Brown-Gardiner Drug Store

The Brown-Gardiner Drug Store, with its pharmacy, soda fountain, and lunch counter, has been an Irving Park institution for over fifty years. On February 15th, the Greensboro News and Record ran a human interest story on two army buddies who found each other by chance at Brown-Gardiner. Kerman Copley, who works at Brown-Gardiner as a pharmacist's technician, recognized his friend, Dr. Leonard Berman, whom he hadn't seen in 63 years. By chance, Copley having relocated to Greensboro from Durham and Berman, having recently relocated from Florida, met when the latter came to Brown-Gardiner to fill a perscription. 

Brown-Gardiner is a vestige of the small-town, friendly atmosphere of the south of yesteryear. If you are a local, having breakfast or lunch here at least once is a must. Who knows? Maybe you'll see someone from your past. Order a classic-- like a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich and sweet tea!

            

Comments

[Jane Mitchell]

How about a nod to O. Henry, one of Greensboro's renowned, who worked in a drug store here as a boy? A replica can be seen at the Greensboro Historical Museum.

[David T]

Thanks Jane. We'll take all the recommendations we can get!

[Jacob]

Hi Jan...

Thanks for stopping by Ocala Daily Photo and the comment. I hadn't seen your site before, so I'm glad I you provided the info. A store like that drugstore is priceless because such were very much a part of my childhood. Some things I do miss about the "good old days."

Best wishes.

Jacob

[auringonkukka :)]

thank you once visited a village home pages! Finnish is a beautiful country! a lot of lakes and forests!;)

[Greensboro Daily Photo]

For archival purposes, we just want to return to this post and say that it has generated considerable interest and traffic through google searches. It is the first picture that comes up in google images when one searches Brown-Gardniner. My friend iJune said the photo was a favorite of hers. She noted that it wouldn't have been as good of a photo had the parked cars been any color other than white. The white cars appealed to me when taking the picture. Some days I take 10 pictures of the same thing and on this day, only one was taken. I just knew I would like it. In iPhoto, I did manipulate the color (antique option perhaps?) and contrast just a little bit as the photo was taken late in the day when fleeting light makes images start to look flat. I'm always struck by the powdery, medicinal smell of the old-time drug stores. The smell is noted in Brown-Gardiner. Wonder what it is?