Oct 25, 2010

New Gift Shop Opens In RandolphBy Dennis PhillipsPost-Journal.com

Randolph – If you are looking for a classic wooden toy or sewing materials to give as a gift, there is a new shop in Randolph that won’t leave you in a pickle.

The business is The Pickle Barrel, which specializes in country-style gifts and quilting and sewing notions. The business, located at 133 Main St., Randolph, also carries a variety of items like handmade crafts, penny candy, bread mixes, gluten-free products, and, of course, pickles.

”We don’t have a pickle barrel yet, but we will have one soon,” said Lori Milliman, store owner along with her husband, Jim. “We have singing pickles, pickle soap, pickle bandages and pickle tooth picks. The bandages are selling really well. I cannot keep them in the store. It is amazing what people will buy.”

The name of the store came from a long-running joke Mrs. Milliman had with her family and friends. For years the Randolph town and village clerk had said if she was going to open a business, she was going to call it The Pickle Barrel.

“So when I got going (with opening a business), people asked me what I was going to call it and I thought I am going to call it The Pickle Barrel,” she said.

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