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Paul had found his niche, and it wasn’t quiche.
Pretty soon after that, people began coming in
more and more, asking if he could sell them a
whole pot pie.
“I remember thinking to myself that these pies
were really selling, without even trying. No
advertising, no billboards. I remember telling my
wife, ‘Wow! We sold 12 pies this week.’ And it just
kinda took off like crazy. And I think mostly
because it’s a comfort food. It’s an easy meal, it
tastes homemade. Then we added a few more
flavors once we started selling the whole ones and it
just took off, and then the sales are higher for the
pies than it was the restaurant. And then one day I
told one of my friends, ‘You know, the restaurant’s
getting in the way of these pies!’ So he said, ‘Forget
this restaurant! Close it down and call it Paul’s Pot
Pies!’ And that’s what I did. That’s how it started.”
“THE DOOR ALMOST FELL OFF”
So how does a Mom-and-Paul shop come all the
way from New Jersey to find a home on the
Marietta Square?
“Me and my mom were just driving around
and we loved the Square. But back then, it was pretty
empty. I remember going to look at the space
that we’re still in, and I opened the door and the
door almost fell off, it was so old,” he said.
The quaint spot, located near Stockyard
Burgers and Bones and across from Cool Beans
Coffee Roasters at 10 Mill Street, was previously
called The Mill Inn Store, from what Paul could
recall.
“For 10 years, we would still have people come
by asking, ‘Where’s The Mill Inn Store?’ I think it
was just so in place. On the corner, when we moved
in, was Brumby Furniture and it was funny ‘cause
we would go over and open the door and I’d be like,
‘Where are they?’ And it’s the three older guys in
the back, sleeping on the rocking chairs,” Paul
recalled, with a laugh.
Paul also recalled that pretty much every retail
spot near him and down Church Street were
antique stores.
“Schillings was of course there, he was the
longest one and now we’re the oldest food establishment
on the Square. Marietta Pizza, I believe,
was Chicago Hot Dog. Tommy’s Sandwich Shop
was on the corner. Jimmy the Greek was down the
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