Showing posts with label Mom and Pop Store New England. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mom and Pop Store New England. Show all posts

The Best Shopping in New England

Article and photo (Brown and Hopkins Country Store, Chepachet, R.I.) by Eric H.
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Following up on our recent Shop Local, Buy Local New England! posting, we have also updated out Best Shopping in New England article.  Here we include our top picks for New England country and general stores, mom and pop shops, outlet shopping, indoor malls, open air shopping centers and shopping-friendly historic urban districts in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.  It's really amazing the diverse offerings of shopping available in New England!

As always, we welcome your feedback on your favorite shopping destinations in New England. Feel free to post here or send us an email through VisitingNewEngland.com.

Cheers to a Vermont Mom and Pop Store

Article and photo by Eric H.

Nice to hear that the Comfort Inn in St. Johnsbury, Vt., has asked the family-owned and operated Kerrigan's Market & Deli in West Burke, Vt., to provide catering services to its business meeting members.

The partnership makes perfect sense. We have stayed at the 107-room Comfort Inn in St. Johnsbury and regard it as the best-run chain we have stayed at, anywhere (on-the-ball management staff, great indoor pool, spotless rooms, beautiful landscaping, and ideal location to the scenic Northeast Kingdom). We have eaten at Kerrigan's Market and Deli, enjoying the made-from-scratch food that features breakfast selections, subs, salads, wraps, and pizza. The pulled pork is to die for, prepared daily for several hours with an incredible homemade marinade sauce. The steak and cheese brings little bit of "Philly" to the Northeast Kingdom in Vermont.

To owners Dave and Judi Kerrigan and their family that works at the store, we say congratulations on the hard work and sticking with the hard-fought journey that brought you to your successful destination today. As Judi aptly says, " Goes to show you that good food has no bounds."

Hard work has no bounds, either, thus proving that Mom and Pop stores can indeed prosper in a rapidly growing superstore world. Kudos to Dave and Judi and family!

Kerrigan's Market
4080 US Route 5
West Burke, VT 05871
(802) 467-8800
Fax: (802) 467-8805

Editor's note: For more information on the story behind Kerrigan's Market and Deli, we encourage you to read a previous post on Kerrigan's at The Weekly New England Travel and Vacation Gazette.