Katama General Store Celebrates Grand Reopening
Crowds gathered outside Katama General Store to await reopening.
Crowds gathered outside Katama General Store to await reopening.
General store received an off-season makeover.
General store received an off-season makeover.
Shelves are stocked and refrigerators are full.
Shelves are stocked and refrigerators are full.
Staff pep talk before opening.
Staff pep talk before opening.
With air conditioning and heat, store will nwo stock produce and remain open until Christmas.
With air conditioning and heat, store will nwo stock produce and remain open until Christmas.
Doors are opened a few minutes past noon.
Doors are opened a few minutes past noon.
Let the beach shopping begin.
Let the beach shopping begin.
Eager customers filled the new space.
Eager customers filled the new space.
Old Katama General Store before new construction.
Old Katama General Store before new construction.
Demolition took place in November 2016.
Demolition took place in November 2016.
The new Katama General Store.
The new Katama General Store.
Katama General Store re-opened for business slightly after noon on Thursday, welcoming a rush of eager shoppers searching for the perfect picnic food or just stopping by to check out the results of an eight-month remodel.
Over the offseason owners Jackie and Doug Korell demolished the old 1958 building to make way for a two story, 3,000-square-foot barn-style building and a reconfigured parking lot.
In a nod to the little red building it used to be, the wide swinging doors of the new Katama General Store are painted a vivid red. The space has been opened up and a wrap-around porch and crushed-shell seating area have been added to the front.