Pine Cone, Melvin Village, Convienence Store

[secondcurve]

Originally Posted by Mirror Lake's BB

This is from the Tuftonboro Planning Commission meeting minutes:

"Carl Hansen stated the owner proposes to remove four motel rooms and put in a convenience store
(coffee bar, beer, wine & deli), storage room and emergency egress alarmed exit. He stated the hours of
operation would be 6:30 am until the time the restaurant closes, seven days per week; noting a lockable
door would be installed to close off the store from the restaurant when the restaurant is not open and vice
versa. He stated the lighting would be directed downward
John Cameron verified the facility would be year round. "

Looking forward to giving the new store a try. Unfortunately, it will be at the expense of the Tuftonboro General Store, which I think does a pretty good job. I can't imagine either of these stores will do particularly well given their close proximity to one another in a relative sparsely populated part of the lake.

[CateP]

Originally Posted by secondcurve

Looking forward to giving the new store a try. Unfortunately, it will be at the expense of the Tuftonboro General Store, which I think does a pretty good job. I can't imagine either of these stores will do particularly well given their close proximity to one another in a relative sparsely populated part of the lake.

I hope they BOTH survive. I miss the Melvin Village store in town. Every time I am over at that part of the lake visiting or sailing my Sunfish I wish there were a place near the lake where I could pick up sandwich or a drink.

[patman]

The store opened about a week ago. I went in a couple of days ago check it out. Very nice layout, with sort of a smaller version of the Pier 19 product content. They had a fairly large variety of beer/wine/specialty alcohol, in addition to the expected soda/chips/candy stuff. They had a large selection of Hood milk products, and a good cut of the basics: fresh veggies, eggs, bacon, cheese, bread, and frozen stuff. I wouldn't want to do my weekly grocery shopping there, but it would be easy to put together a meal with what they sell.

The owner was there, and he confirmed they are planning on being open in the winter also. That'll make it a very nice addition to the area for us year-rounders.

[Sunset View]

Originally Posted by patman

The store opened about a week ago. I went in a couple of days ago check it out. Very nice layout, with sort of a smaller version of the Pier 19 product content. They had a fairly large variety of beer/wine/specialty alcohol, in addition to the expected soda/chips/candy stuff. They had a large selection of Hood milk products, and a good cut of the basics: fresh veggies, eggs, bacon, cheese, bread, and frozen stuff. I wouldn't want to do my weekly grocery shopping there, but it would be easy to put together a meal with what they sell.

The owner was there, and he confirmed they are planning on being open in the winter also. That'll make it a very nice addition to the area for us year-rounders.

Our first visit to the Pine Cone..............a wonderful meal with great service (Our waitress was Linda, she was super) and an immaculate and super clean dining room. Portions were outstanding and each of us in our party of four were blown away and frankly, troubled that we had never tried this restaurant up until now. We will be back for sure, what a pleasant surprise.........NICE JOB PINE CONE!

[hampfarms]

The Pine Cone has the BEST pizza in the lakes region. I only wish they would DELIVER pizza to the Pier 19 docks. Now that would be GREAT!

[patman]

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