Just north of the Farmers' Market, at the corner of Cider Road and Sandy Ridge, is Colfax Custom Frames. With the look of a vintage gas station or general store, the frame shop offers up a slice of Americana with each visit. This is how North Carolina looked during the years of the Andy Griffith Show. This is the type of place one went to catch up on the latest community "news" while eating a moon pie and sipping RC Cola with peanuts poured down in the bottle. This is where that truck you were stuck driving behind FINALLY pulled off the road.
Being closed on Saturday and Sunday, Colfax Custom Frames has been hard for us to visit while open, but a peek in the window confirms that they offer frames and atmosphere a-plenty!
I miss all that places like this meant to a community.
Posted by: Bill B. | Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 09:04 AM
What a neat vintage gas station/frame shop! Maybe you will eventually find it open one weekday.
Posted by: RamblingRound | Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 09:20 AM
This kind of place (gas station) is so much a part of my memories, that I was truly disappointed to find it was a frame shop! Nice-looking, though and your photo is excellent!
Posted by: Jacob | Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 06:30 PM
Let us keep these memories alive...
June
Posted by: June | Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 08:32 AM
All that's missing is that old 57 Chevvy!
Posted by: Con | Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 12:35 AM