~~Paint Bank, VA~~
Sept. 19, 2008
Sept. 19, 2008
We went to Paint Bank to see the General Store with Swinging Bridge Restaurant and have lunch. It's a 2 hr drive from Roanoke. Hidden away in the Allegheny Mountains in Craig County, this tiny town boasts more buffalo than it does people! I had no idea we have buffalo down here!

~~TINGLER'S MILL~~The mill was recently refurbished. You can check in the Restaurant for a free tour inside. We didn't know that until after this visit.


~~GENERAL STORE & SWINGING BRIDGE RESTAURANT~~Featuring homemade hot foods and delicious desserts
The General Store was the hub of the town’s activity nearly 100 years ago and still is today. With its old, wooden floors and tin ceiling still intact, the store is a gathering place for the townsfolk and is the only grocery and mercantile for miles around

Front side view, taking in part of the Texaco station, the only gas around!

What makes the restaurant really unique is their homegrown Highlander beef and bison meat. Paint Bank’s Hollow Hill Farm is home to about 200 bison and Highlander beef cattle. The meat, which is shipped all over the country, is also be used in the restaurant. Homemade pies, cakes, breads, and desserts top off the menu.


It was delicious! Homemade apple dumpling, creamy vanilla ice cream & butterscotch drizzle topped off our lunch.



Bridge has mesh along the sides as a safety feature for kids.




Going home, we passed this huge, vacant old building which appears to have been either a hotel or boarding house. No signs. I love old buildings like this and would like to prowl inside them!


Further along the same road, we saw this huge house and it IS occupied! Get a load of the oil tank on the second level on right side of house. See an electric meter there also? Someone has to walk out on the roof to read the meter!
I spotted this tree on the side of the road heading home! The trunk of it is covered with CUPS! How weird and I love it! I wonder if it has any particular meaning to the cups (like the Indians bottle trees) or it's just someone's idea of a fun thing to do.



2 comments:
I love these pictures and as soon as I am well Joe and I are going to plan a day trip to Paint Bank. It is always a pleasure to look at you Blog pictures.
Thanks, Donna! Go there in the fall and you will have a beautiful drive as well as fun at the restaurant!
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