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The Brick Store

21 Lisbon Rd., Bath, NH - (603) 747-2074
Posted By Michael Stern on 7/26/2007 2:10:00 AM
The Brick Store opened in 1790 and has been in business every since then, making it America’s oldest general store. One of its most fascinating features are its slant-front counters, designed so that ladies wearing hoop skirts can step close and examine the merchandise. It truly smells old, in the nicest possible way, its air filled with the piquant aromas of thick-sliced bacon, aged cheese, maple candy, and cake donuts. The most alluring odor, and one that permeates the very fixtures of the store, is that of the smokehouse, which produces the vividly-flavored bacon, Canadian bacon, and cheddar cheese. Also enticing is the scent of sweet fudge, made in flavors that include maple walnut, Creamsicle, Heath Bar crunch, and vanilla rum raisin.

A true general store rather than a restaurant, The Brick Store carries soaps, weathervanes, cookbooks and candies, as well as Live Free or Die t-shirts (the state motto). Although gift baskets of "Yankee breakfast" are available (pancake batter, maple spread, syrup, and bacon), thereis no actual meal service on premises. Still, it is possible to put together a dandy impromptu repast from its wide inventory of cheeses, Vermont crackers, and smoked meats, then commandeer one of the comfortable chairs on the front porch and dine in sight of Route 302. We walked out with bags of old-fashioned store crackers, smoked pepperoni sticks, hunks of cheddar, and a pound of maple brittle.

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This is New Hampshire, so it is no surprise to see plenty of maple syrup for sale.
"This is New Hampshire, so it is no surprise to see plenty of maple syrup for sale."
Cliff Strutz





The ultra-rich fudge is a Brick Store specialty.
"The ultra-rich fudge is a Brick Store specialty."
Cliff Strutz


Thanks to the smokehouse out back, The Brick Store sells wonderful smelling smoked meat and cheese.
"Thanks to the smokehouse out back, The Brick Store sells wonderful smelling smoked meat and cheese."
Cliff Strutz


Now in its third century, The Brick Store has a wide range of general merchandise; but we think of it as an essential snack stop on the way to or from the White Mountains.
"Now in its third century, The Brick Store has a wide range of general merchandise; but we think of it as an essential snack stop on the way to or from the White Mountains."
Michael Stern


The Brick Store, open since since 1790, hails itself as
"The Brick Store, open since since 1790, hails itself as "America's Oldest General Store.""
Cliff Strutz


This beautiful covered bridge sits just yards away.
"This beautiful covered bridge sits just yards away."
Cliff Strutz



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