The City of Richmond shuts down a Southside Historical Landmark!

The Cozy Corner on German School Road in Southside will close it’s doors for the very last time next Sunday. After 70 some years as a local gathering spot and the last existing original road house in the area, the Cozy Corner has been forced to close to expand German School Road into a four lane throughway between Jhank and Midlothian. Disrupting the residential feel of the neighborhood and paving the way for Apartment Buildings and Office Complexes.

The deal is done. There is no going back. Bobby Lloyd, the current owner, was notified recently that the State would take possession on the 3rd of August.

The Southside Richmond establishment has been a favorite spot for local Southsiders since the 1930’s. Currently you may find Nascar’s Junnie Dunlevy having a quiet lunch with his friends, Nashville recording artist, Bill Johnson, stopping in for a cold beer or Steve Kapella, the renown Richmond Sympathy Cellist, at the Sunday afternoon Pickers Corner acoustic jam sessions.

The Cozy Corner will be thoroughly missed by a wide variety of South Richmond residents and sadden by the loss of a Local Landmark. 

That is so sad. When long-standing icons of the city have to go, it’s always a shame. “Thanks for the memories.”

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