Aunt Sue’s Country Corner
By Gilbert B. Elwyn
When we left you last month you were enjoying Wildcat Falls. Our next point of interest and enjoyment is just a few miles from there.
Heading from Wildcat Falls away from Greenville, Highway 11 splits off to the left. A few miles later, on the right, in the shadow of Table Rock, are nestled a collection of rustic wooden buildings. This is Aunt Sue’s Country Corner.
Aunt Sue’s began as an ice cream shop when Sue Ritter and her husband Lloyd spotted the location and decided to settle there. The ice cream shop evolved into a deli and the shops or “houses” as they are called began to appear. Uncle Lloyd was a builder, so most of the older structures that you see were crafted by him. Both Aunt Sue and Uncle Lloyd realized the importance of not clashing with the natural beauty of their surroundings.
The shops also somehow matched the setting, as they still do today. Among others, there is The Rock House, which offers not only rocks and minerals of all sizes, but also sculptures, and even the opportunity to pan for gold.
The Candle House stocks just about every type and fragrance of candle you can imagine, plus unique gift ideas, and an assortment of Burt’s Bees care items.
Other shops include the Wood House, Glass House, Gospel House, Animal Land House, and Vistas and Valleys Realty.
The Ice Cream House serves a wide range of food, including sandwiches, salads, and desserts. Recently they have expanded to include breakfast and a food bar. Our favorite is their Reuben sandwich. And be sure to sample their homemade fudge.
Organist Phyllis Cannon no longer holds forth, entertaining on the porch, but you might hear the occasional banjo picker or similar musician.
Do not let the sign “Out House” fool you. There is plumbing at Aunt Sue’s.
Uncle Lloyd and Aunt Sue are no longer at Aunt Sue’s, nor, as far as we know, are any of those employees who really were cousins, but the current owners and “cousins” at Aunt Sue’s still make this site as pleasurable as visiting a favorite relative.
For more information please visit their web site www.auntsues.com.
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