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When I was but a lad, there was a tiny, dusty little store in my town. Walking into that store was like stepping back into the 20s or 30s. It was a candy store (that was my main focus at the time) and a lunch counter. The phone booth in the back still had the old style pay phone with a separate ear piece. But most notable was they had a peanut roaster right in the store, and the front window was filled with peanuts, often as much as two feet deep. You could get freshly roasted peanuts in there.

Pretty certain you are describing "The Nut Shop" in downtown Nashville's Arcade, a super-cool cut-through of shops dead center of the city. Also home of Manny's Pizza, who's nephew set up down the road with his recipes and got in Top Ten Pizza Places in America. Go to Manny's - he charges less for the same supreme quality. His pepperoni calzones take no prisoners.