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Elliston Place Soda Shop Is Set to Bring Folks Back to the Rock Block The time-honored milkshakes-and-more spot is scheduled to reopen May 11 Tweet Photo: Eric England For nearly three decades, Miss Linda full name Linda Melton baked pies and seated people in booths at the Elliston Place Soda Shop. Using her grandmother’s recipes, she’s been the face behind the chess pies, meringue pies (the taller the better) and banana pudding that have satisfied locals’ sugar cravings for decades. In late 2019, then-owner Skip Bibb announced he was going to close the classic spot, which had fed folks on what’s now known as the Rock Block since 1939. Rents were rising, the restaurant needed renovations and repairs, and an expansion to a location in Cool Springs had failed, staying open less than two years. Bibb bought the restaurant from the previous owners in 2013 another point when it had been at risk of being shuttered. There had als

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