When I saw the sign for Phoenix Antiques and Crafts, I was expecting an antique store with some crafts. I was not expecting what I found, which was a really cool store stocking mostly Southwestern and Mexican goods!
The store is in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, on the Pennsylvania side. It's on the northbound side of Route 209, across from the Delaware Cemetery. There's a white columned house with a semi-circular driveway, and next to the house is a long, wooden building with a yellow sign and old license plates near the door, and chili ristras hanging from the roof overhang.
Inside is quite a collection: wonderful Day of the Dead merchandise, fine crafts, some fine art prints, "Graphite Objects" ( http://www.asbworkshop.com/collections.html ) that are hand-carved and write without rubbing off on your hands, animated diffraction grating postcards, Frida Kahlo items, carved wooden boxes, ceramics from Acoma Pueblo, rugs, scarves, felted animals, tin animals, jewelry, Talavera ceramic tiles, "treasure boxes," glass ornaments. The store is not large but despite the amount of merchandise it doesn't feel like it's too tightly packed.
It's definitely worth stopping in if you are driving Route 209 in the Dingman's Ferry area! In fact, if Day of the Dead merchandise interests you, it's worth stopping in if you are anywhere within the region! read more