tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154076.post5430539232290393422..comments2024-03-08T23:26:05.675-08:00Comments on Good Stuff NW: Getting Good Food to Oregon's Far-Flung CornersKathleen Bauerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620435699701266954noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154076.post-2123609380570613502016-06-14T12:15:07.960-07:002016-06-14T12:15:07.960-07:00Thanks for your input, Janet. I'll make the co...Thanks for your input, Janet. I'll make the correction to the post. And I'm very happy to hear that North Powder still has a viable grocery storeā¦it was at the conference that we were told there wasn't one there anymore, news I was sad to hear. My childhood trips to visit my grandparents in North Powder were always punctuated by errands to walk to the store for milk and the occasional candy or comic book.Kathleen Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620435699701266954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28154076.post-87304940506824175042016-06-13T18:38:17.547-07:002016-06-13T18:38:17.547-07:00Hi, Kathleen. This is a nice article, but there ar...Hi, Kathleen. This is a nice article, but there are some errors. North Powder has a very small but nice grocery store, which has been continuously in business for decades. It changed hands last year and the new owners have really improved the stocking, cleaned it up and continue to provide great deli sandwiches in addition to a good line of staple groceries and beverages. It serves the community well for those times in between trips to the grocery chains in La Grande and Baker City. <br /><br />Union has a wonderful neighborhood-type grocery store, at which you can get just about any groceries you need, including produce, and their own butcher and meat counter, from which many of us drive out of our way to get our meat. Union also has a terrific hardware store that caries everything from housewares, tools and fencing supplies to a garden center with plants grown specifically for this area. <br /><br />I make these corrections because I really appreciate how hard the proprietors work and what they sacrifice to serve their communities. There are similar stores in Summerville, Haines, Elgin, Imbler, Fossil, Condon, Dayville, Kimberly, Lostine, Wallowa and most other communities scattered across Eastern Oregon. They may not carry gourmet items, but they carry what residents need to more than just get by. Thank you for considering this in future articles. In fact, I have often thought many of these small-town mercantiles would make a really fun travel article. I would be happy to point you in the direction of several I feel are especially enchanting.<br /><br />Janet Dodson Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16180340233471794370noreply@blogger.com