The General Store Blog


synergy

We have been fortunate over the last few months to experience a steady increase in the number of folks who visit Saxapahaw General Store...

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Date Night in Saxy

Last week I was busy baking cupcakes when Arwen, one of the staff at Saxapahaw General Store, approached me with a message from a..

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We’re immortalized!

Jeff’s stepfather, John Murphy, is a builder of model trains and the villages that surround them. After visiting Saxapahaw and offering a..

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Now and then

It has been a fantastic winter here at the store. Our dinner business is on the increase, lunch and breakfast are maxing us out. We have..

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Local Goat

In all of my years in this business I have never seen a food phenomena like this one. The goat meat hamburger at a gas station! When..

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Solemnity

We had quite a startling weekend here at the store. After the Durham, Chapel Hill and multi-county Herald Sun Article broke on thursday..

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Resting

It has been quite a ride for the last month. First were the Paperhand Puppet shows in successive weekends, and then the Burlington Times..

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Local food loop

We are weaving circles here out of our kitchen – food loops, if you will. Local and store-made selections: biscuits, muffins, pies, beef,..

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