Charlie Johns Adirondack General Store
Everything you need in Speculator, NY.
Photos courtesy Charlie Johns
Charlie Johns Store in Speculator in the Central Adirondacks opened over 80 years ago as a general store providing residents and visitors with a convenient, friendly and affordable place to buy groceries, home goods, and other essentials.
The store’s eponymous founder sold it in 1971 to the current owners, the Lane family, and it’s been family owned and operated ever since. Today, Charlie Johns Store is still very much the amiable hometown market Charlie opened in 1939. However, the owners expanded dramatically over the years to include a full deli and bakery, seasonal merchandise, gifts, clothing, ammo, camo, a large walk-in beer cooler, butcher, a lawn and garden center, camping supplies and True Value Hardware.
Charlie Johns is the kind of place you go in to purchase one thing, and you come out with five others. Just last week, we stopped in to pick up some veggies for a salad (their produce is lovely) and left with a gift for a new baby, four books on the Adirondacks, and a freshly baked pie.
And you can charge your Electric Vehicle at the Adirondacks Speculator Region Chamber of Commerce, which shares a parking lot with Charlie Johns.
For current hours, specials and more information, visit Charlie Johns website.
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