A bit of history
So whenever we’ve driven to Jersey (from living here in NC), we’ve passed and most of the time stopped at this place called Stucky’s. It’s just off the main road. Small gas station with a gift shop and small area to eat inside. For some reason it just became a stopping must for us. On this last trip up, we stopped for the last time (because even if we did ever drive back up, we won’t be coming this way).
I bought this coffee cup to remind me of the cut and awesome place just before the Maryland line. To remind me of all the trips we made up and back from Jersey. We were able to experience this new route and all of the amazing things along that route.
Like Tammy & Johnny’s. This sign I saw for a shut down restaurant. Now, my first thought was who is Tammy? Who is Johnny? Did they break up which caused their place to shut down? I was intrigued. The real story is actually very cute.
Ronnie Edwards and his wife Shirley opened the place in 1967 and they were in business for half a century! It was named after their two children.
The building started as just a stand selling hamburgers for nineteen cents, fries and milkshakes.
They ended up being known more for their fried chicken that was added to the menu later.
The eat-in dining area was added in the mid-1970’s (which explains why their bathrooms were still across the parking lot).
Ronnie and Shirley retired and the place closed in March 2018 after it was determined that the building needed structural repairs. Shirley passed away at the age of 83 in November 2018.
Tammy & Johnny’s was recently (April 2021) auctioned off. Ali and Jessica Celik of Roma’s Diner & Pizzeria won the auction which included the 2,500 sq ft restaurant on one acre, a paved parking lot and even a rental house behind the restaurant.
Definitely not the story I expected, but one that touched my heart.
Then there was another build that stuck out to me. I noticed it on my very first drive up and I was determined to get a photo and the back story on the building. Apparently it was a a high school that was built in 1932. In 1935 the Public Works Administration funded an addition. It served as a high school until 1984 when it was converted to a middle school.
In 2011 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The building was sold in 2020 to three Pennsylvania residents. Carol-Lynn Moran and her two sons; Edward Rausch and Nicholas Rausch.
Yes, I know these may not be interesting to some, but to me, it was. So that’s my bit of history for today.
