Candyland in 1920 – from Yesterday’s Nashville by Carl Zibart
The well-known confectionery at Seventh and Church Street was established in the early twenties. Behind the counter in the above photo are two of its proprietors, Sam Anderson and Louis Belios.
Historic Nashville 
my first job was at candyland in the early 60’s
My Dad owned a Beauty Shop above Lowes Theater on that same block. Candy Land (real milk shakes), Tic Toc (fresh donuts fried in the window) Krystal (waffles for breakfast) on that block. I spent many childhood weekends eating well. Would love to see Candy Land recreated on Broadway for tourist.
I’ve talked about Candyland for years and nobody seems to remember it. That was our meeting place when I was little. Mother would go shopping downtown. She always wanted to go to Cain Sloan and I always wanted to go to Harvey’s. What kid WOULDN’T want to go to Harvey’s! But in those days you just didn’t think about somebody snatching your child. Mother gave me a watch and taught me how to tell time very early on. So we would synchronize our watches and she was say, “Okay. If we get separated you meet me at Candyland at 1:00 for lunch.” I can still see the wooden booths and the smell of chocolate as you opened the front door. The blue ceramic tile inside and out. It was a busy place. I find it sad that there are not more pictures of the place either outside or inside. It was a staple kind of like the Elliston Place Soda Shop.