The Best Shops in Grantsville, MD, to Pick Up Souvenirs and Gifts
According to the U.S. Small Business Association and the U.S. Department of Labor, shopping locally offers many far-reaching perks and benefits for our communities. For example, for every $100 you spend at a local business, $68 of that will stay in the community. By shopping locally, you also help generate local jobs, invest and reward entrepreneurship and build relationships with your neighbors. Additionally, sales tax collected from your purchases stays in the local community, and you help the environment by using less fuel and packaging.
The town of Grantsville, Maryland, is home to approximately 1,000 people and contains several small businesses ranging from retail and specialty shops to restaurants and lodging, including The Casselman Inn and Restaurant! The next time you visit us here at The Casselman, we encourage you to consider supporting these local businesses if you are looking for souvenirs or gifts in Grantsville.
FOUR SEASONS STITCHERY
Located in a renovated school building, Four Seasons Stitchery is a stitcher’s dream come true. Their knowledgeable and attentive staff are always ready to help you coordinate colors for a quilt or give input on a crochet or cross-stitch project. Four Seasons Stitchery offers more than 3,500 bolts of fabric, including wide backing, seasonal prints, batiks, solids, novelties, flannels and homespuns. If you are not crafty, they also offer a lovely selection of beautiful handmade items, quilts and wall hangings that make excellent souvenirs or gifts!
HIGH COUNTRY CREAMERY AND MARKET
High Country Creamery and Market is a locally-owned creamery that specializes in various artisan cow's milk cheeses. The cheese-making plant at High Country Creamery and Market even has a large viewing window for guests to watch their cheese-making process. They also have a Farmers Table Eatery and a locally-sourced market that provides fresh meats, eggs, milk and more.
High Country Creamery and Market sell many delicious kinds of cheese such as The Casselman X-Sharp Aged Cheddar, Creamery Feta, Big Savage Stout Cheddar, The Rev Reserve Coffee Cheddar and others. Their cheeses would make excellent gifts or a yummy treat to take home and enjoy later. High Country Creamery and Market pride themselves in sourcing local farm-to-table products as much as possible!
SPRUCE FOREST ARTISAN VILLAGE
Spruce Forest Artisan Village serves a unique purpose in the Allegheny region. In the time of General Braddock, it was called Little Crossings. Today, this venue has become a place for artists to showcase their designs, genres and media specific to the area. Artisans work in various media like wood carving, basket making, bird carving, hand-loom weaving and hand-thrown pottery. Visitors to Spruce Forest Artisan Village have the chance to purchase these items and interact with the artisans in their studios. Some of these artists have been featured in our tourism video, which you can watch here.
LITTLE CROSSINGS PANTRY
Little Crossings Pantry offers local, regional and international products for those who love to cook and entertain. They opened in April 2018 with the inspiration to make everyday gourmet! Little Crossings Pantry provides its customers with a quaint shopping experience by offering a wide range of gourmet ingredients, provisions from the Cornucopia Café, various wines and more.
While you are visiting Little Crossings Pantry, check out the Grant's Mercantile pop-up shop located at their store as well. Grant’s Mercantile offers a variety of unique gifts for your life and home.
HILLTOP FRUIT MARKET
Located at the intersection of Route 40 and 219, Hill Top Fruit Market was established in 1958 by Chester and Shirley McFarland as a produce market. Today, Hill Top Fruit Market still provides its customers with the freshest fruits and vegetables. They also offer an extensive selection of nuts, dried fruits, honey, buckwheat flour, trail and snack mixes and more.
Hill Top Fruit Market may be best-known for its huge candy selection. Also known as Candyland USA, the market offers over 900 varieties of candy! Customers can even purchase candy making supplies.
THE CASSELMAN
We cannot mention local businesses in the Grantsville-area without highlighting The Casselman! The Casselman is a historic inn, motel, restaurant and bakery that originated in 1842. To this day, we continue our long, treasured history of serving travelers and the local community of Grantsville, Maryland.
The Casselman offers our guests a nostalgic, comfortable stay at our historic inn or in one of our affordable motel rooms. We invite you to stop and enjoy a delicious country meal served in the relaxed atmosphere of our famous restaurant's dining room or indulge with some fresh baked goods made daily in our bakery! And if you are looking for some souvenirs or gifts to take home with you, we offer t-shirts, candles, soaps, honey, maple syrup, our famous apple butter and much more!
UNABLE TO VISIT THE CASSELMAN IN-PERSON? CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE STORE!
Next time you are in Grantsville, Maryland, we hope you will support these local businesses, as well as the others in our area. Remember, everyone benefits if you decide to shop local!
If you cannot visit us here at The Casselman, we would like to remind you that we have an online store where you can purchase our jams, jellies, apple butter and more. Taste and see for yourself why our customers cannot get enough of our delicious goods! The products in our online store make splendid gifts or a special treat for yourself. If you have any questions, please call us at 301-895-5055, or contact us online. We look forward to serving you!