Jefferson General Store — Local services in Jefferson

Jefferson ,Texas General Store is something special! You feel like you are back in the day! Wonderful staff, great prices, Tons of candy, knickknacks, Old Times kids toys and toys from today, tons of jam and crackers,fun music placing, have a malt, ice cream , soft drinks and 5 cent coffee! It is in the little town of Jefferson, Texas. It is an old Civil War town with events like Mardi Gras which is family friendly, lots of venders and millions of Beads! They have a Cicil War re-enactment weekend, a Yeti weekend! The town use to have a turning Basin which let the the old Paddle Boats come down the river and let off their wares and visitors (many a Presidents) turn around and go back! 4th of July celebration and many more! Lots of Bed and Breakfast place in Historical House! Two old Historical Hotels! The is also a Train Depot! The town is filled with Antique Stores and Great places to eat or have a drink! And to end off GHOST STORIES galore! Come on...

Oh, the Jefferson General Store is like walking back in time. They also have an antique soda fountain where they really do serve up sodas, floats, ice-cream cones and even offer a cup of coffee for 5cents. Browsing isle after isle you can't help but feel like a big O' kid again, they carry so many candies from the past it's hard to list them all. Plus you'll find items like hats, shirts, souvenirs, jams, jellies, cookbooks and even books about Jefferson Texas. Last year they opened up the back room stocked full of things for kids of all ages. My favorite is the fun lazer shooting gallery where you get points for hitting things like Dorothy's ruby red slippers, John Wayne's cowboy hat and even make a dinosaur roar. Oh by the way, don't leave without picking up at least one of the pecan pralines they make fresh right there...

My boyfriend and I came to town because we wanted to get away for a weekend. The general store was on our list of places we wanted to be sure to check out. The store is great. The young people who work there are helpful and super kind.

The only complaint we had was with one worker specifically. She seemed to be some sort of “manager.” We eventually learned that her name is Raven. She spoke to the rest of the staff like they were stupid. We overheard her saying “maybe you’d work more if you actually did something while you were here.” She seemed like she desperately wanted to be in charge, but she very obviously only wanted to bring others down. Shame on her.

Otherwise, a great store with friendly staff! Can’t let one bad apple...