Category: Grocery stores and markets
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Mohican Country, Part 1
This week I traveled to a place that takes me “way back” — Mohican Country. It’s an area of Ohio just east of Amish Country in Ashland, Richland and Knox counties, and its’ unofficial capital is the village of Loudonville.
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Parks’ General Store is a step back in time
Parks’ General Store is a country store in southern Ohio that’s like taking a step back in time. You can find everything from pitchforks, hardware and seeds to cereal, old-fashioned chocolate drop candy, canned foods and staple items.
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Eikenberry’s IGA, many other grocery stores serve their communities
Eikenberry’s IGA Foodliner has served the Greenville and Darke County community since 1929.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: Adamsville and Amish
Adamsville is one of those small Ohio villages that’s easy to overlook at first glance. A handful of miles east of Zanesville in Muskingum County, Adamsville has a population of about 140 to be generous. It has zero traffic lights and one gas station. It’s located just 16 miles north from I-70 on SR 93.
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Cooper’s Mill apple butter is made the old-fashioned way
Cooper’s Mill’s products come in a wide range of flavors, including Black Raspberry Jam, Peach Jam, and Red Raspberry Jam. They also offer barbeque sauces, salsas, syrups, salad dressings and much more.
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End of the Commons General Store is no ordinary store
End of the Commons General Store is the oldest operating general store in the state of Ohio, built in 1840. And yes, it is uncommon.
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Pearl Valley Cheese’s Swiss family traditions make award-winning cheese
Whenever we go to Amish Country, we usually bring along a cooler and make our first stop at Pearl Valley Cheese in the rolling hills of farmland along SR 93 in Fresno, Ohio.
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Discovering that hard-to-find food item can become a road trip
Photo: Fowler’s Milling Co. near Chardon is packed with baking mixes, kitchen utensils and cookware. (Credit: Ken Drenten) By Ken Drenten Do you have an item on your grocery list that you can find only at a specific grocery store or market? I’m not talking about a staple item, but more of a fun food…
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