Original Mast General Store

"Great little store love the old feel and classic charm lots of treats love to see the Boy Scouts out there selling popcorn to everybody if you love history this is a must for you"

"Cool place to visit. They have a lot of older tools and toys. Prices are a bit high for some goods. I was surprised to learn that there was not as much food items as I thought there would be there."

"If you're on vacation in the Boone NC area, this is a fun store for the entire family. From the great assortment of high-quality t-shirts with laughter and smile causing captions to the entire isle of retro toys that had me thinking of my big wheel Era childhood, this store is literally jam packed with wonder. If you like shopping at Cracker Barrel, you will especially enjoy this old-fashioned general store as it appeals to similar themes but is much more unique. I noticed they have a good selection of tasty individual pastry pies at the front counter for sale, I'm told they are made locall, and the Apple pie is so tasty that it sells out rapidly each week. This is a great 30-minute stop and stretch... and shop stop."

"This is such a neat store to visit. There are a number of mast stores around but this was the first. There is an entrance and exit and signs directing you thru the parking area which is gravel. Pay attention to the signs. The main store has lots of candy, gift items, household stuff, some clothing. You can get quite a few items with their logo on it. This time when I visited, I shopped in the school house. Everything there is discounted. Lots of shoes, clothing, and socks. There are always some other items and this time it was sheets and towels. I always find a great pair of shoes! A new feature was the Garden Shed. Everything in here would be used outside. Wind chimes, bird feeders, gardening items, etc. If you get the chance visit."

"I'd never heard of this place before visiting Banner Elk and looking for local things to do. It's a very unique operating general store. It very much reminds me of the old stores I visited as a kid in the 70's which have mostly been torn down now. Is it a tourist trap? Slightly. There's plenty of stuff for tourists and it's definitely set up to sell to them. That being said, there's a lot of history there. There's plenty of unique local items like cheese and such that can be purchased. Overall it's a really cool store that I'd take someone to if I were visiting again. Plan on spending about 30 minutes looking for the normal person. My wife would've probably spent an hour there."