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The Dixie, iconic Petersburg restaurant, celebrates 100 years during pandemic
By: Wayne Covil , WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff
Posted at 2:20 PM, Jan 01, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-01 14:27:22-05
PETERSBURG, Va. The Dixie, an iconic restaurant in Old Towne Petersburg, Virginia, has been serving made to order hot food for 100 years.
The Dixie opened its doors in Petersburg when the Spanish flu pandemic was winding down in March of 1920. Just as the eatery was about to celebrate its centennial celebration, COVID-19 forced it to shutter in March of 2020. The restaurant business just kind of took a nosedive, Frannie Rawlings, co-owner of The Dixie, recalled.