Category: Shops and stores
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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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Young’s Jersey Dairy has something for everyone
Young’s Jersey Dairy in Yellow Springs is quite possibly the largest and most diverse ice cream destination in Ohio. There’s something for everyone here.
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Schaffner’s Drive-In serves up ice cream and memories
It’s not often that you find a business that just by being open and serving customers makes a town a special kind of community. Schaffner’s Drive-In in Baltimore, which has been serving ice cream treats since 1959, is one of those places.
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The Record Shop
An interesting thing happened to me yesterday, or maybe it was the day before. I’m running the cash register that afternoon at Howlin’ Wolfie’s Records on the strip up on campus. I had just put on Led Zeppelin IV, Side One, on the house stereo.
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Former grain elevator is family-run Homestead Store
The Homestead Store is a former grain elevator built in the late 1800s that has been a family-run specialty food and health supplement store in the Indian Lake community for more than 30 years.
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Gristmill Antiques is worth the trip to find
Gristmill Antiques, a shop with unique treasures for heart and home, is a bit off the beaten track but well worth the journey to rural Stark County.
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Specialty and bulk food stores offer old-fashioned bargains, service
In a world where the prices of everything has been going up, especially in groceries, it’s good to know that there are plenty of small-town and country stores in Ohio that continue to provide high-quality products at reasonable prices.
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Resch’s Bakery continues more than century of tradition
Resch’s Bakery has been in the Columbus community for a long time, baking breads, cakes, pies, donuts, pastries, cookies, pretzels and more.
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Video game arcades keep the 1980s alive
Video game arcades, successors to pinball arcades, became popular in the late 1970s and bloomed in the 1980s as frantic youths fed machines with millions of dollars’ worth of quarters. You can still find a few of these places today.
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The Pony’s Decision
A fable about a pony who ran wild and free on the prairie, then was adopted by a cowboy.
Dusty Tires 