dealership. -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:28AM Hey just keeping it real ** -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:28AM Statement, not judgement, previously. -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:19AM Its gas station food! -- Hoogle.com 05/18/2020 10:17AM Bel Air market is gas station food..... -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 10:24AM Bel Air is a market that has gas...Sheetz is a gas station that has food... -- GtownHoo 05/18/2020 10:32AM If my memory is correct - wasnt chenellos also at a gas station? ** -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 10:34AM IIRC, the one at Maury and Fontaine was next to a gas station... -- 1995hoo 05/18/2020 10:53AM That's the one i remember -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 11:09AM Yeah, the only reason I remember the one on Hydraulic... -- 1995hoo 05/18/2020 11:33AM Always gaming the system.....I remember them from the vans they used to -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 11:43AM I can't remember, either, but that place had the best cheese sticks ever ** -- GtownHoo 05/18/2020 10:35AM It was either within one or next to one...... ** -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 10:38AM Low grade dog food but -- VignetteHoo 05/18/2020 10:19AM Those 30 mins are part of college life -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 10:26AM You can now meet people via apps instead and be already back in your -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:29AM I know you can -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 10:32AM Because then you don’t get the good pics for insta or a Tik tok video ** -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:33AM Best pictures are in those 30 minutes on the corner :) ** -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 10:35AM LJ does nothing for ones brand ** -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:36AM Seriously. Part of the fun is running into people unexpectedly at late hrs ** -- confuzionrains 05/18/2020 10:27AM Reminds me of my coworkers -- Zhoo 05/18/2020 10:30AM They think is is cool. I can't ease your pain like Moonlight Graham. :-( ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:18AM " I coulda been a champion." ** -- Hoogle.com 05/18/2020 10:25AM I cried at the end, again, when I watched it last month. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:25AM It also was taking too long to get a sandwich -- VignetteHoo 05/18/2020 10:14AM Heck no and I’ll toss the one in Sheetz has security LJ does not -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:17AM MJ, are you referring to Jdub and me? ** -- Hoogle.com 05/18/2020 10:26AM Da lady doth protest too much. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:29AM Beefy ** -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:27AM This one is hard to take. It’s always a stop when we are in the Hook. I -- carolinawahoo 05/18/2020 09:47AM Ditto. It's been too long since my last trip down -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 05/18/2020 10:08AM Yeah, I haven't been to Charlottesville since 2018... -- 1995hoo 05/18/2020 10:19AM Your dad has it nailed -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 05/18/2020 11:07AM Like the generation before us would tell us about the Mousetrap. :-) ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:25AM My father called the Tavern "Tony's." ** -- 1995hoo 05/18/2020 10:36AM Also, Sarge's. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:40AM My father never called it that. ** -- 1995hoo 05/18/2020 4:25PM A microcosm for how deep some of these closings are going personally -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:09AM Well said. I celebrated finishing exams for several years with a Sampson. -- Hoodlum 05/18/2020 09:51AM BVeen there 100 times and always either Wild Turkey or Nuclear ** -- nyhoo 05/18/2020 12:33PM F me. ** -- Hoodlum 05/18/2020 09:46AM Running ** -- DearOleUVA 05/18/2020 10:12AM Press 'F' to pay respects ** -- HOOfan_1 05/18/2020 10:01AM Charlottesville is turning into a food dystopia ** -- confuzionrains 05/18/2020 09:45AM This Phase 1 stuff is not really conducive to a good experience, from -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 09:47AM Not at all. Too many rules to follow and too inconsistent. -- jpmHoo 05/18/2020 10:04AM I was NOT of this opinion on Friday morning. -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:06AM This is tough. need a minute ** -- jackethoo 05/18/2020 09:35AM Like Sarah McLachlan said . . . -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 09:37AM Sad to hear. Either I had a knack of being there at the right time, or ... -- HowieT3 05/18/2020 09:30AM Oh no. So sad. I have so many wonderful memories of that place, both during -- Boris HOOinski 05/18/2020 09:25AM Wild turkey sub for the win. I don’t know about the BBQ -- Hoojack 05/18/2020 09:27AM Sorry, it was the nuclear sub. The U235 sauce made the difference. ** -- HowieT3 05/18/2020 09:29AM You sir are correct ** -- GtownHoo 05/18/2020 09:55AM The odd couple of ingredients. It worked well for me! ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 09:35AM Nuke was good, I was partial to the Bum Steer and Onion Wheel. -- Lucius 05/18/2020 09:33AM Also forgot the Blue Max. ** -- Lucius 05/18/2020 09:36AM Nuts. Hate this. Will be another stupid chair. Corner seems to be dying. ** -- RML Hoos 05/18/2020 09:21AM I believe it will eventually be resurrected by a different owner. I assume -- cddc 05/18/2020 09:18AM Not sure that is completely accurate. -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 09:20AM Yep and rent and Sheetz really killed them. Times I had friends in town and -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:15AM Current owners purchased after .. -- T Room Cav 05/18/2020 10:12AM The brand has lasted for over 40 (?) years and still has good products. -- cddc 05/18/2020 09:23AM Gotta keep the grill though that thing has flavor ** -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:16AM I hope you are right! I love the Nuclear. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 09:24AM Great minds think alike. ** -- HowieT3 05/18/2020 09:31AM 5 Easy on a Sub Roll was always the best hangover food on the Corner -- jeah-hoo 05/18/2020 09:16AM I was partial to Big Jim's massive burger and fries the morning after -- NorthernExposure 05/18/2020 12:21PM Big Jim's back then was a drive. -- The Hook 05/18/2020 2:48PM Those fries were beyond good and perfect for the burger ... -- NorthernExposure 05/20/2020 2:14PM Big Jim's was awesome. They did have a satellite on The Corner in the -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 1:52PM And that's the one I would frequent from about '86-'89 -- NorthernExposure 05/20/2020 2:12PM Good cold beer, too. :-) ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/20/2020 2:14PM College Inn seems to be alright thru this. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 09:19AM I'm hoping Bellair market is fine through this. That's become my go-to -- jeah-hoo 05/18/2020 09:21AM If Tiger Fuel still owns that Market, it should be fine. ** -- vwahoov 05/18/2020 1:10PM They own quite a few. -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 1:17PM They should be fine. C-stores are actually doing great. -- uvadeac92 05/18/2020 11:11AM Thai restaurants in Cville have seemed to not miss a beat either with their -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 12:42PM As of two weeks ago they were 100% according to -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:18AM We seem to have the exact same tastes -- HooStu 05/18/2020 10:03AM The Markets across the city thrived thru this. Think you are 100% safe. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 09:24AM Being out and about this weekend, I owe the Downtown Restaurants a Mea -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 09:10AM Oh the humanity. ** -- Lucius 05/18/2020 09:08AM My food rep named 5 more that are "done" but still have keys ** -- Wahoos1 05/18/2020 09:11AM Have I been passing along some of the right locations? ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 09:11AM He echoed one of you bigger names. ** -- Wahoos1 05/18/2020 09:16AM Gonna be a Dark Alley? ** -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:32AM I think they will be alright. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:45AM Oh no ** -- Hoogle.com 05/18/2020 10:44AM On the corner or C'ville? ** -- Lucius 05/18/2020 09:11AM They pressed the Nuclear button. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 09:10AM You don't think Bodo's has similar ideas, do you? ** -- Hoogle.com 05/18/2020 09:12AM No, they will be fine long-term. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 09:12AM What about the White Spot? ** -- Hoogle.com 05/18/2020 10:30AM I think they are solid. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 05/18/2020 10:30AM Bodos has done a lot of business it seems and the bagel shipment -- Mg234 05/18/2020 10:26AM
