Apparently, the claim that it was the oldest operating store is a bit of a canard – it was the successor to businesses started there in the early 1860s.
I went past the store in the fall of 1999 and stopped for an ice-cream.


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Breakfast and lunch are relaxed, help-yourself affairs - choose from a selection of items laid out along the kitchen counter.
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