This is a very cool little store that my family ventured to recently. It could very well be the standard in regards to buying local. They offer local apparel, vegetables, meats, ready to cook meals, microbrewery beer selection, coffee (fresh brew by the cup or to take home in a bag), and they had a local food truck vendor that set up in the parking lot. We will be going back to buy some gifts and we will definitely grab some more of the pepperoni and beer. read more

Barnes Charles E Store Genl Mdse - Fun selection of some local micro brews. There were plenty more options in the refrigerators as well. - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - Clayton, North Carolina

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This is a cute wonderful store full of local/regional items! Pottery, art, shirts, hats, craft beer, wine, snacks, bottled soda. The two guys working were proud of their store and it was obvious. The perfect stop on our road trip. They also had a food truck outside with tacos! Gas and propane, too. read more

After many years of passing this store we finally tried it. It's really rough looking on the exterior but the inside has character to an extent. My oldest daughter and I purchased some cokes (in glass!!!) and had the tops popped after checking out. I felt like I was her age again. Wooden floors that are elevated on rock pile foundation that squeeks with every foot step. The owner and his mother were there I believe, very kind people. read more

I grew up going into this small town store as a kid when Charles Barnes himself ran the store and then moved away when I was a young adult. I have recently moved back to this area and went by there this afternoon to fill a gas can and grab a couple cold drinks. The pump wouldn't turn on to fill my can so I went inside to inform the gentleman, now known as Josh Barnes, that I wasn't sure how much the can would take but needed to fill up. To my surprise, he had the worst attitude for being the business owner and also the person working the store at the time that I have ever come across. I have never been talked to in such a manner in all my life, and he had a teenage boy in the store with him that I can only assume was his child...what a wonderful example of the way your supposed to treat customers he was setting in front of this kid. I live 2 minutes from this store now and quite possibly could have been a frequent shopper, since this incident I will never step foot in that store again! It was 4:00 in the afternoon on a Saturday and the only thing he kept repeating was that I needed to get my crap and give him money and get out so he could close his store, along with other sarcastic remarks in between. I decided to take my money and business elsewhere and the minute I walked out of the door, he slammed it shut behind me. Please don't waste your time coming here, you could possibly be his next victim and quite frankly I wouldn't spend my money there if it was the last gas station in 10 miles. Go down a little further to The Home place, they were smiling and friendly and everything your looking for in a quaint, small town store that actually cares about the people in the community. read more