April 27, 2007
Happy to be wrong!
When I posted earlier that Granny Averill's screen door will slam shut for the last time today, I was wrong. Wonderfully, delightfully wrong!
The newest word around Alleghany County (well, new to me since I don't get home enough) is that Richmond native Louise Belmont has purchased the building that houses Granny's and will continue to operate the quaint country store and lunch counter under the same name even after Alpha "Granny" Averill, age 100, retires. The entire building, which includes at least one other store front, will be called "The Company Store," Belmont said.
According to longtime employee Betty Yeagley, the kitchen should be remodeled within the next year and the same staff will cook up those comfort food lunches.
Belmont also has some other goals for the 1870 building that once served as the original office for the Low Moor Iron Company. She tells me she hopes to open a wine and cheese shop next door and perhaps get some live music jamborees going out front.
Everyone will have to wait and see if Granny's retains the same hometown feel. Here's hoping the hot dogs and cheeseburgers are just as good!
Ms. Averill will be enjoying her much-needed retirement. I wish her the best.
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