# Most oddly specific retail store **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981 "2017-03-25T02:58:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/161 "2017-04-13T01:27:12Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I used to go to a store in Midtown Manhattan that sold nothing but seashells. Are you sure the store didn’t sell sea shells on the sea shore? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/162 "2017-04-13T02:16:33Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > I’m working in Vegas this week and walked past the [Beef Jerky Store](https://www.beefjerkystore.com/) while doing the tourist thing the other night. There are a few of those around. I have been to one in Eureka Springs, Arkansas that has an assortment of oddly specific shops. There is also one in the Silver Dollar City amusement park in Branson, MO. It was awesome and oddly cheap for a touristy place. Beef Jerky is kind of a misnomer. They had every kind of jerky there is from around the world including kangaroo, reindeer, bison and dozens more. Almost all of it was extremely good. You could fill up a small bag for less than $5. If we had one of those around here, I would be in there several times a week. That general area also has a small chain of jerky shops that seem to be doing well enough because they keep expanding. Here is one: [https://mo.beefjerkyoutlet.com/](https://mo.beefjerkyoutlet.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/163 "2017-04-13T05:37:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > But what do you do if you want to read it again and they aren’t selling it that week? You got me there. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/164 "2017-04-13T19:07:51Z")
> [@BeerCan4BeanCan](#): > > I have lurked in the SDMB forever and never had anything worth contributing until today. > > Loveland, Colorado: Probasco’s Bibles and Wigs > > I’ll go back to the dark corner now and keep quiet. I was thinking about doing a thread about stores that sold two very different things. My favorite: a tile and carpet store that sold trading cards. Also went to a store that specialized in antique toys. In one corner they had a display case full of military antiques. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/165 "2017-04-14T00:12:23Z")
Originally from Dumb and Dumber, but I actually saw a bait shop pick up truck camper on the side of the road near a local popular lake: WE GOT WORMS ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/166 "2017-04-14T00:23:47Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > **I was thinking about doing a thread about stores that sold two very different things.** > My favorite: a tile and carpet store that sold trading cards. > Also went to a store that specialized in antique toys. In one corner they had a display case full of military antiques. Pizza and dry cleaning. Same drive-thru. ---
**Author:** ![Watwin33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/59ef9b/32.png) [@Watwin33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watwin33)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/167 "2017-04-14T00:31:41Z")
In Des Moines, Iowa, there is a dry cleaner known a Beaver Cleaners (since renamed Beaver Ave Cleaners. Just no fun at all.). According to the EPA, they’ve had no violations. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/168 "2017-04-14T03:25:26Z")
No one’s mentioned the Knot Store from _Portlandia_. Don’t know why not… ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/169 "2017-04-14T03:36:12Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Pizza and dry cleaning. Same drive-thru. There is Igor’s in Uptown New Orleans. It is a combination bar and laundromat. By that, I don’t mean that it is a laundromat with a causal bar for people waiting for their clothes. It is a hard-core bar open 24/7 where you can get as drunk as you want as long as you give way to people moving their laundry around. It has been around for a long time too so they must have done something right. “Open 24 hours - check. Full Bar. - check. Pub grub - check. Pool - check. Video games - check. Juke box - check. Get your laundry done - wait, what? Yes - laundromat too. Igor’s has it all.” > **[Igor's Lounge & Game Room - New Orleans, LA](https://www.yelp.com/biz/igors-lounge-and-game-room-new-orleans)** > > 159 reviews and 95 photos of IGOR'S LOUNGE & GAME ROOM "This is where we spent most of our bar time last trip. It wasn't even close to where we were staying either, ha. We went there to primarily do our laundry and then started going even when we... ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/170 "2017-04-14T03:43:38Z")
> [@BeerCan4BeanCan](#): > > I have lurked in the SDMB forever and never had anything worth contributing until today. > > Loveland, Colorado: Probasco’s Bibles and Wigs > > I’ll go back to the dark corner now and keep quiet. It appears that Probasco’s doesn’t sell wigs any more. There is a thread here on the Dope about shops that sell strange combinations of products. I’ll see if I can find it. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/171 "2017-04-14T04:02:35Z")
Found it! 🆒 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=775246&highlight=ozarks](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=775246&highlight=ozarks) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/172 "2017-04-14T11:02:16Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > No one’s mentioned the Knot Store from _Portlandia_. Don’t know why not… So, what does a knot store sell? Lengths of knotted string? Just the string (do-it-yourself knots). ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/173 "2017-04-14T12:47:23Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > So, what does a knot store sell? Lengths of knotted string? Just the string (do-it-yourself knots). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NfLu7GRMR7g/hqdefault.jpg "Portlandia - The Knot Store") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfLu7GRMR7g) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/174 "2017-04-14T18:02:23Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > There is Igor’s in Uptown New Orleans. It is a combination bar and laundromat. By that, I don’t mean that it is a laundromat with a causal bar for people waiting for their clothes. It is a hard-core bar open 24/7 where you can get as drunk as you want as long as you give way to people moving their laundry around. It has been around for a long time too so they must have done something right. > > “Open 24 hours - check. Full Bar. - check. Pub grub - check. Pool - check. Video games - check. Juke box - check. Get your laundry done - wait, what? Yes - laundromat too. Igor’s has it all.” > > [https://www.yelp.com/biz/igors-lounge-and-game-room-new-orleans](https://www.yelp.com/biz/igors-lounge-and-game-room-new-orleans) [Bottle and Barlow](https://bottleandbarlow.com/) in Sacramento is a barber shop cum bar. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/175 "2017-04-14T18:11:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Bottle and Barlow](https://bottleandbarlow.com/) in Sacramento is a barber shop cum bar. I understand the meaning of the word as it’s used here, but my first thought was…Eww. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/176 "2017-04-14T19:46:59Z")
Dave Barry once wrote about _The French Embassy_, a combination gourmet French Restaurant and Bowling Alley in Arcola, Indiana. I’ve never been there, and I think it’s out of business. You can find references to it on the Internet, but the most recent is from 2007. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/177 "2017-04-14T20:01:12Z")
> [@Watwin33](#): > > In Des Moines, Iowa, there is a dry cleaner known a Beaver Cleaners (since renamed Beaver Ave Cleaners. Just no fun at all.). According to the EPA, they’ve had no violations. I grew up in Des Moines. Beaver Avenue is a main thoroughfare through one part of town, and yes, there are all kinds of jokes about it. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/178 "2017-04-15T01:57:46Z")
Place near where I used to live that sold nothing but conductors’ batons. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/179 "2017-04-15T18:17:22Z")
I always thought someone should open a shop selling dyed fabrics and clothes made from that fabric called The Batik Boutique. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981/180 "2017-04-15T21:41:49Z")
We were in the car and my gf mentioned that the woman she’d recently purchased a horse from owns a bridle shop. I thought about it a bit and then asked if she sold saddles and other stuff as well. She explained it is a **bridal** shop. Meanwhile, I had reasoned to myself that bridles are complicated enough to justify a specialty shop. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-oddly-specific-retail-store/782981.md?page=10)