Cagey's General Store

Built in 1936. Veteran-owned, family run General Store located in KY. Historic landmark serving up nostalgia to locals and tourists. Gas coming soon!

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

We are a Veteran-owned, family operated historic general store in Henderson County, KY. Closed temporarily for rehabilitation, Cagey's is set to open by the end of May. We'll be back to serving our famous strombolis, pizza, hot breakfast, and more. Make plans to come see us soon!

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

@DalGal1957 These are great suggestions. Thank you!!

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

We sit on an acre of land. We're thinking of putting up a big white sheet and having summer family movie nights: Sandlot, Back to the Future, Hook, The Princess Bride, etc. We'd have popcorn, candy, pizza, and soda available in the store.

What movies would you add to the list?

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

@kballew @jessibridges Please do!

[Jessi Bridges @jessibridges]

Happy birthday Kentucky!

On this day in 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state.

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

Ready to celebrate America's 250!

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

@4113n5 Thank you!

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

Next time you travel, take the back roads and see the world that was lost so that we could save an hour of driving and pass a McDonald’s every fifteen miles.

Cagey's General Store
Reed, KY

[Oh, Shenandoah @longhunter09]

Next time you travel, take the back roads and see the world that was lost so that we could save an hour of driving and pass a McDonald’s every fifteen miles.

Walker's Cash Store.
Saint Luke, VA

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

We're bringing back social gatherings. Knowing your neighbors. Stopping for a coffee to chat. Talking to the clerk behind the counter. Having a gas attendant pump your gas and clean your windshield. Purchasing local goods in store rather than foreign made junk online.

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

Now, why didn't we think of this?! Love it.

[▼ Kiel James Patrick @KJP]

250 flags for 250 years 🇺🇸 Decorating our home and Newport shop to celebrate America’s 250th this Summer

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

@rockwellsmerc It's as if you were on the line when I made the call!

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

We're doing just that!

[ContraRyan @_contraryan]

@LAChas77 Make heritage american babies. Buy up the town. Partner with folks with similar values. Swing hammers with friends on the weekends and revitalize what has been lost.

There can be no last time Charlie.

[Jessi Bridges @jessibridges]

We found this set of 7UP cans in the back of @CageysStore. They are a special edition Bicentennial set sold in 1976. There's a can for each state and when put together right, the other side makes a map of the United States. Are any companies doing anything like this for the 250?

[Rockwells Mercantile Co. 🌲 @rockwellsmerc]

"Blue Razz vape? No, I don't know what that is but we don't carry it here"

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

@AppyOrtho We're still here!

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

@theFinleyShop Hopefully by the end of this week!

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

We're here to promote a return to a slower, more analog life. Ordering pizza over the phone, a gas attendant who will clean your windshield while the gas pumps, and postcards for sale like this one so you can stop and hand write a note to a family member or friend.

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

This is precisely why we purchased an old general store to rehabilitate & open again. Everything really is so muted and impersonal. Human interaction isn't even required to order and pay. We have lost so much because of it.

Cagey's is bringing back warmth, life, humanity.

[Disaffected @DisaffectedPod]

The framing on this issue is all wrong. This is NOT just about Gen-X-specific "nostalgia" for how Pizza Hut used to look.

It's bigger. The old decor was *human*. Warm. Inviting. People like salad bars, too, not just because "nostalgia".

These are things *people like*, not just specific cohorts who want specific looks that emulate their childhood.

Everything today is sterile and hostile in color and form. McDonalds looks literally like a prison. Nearly every chain has built in Brutalist concrete, decorating in Millennial Mortuary Gray.

People--not just Gen X--are tired of human-hostile architecture.

-J

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

At Cagey's we're keeping it simple, the 1995 way. Call, order your pizza, we'll have it ready for pick up in a reasonable amount of time. While you wait, stop in for a cold drink, a chat with your neighbors, or a quick game of one of several vintage board games we keep on hand.

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

Ordering a Pizza for Delivery

1995
– You call
– You order in 2 minutes
– It arrives in 30 minutes

2005
– You go to the website
– You customize it
– It arrives in 45 minutes

2026
– You download the app
– You create an account with email verification
– You add your address with a PIN on the map
– The map can't find your street – You add it manually
– You select a pizza
– The ingredient you want has an extra charge
– You add a card
– Payment error
– You pay with another method – "Your order will arrive in 85 to 140 minutes"

[Cagey's General Store @CageysStore]

Our store was built in 1936 by JE Simmons. It was one of 3 mercantiles in our small farming town for decades. Over time the other 2 were phased out as highways & Dollar General were constructed. But Cagey's has remained. We intend to preserve it and the way of life it represents.