Bontrager’s Variety Store

The store carries dry goods alongside kitchen and canning supplies. The canning supplies suit anyone putting up a garden or buying produce in season, and the kitchen items cover the tools that go with home cooking and preserving rather than prepared food. If you are stocking a pantry or setting up to can, this is the part of the store to work through first.

A section of the store is given over to off-the-grid resources, including solar power equipment and propane appliances. Propane appliances run on tanks rather than line power, which makes them practical where there is no electrical hookup or where the supply is unreliable. Solar power gear serves the same purpose from a different direction. Together they make this a place to outfit a home that runs without standard utilities.

Beyond food and energy supplies, the store stocks clothing and footwear, cleaning supplies, and hardware items, so it functions as a single stop for everyday household needs. There is also a selection of books and cards. The mix is broad rather than deep in any one category, which is what the general-market format implies.

Hours are 8AM to 5PM. Payment is cash or check; there is no card reader noted, so plan to bring one or the other, especially if you are driving in from elsewhere in the valley.