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So successful has the company been through the years in nurturing a legion of return customers, in addition to the original location and its annex, Mast General Store now has locations in Asheville, Boone, Hendersonville, Waynesville and Winston-Salem in North Carolina; in Columbia and Greenville in South Carolina; Knoxville in Tennessee; and Roanoke in Virginia.

While early storekeepers might have tried to carry everything a community might need, from cradles to caskets, today’s Mast Store “offers a variety of goods from fashion to fried chicken cookbooks and toffee to tents.”

And don’t miss the barrels of candy sported by at least some of their locations.

Blowing Rock Market (Blowing Rock)

990 Main Street, Blowing Rock, NC 28605 (828) 414-9322 www.blowingrock.market

Right across the street from the Community Library

The Bee and the Boxwood, Molly Northern’s store located on 215 Boone Heights Drive, is full of handpicked gifts and home accessories. The store also serves as Northern’s studio where she creates and designs for a wide array of clients in the High Country. and within shouting distance of town hall and Memorial Park, the Blowing Rock Market is as much a community gathering place as it is a general store. You just never know who you are going to meet because everybody that is anybody, whether full-time resident, seasonal resident, or day-trippin’ tourist finds their way to the market at one time or another.

Mostly it is about food and conversation at Blowing Rock Market. With a wide selection of beers, wines, and soft drinks, as well as local specialty cheeses, pastries, and baked goods, there is something for just about every palate. And the sandwiches made fresh at the deli are top-notch.

But be sure and strike up a conversation with the folks sitting next to you in the outdoor seating area.

Molly Northern Interiors & The Bee and the Boxwood Gifts (Boone)

215 Boone Heights Dr. (828) 386-6212 www.thebeeandtheboxwood.com

Molly Northern is a native of the High Country, as she was raised in Boone. Northern developed a keen interest in decorating her home with panache at a young age, observing the decoration from her mother, Bain Winkler.

Combined with a love for art, Northern pursued the passion professionally, achieving a degree in Housing and Interiors at the University of North CarolinaGreensboro.

While briefly staying off the mountain in Hilton Head, South Carolina, Northern returned and went into business with Darlene Parker, creating Northern Parker Interiors in Banner Elk.

However, Northern needed to branch out into her own venture, starting Molly Northern Interiors in early 2017.

While Molly Northern Interiors works with design, The Bee and the Boxwood houses the many gifts offered at the store. According to the website, at the gift store, you will find a curated collection of beautiful gifts and home accessories, all chosen with the charm and warmth of the Southern lifestyle in mind.

The store is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Fred’s General Mercantile on Beech Mountain Parkway has the slogan of “if we don’t have it, you don’t need it.”

Phipps General Store (Lansing)

2425 Silas Creek Rd., Lansing (336) 384-2382 Lansing may be a small town, but a lot of people seem to find it at least in small part because of Phipps General Store. It is a restored general store, advertising itself as “a place where locals and visitors can come and listen to old time music jams.” There is an abundance of merchandise for sale, including food and beverages, as well as locally crafted artisan work, from jewelry to handbags, pottery and birdhouses.

Vintage Farmhouse General Store (West Jefferson)

424 E. Second Street (336) 846-4777 thevintagefarmhousewj@gmail.com The Vintage Farmhouse General Store is located at 424 E. Second Street in West Jefferson and is open Monday through Saturday. The Vintage Farmhouse prides itself on having something for everyone and features a “man cave” downstairs in the basement, and clothing for women and children upstairs. The store’s wide variety of merchandise at affordable prices and large parking lot help to set it apart from other businesses in town. One unique feature of the store is its full-service bakery and coffee shop. Not only does it offer visitors with a sweet treat, but also gives the store a fragrant aroma which the family likes to describe as “smelling like grandma’s house at Christmas time.”

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