Sine's 5 & 10 Cent Store — Local services in Quakertown

I was so excited to visit a place that I have not been too for forty years. I drove 90 minutes to get here because there are so few left. I had told my daughter for over ten years that one day I'd take her to a 5 & 10 if they still existed. So at 1:50 almost an hour and a half before they closed I sat down and was greeted with a nasty attitude and an announcement that they did not serve anything past 1:45. Really?!!!!!. This is not the 5 & 10 of yester year. I left absolutely disgusted. I guess memories are what's left for places like this, but if you are looking for the good old days don't go here.

UPDATE: someone contacted me to apologize which is a nice but still is no excuse for denying a customer service at the very time they were shutting down the lunch counter. It was only going g to be 4 ice cream floats and and what was going to occur but didn't because I didn't want to purchase until I was done at the cou ter was a ton of model planes and ships just like I did back in the day. Along with that was of course the individual candy. Potential sales would have been about $200. But this is what happens when someone sticks to the minutes on the clock. As customers don't look for small signs that have certain time periods on them and figure if a place closes at 3pm and not 1:45 in Paris of it, perhaps something should be announced to customers when they enter. I did look forward to this place for a few months but to ever travel back an hour and pay turnpike tolls just isn't worth my time. Businesses survive by repeat customers. If customers are driven off and don't return eventually the business will fail. All this over 4 ice cream sodas....

Hands down has always been my favorite place in Quakertown. It was nice stopping in after riding bikes around town with friends and stopping in for a float, or buying candy for a few cents because we found some cents on the street, to being good neighbors to Downtown Dogs. My dad owned dtown dogs, but I’d still find my way over to Sine’s often. For it to be ran by 2 guys, is impressive. I imagine business is not booming like crazy, but I hope it can manage to stay open for as long as possible. I think the brothers are doing a good job. It’s also a good place to buy halloween candy for cheap lol. We used to bring a bucket to fill up. When I joined the army, I was upset to come back and see army navy and the hobby shop gone. This place is the only place that’s left, I hope it can...

A rare find..... Family run business over 100 years old.... Potato soup, homemade potato salad and especially the malts and root beer at the lunch counter are some of our favorites.... We love the Christmas tradition to visit at the tree lighting for cookies and a warm beverage..... There is even a commemorative art print to remind us of the radio flyer tricycle we bought 15 years ago and the penny candy counter.

Their flour cloth dish towels are our favorite around and we love to stroll through the Christmas room. Many old photos of town a half century+ ago and there's always a youngster "9 months to 90 years" to enjoy the model airplane display :)

Say hi to Billy for me when you stop...