Jones remembered that Dowell’s pork chop sandwich was featured in “Gourmet” magazine a few years ago and the ground steak sandwich at Snappy Lunch is featured this month in “Southern Living” magazine.
The pork chop sandwich eating contest will go on as usual this year, she said. 27, goes everybody will probably want to eat a pork chop sandwich in honor of Dowell, Jones said. It will always be remembered as an establishment that he (Andy Griffith) mentioned on the show and in his recordings,” said Jones.Īs far as the Mayberry Days, that begins on Sept. She said Dowell’s wife Mary has been running the Snappy Lunch “for a long time now,” and doesn’t think that anything will change at the Snappy Lunch. George Lindsey, who played Goober Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show,” and Doug Dillard, who was part of the Darlings band on the show, also died this year. She said this year has been particularly tough after losing Andy Griffith on July 3. My first experience in Snappy Lunch was when I had an Orange Crush in a brown bottle and a ground steak sandwich,” said Jones. Tanya Jones, executive director of the Surry Arts Council, remembered Dowell from when she was a little girl. He was truly an ambassador for Mount Airy,” said Cochran. He was never too busy to ask how you were doing and always made time to speak with visitors about the pictures on the wall. For decades we looked in the window at Snappy Lunch and saw Charles Dowell cooking. “Mount Airy has lost one of its iconic figures. Mayor Deborah Cochran said Dowell will certainly be missed. His wife Mary eventually took over operation of the restaurant. After buying out his partner, he became the sole owner in 1960.ĭowell started showing signs of dementia in his late 70s. The restaurant opened in 1923 inside a former post office building and provided lunch for mill workers and students at nearby schools.
He created the pork chop sandwich which brought tourists from all over the world to Mount Airy to try. A collective sadness seemed to fall over the community Tuesday as news spread of Charles Dowell, the owner of Snappy Lunch, dying at the age of 84.ĭowell was known for his many years of manning the grill in the window of Snappy Lunch, a place where he began working when he was 14.
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