Virginia Made Shop — Local services in Staunton

January 22, 2025 - Symbiotic adventure . . . enjoy 2 destinations at one location! My wife and I had lunch at Mrs.Rowe’s Restaurant, then walked to the Virginia Gift Shop ( next door)!

Smart decision by owners Ginger & Terry LeMasurier. . . to operate a gift shop next door to a family restaurant! They est. the gift shop in 1984, going strong for 40 years.

There’s an amazing selection: ( All VA stuff)

Pottery T-shirts Puzzles Goat Soap VA peanuts Maple Syrup 😳 ( really ) Salsa Jams & Jellies Books Birthday Cards ( celebrating cards) Coffee cups Bread & Butter Pickles Tomato Pasta Sauce Goat Milk Skin Lotion Pancake Mix

*Much more 😃👍🏼

Usually when we stop at gift shops ( Nana & Grandpa) we look for Grandkids gifts! We found some cute T-shirts! (See photos) Then I try to find a bird puzzle or flower puzzle for my wife!

As former Maine-ahs, I was surprised to see VA Maple Syrup! 😳

*It takes 40 - 50 gallons of collecting and boiling maple sap into 1 gallon of maple syrup! I didn’t think VA has that many maple trees? I’ll have to try some VA maple syrup!

Overall, a fun gift shop to visit, and pick up gifts for those you love! VA is...

Visiting here post pandemic in June, 2021 on vacation, I found the shop that we visit yearly to have some combination of everything identical from the year before.... or less. The shop is filled with jams and jellies, a little honey, BBQ sauces, mixes and a pile of boxes that you can fill up for gift giving later. A few wooden Xmas ornaments, clothes (that were either super reasonable or vividly overpriced) and pottery seem to round out this shop with few other Nicknack items to have as Souvenirs or Gifts. On this visit, I purchased a jar of moonshine jelly and at checkout was only able to use a debit option, no credit. The clerk, who was kind and chatty, offered up the explanation that they'd gone through an 'upgrade' and now no longer offered options - that the software seemed to choose for you depending on your card. As stated, everything is made in Virginia or sports their logo. In previous years I'd opted for cinnamon apple syrup which was to die for, but was not available this trip among other amazing flavors.

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I drive up from Chattanooga to my grandsons home north of Philadelphia PA. Its a 750 mile trip that I do about 5 times a year for the past 15 years. The Virginia Made Shop is 430 miles from my home in Chattanooga. Rarely do I pass by, either way, without stopping to buy several 40oz containers of the wonderful salted Virginia peanuts. Gotten so that friends and family expect a tin of peanuts upon my arrival. Great shop, wonderful staff,...