Amish Shops

While in Lancaster County last week, I took Amish friends out to run some errands. We made it to four stores in three hours, in addition to a stop at the bank and another brief stop. I made a video describing the trip and the places we went (at bottom). I’ll also list the places […]

Continue Reading Taking Amish Friends Shopping (4 Lancaster County Stores)

Don Burke shares photos from three businesses in the Clark, Missouri Amish community. This is the state’s second-largest Amish settlement, of around 10 churches and 1,500 people, and one of the three oldest in the state. We previously saw this community in Don’s photo post from 2015, “A Thanksgiving Visit to The Amish of Clark, […]

Continue Reading A Look Inside 3 Different Amish Stores (22 Photos)

I visited this store in the Hillsboro, Kentucky settlement in December (here’s a previous post related to that trip, and stores I visited). The store in this video is called Miller’s Country Store. When I arrived a bit before closing, the owner, an older Amish gentleman was kind enough to let me film inside the […]

Continue Reading Inside an Amish “Bent-n-Dent” Grocery Store (Video)

After a recent period in which I visited about a dozen Amish stores in four states (Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia), I realized I tend to buy the same things over and over again. Maybe that means I need to step outside my box a bit. Either way I thought it might be nice to share […]

Continue Reading 5 Things I Almost Always Get At Amish Stores

I just came across an Amish business listing for the nation’s fifth-largest community, with over 75 businesses. I wouldn’t say Adams County, Indiana is an Amish destination that draws a ton of visitors. I think it is overshadowed by the three or four larger communities, as well as some smaller ones. I also don’t think […]

Continue Reading 75+ Amish Businesses of Adams County, Indiana

I have to say this headline today caught my eye, for obvious reasons: “TJ’s Liquor stays busy with new Amish store“. Doesn’t that kind of sound like a liquor outlet is running a new store…catering to the Amish? Reading the article, however, you learn that this business is actually adding an “Amish Country Store”. But […]

Continue Reading Minnesota Liquor Seller…Adds Amish Store?

The North Carolina Amish community I visited a few weeks ago has a daughter settlement, in Chatham (Pittsylvania County), Virginia. A friend who visited Chatham this summer estimated around 15 families in the settlement. Janar explained that the settlers chose to move to the new location for its cheaper land, closeness to the original community, and […]

Continue Reading An Amish Country Store Opens in Virginia

One of our contributors recently paid a visit to the Wayne County settlement.  The weather did not quite cooperate that day. However that gave him a great excuse to duck into one of the more prominent Wayne County Amish businesses. Fountain Acres (Amish-owned Food Store) Fountain Acres Foods is a sizeable Amish-run “foods and more” […]

Continue Reading Fountain Acre Foods (Wayne County, Indiana)

A few weeks back one of our contributors shared a photo of his buggy-shaped bird feeder, which got comments from a number of you.  That feeder was made by Green Meadow Houses and Feeders, an Amish-owned business located near Shipshewana in northern Indiana. We have some photos of the Green Meadow shop and products today, […]

Continue Reading Green Meadow Houses & Feeders of Shipshewana, IN

I know we have a lot of readers interested in Amish quilts and many with experience buying them.  We’ll be hearing more soon on the subject from Janneken Smucker, author of the upcoming Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon, including a chance to ask Amish quilt questions. In the meantime, reader GamGam recently left an […]

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