Daily Stop

A Great Little Store from a By-​Gone Era. These small little convience stores that were around before ⁷⁄₁₁ are so Cool. Just a Great reminder of the days when things weren’t quite so Hustle & Bustle or commercialized.
Pick up a Soda Pop, Jerky, Maybe a Cold Beer or two, Some wine, A Can Opener, A Lottery Ticket (Ya never know…), Ice Cream, Napkins… Just a little bit of everything here and a few bonus items. Even the old Candy Bar aisle, although not much «penny» candy left. Always a friendly attendant, with some friendly conversation. Always worth the visit, make it your «Daily Stop»

This little local «Daily Stop» mini-​mart near the Brownsville Marina looks like it was transplanted straight out of Route 66. Only this is Route 303. Check out the photo, if you want to see what I mean.
They don’t have everything, but they sure try. They have the best, most lively earthworms for bait you’ll find anywhere. And plenty of beer. Beer is important.
While there, we heard the nice woman at the counter immediately turn on a guy who she said came in drunk one night and yelled at her, then ran out and drove off. At first he tried to deny it was him, probably to save face to his companion, but the Daily Stop lady minced no words in clarifying the matter — no, it WAS him, that she remembered, «you know, that night you were REALLY drunk and came in here and yelled at me and drove off? I called the cops on you and they were looking for you.» He shook his head meagerly. He knew he was SOOOO caught!
Then she ignored him and rolled her eyes over to us, and in her sweetest voice and asked us what size hooks we needed, and if she could help us with anything else…
Gotta love being treated with the «good sibling» effect.
Well worth the price of admission to this little store out in the middle of nowhere.

Oh how I miss the Daily Stop. It’s not gone, but so out of my way now.
I grew up in Brownsville, then spent a number of years in the Keyport area in my junior/​senior high school years. The Daily Stop convenience store located at Illahee Rd x Brownsville Hwy is a small family owned store.
Great place to stop for smokes and gas, or whatever you need… they probably have it!
We usually stopped for ice cream or candy, pick up a movie, milk and soda. So convenient. :)