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Roasted Nuts & Nostalgia Co-Star at The Peanut Shoppe

A look inside Columbus' oldest Downtown retailer, which has new owners and a new location on Broad Street

Erin Edwards
Sep 17, 2025
∙ Paid
The Peanut Shoppe is filled with Mr. Peanut knick-knacks (Credit: Erin Edwards)

The Peanut Shoppe Endures After All These Years

By Erin Edwards

In March 1935, an ad ran in the Columbus Evening Dispatch announcing the opening of Planters Peanut’s “New Peanut Store” at 14 N. High St. in Downtown Columbus. That same year, the U.S. was in the throes of the Gre…

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