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From its humble beginning as a roadside stand, it may be hard to believe that Braymiller's Market has survived for more than 70 years.
After all, the late Stroh Braymiller's first fresh fruit and vegetable stand was hardly a thing of beauty. literally just a single wooden plank resting on a pair of wood crates, to call it a stand was really stretching it because it was what it was a piece of wood supported by two wooden crates.
Now nearly a quarter of a century later, Braymiller's Market on Route 62 at the Hamburg/Eden boundary has become a destination for shoppers in the Southern Tier, still featuring that old roadside stand atmosphere while offering up a lot more than your standard fresh fruits and veggies.
"We like to think shopping at Braymillers Market is something special," says Beverly DeCarlo, who owns and operates the store. "In this day and age it seems as though most people view going to the supermarket as a process. We feel that coming here to shop is more like an event, something to experience rather than just do because you have to do it."
Stroh Braymiller actually set up his original roadside stand across the street from where Braymiller's Market now sits. About a year later he moved his stand to the present market site and slowly began building a faithful clientele base while at the same time expanding the store to accommodate the produce grown on his family farm.
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