RICHMOND, Ky. (LEX 18) — On a winding road just outside Richmond sits one of the only true country stores left in Kentucky.

Whether customers are passing time on the porch or stopping by to pick up lunch, the store is a place where it's easy to make a friend.

"We have our locals, we have seven or eight locals that come in all the time, some daily, so they're kind of the staple," said co-owner Ashlie Hatton. "They're the ones that, you know, make everybody feel welcome and no matter what, they find something to talk about."

Hatton bought the store five years ago, just before the start of the pandemic.

"It's a historic building. It was built in 1891, and if it would have closed, it would have never reopened," she said.

Luckily, that didn't happen, although there are challenges to runnin

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