“The building has declined to where you really can’t salvage it,” Carl Young said on Monday. “Perhaps something related to the (new Springfield Regional Medical Center) could use the space.”
Young will offer the 40,000-square-foot lot for sale.
Stocksdales had been a Springfield staple for 28 years when the Youngs purchased it in 1979. The couple had just retired from Youngs Jersey Dairy, which they founded and, keeping the Stocksdales name, ran the restaurant as a family restaurant for 15 years.
“We served home-cooked meals; it was very successful,” Dorothy Young said.
They retired for a second time in 1994. The restaurant had several owners after that.
“Unfortunately, the people who bought it didn’t make it work,” Carl Young said.
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