Daddy Al's General Store — Attraction in Town of Oneonta

Daddy Al's General Store consistently has poor quality food at inflated prices. What's more, since they don't have much product turnover, their food is sometimes quite stale. Frankly, I don't know how they stay in business, except that the nearest actual grocery store is 2.5 miles away. Also, they are sometimes friendly.

I don't know why I keep going back there. But after my last trip, Al, it's over between you and me. It's not the stale chips that did it—even though I discovered they had expired 3 months ago—because what shopkeeper doesn't accidentally make that mistake, leaving something out for an extra 100 days until it tastes like wood chips. No, it was the cheese. The "pepper jack" that was neither peppery nor jack: it was like sad American sliced cheese with little red and green dots in it. You can always tell a cheese is not top-notch when you put it in the toaster oven and instead of melting, it just kind of shrinks and curls up at the corners. Ruined my bagel,...

One of the local stores that sells old fashioned "Penny Candy". it is a good place to go to get squeezed out bags of Bavarian cream filling, strawberry pie filling, blueberry fillings for stuffing donuts as well as many other variations of pastries and desserts or even using for shakes/ice cream. they have a nice portion on there subs as well as nice selection of different types of meats cheeses. They do except over the phone orders as well as in person. There is an adjacent parking space close to the building locate off street. The staff always cheerful and pleasant to talk with. They have bulk bags of oats, confectionery sugar, sprinkles, chocolate wafers / coins, all kinds of cheese,and breads. they have a cooler section with drinks and both pre made salad and mix materials. There is so many more items that they have that might also be seasonal. so always got to check in to see what maybe a...

A deliberate curio of culinary antiquity, the shop functions as both pantry and time capsule. Its deli case offers protein sliced to commissary-grade standards—rare in an era of pre-packed uniformity—while the confectionary aisle resurrects confections discontinued by mass distributors yet lovingly sourced by the proprietor. Equally notable is the interpersonal architecture: the owner greets each patron with the practiced warmth of a publican who has never subcontracted hospitality to union formalities, ensuring the transaction feels less like commerce and more like...