NC Country Store -- Brownsville

Subject: NC Country Store

You peaked my interest. I luvs NC (Holla! Chapel Hill!!)
I looked around and this is what I found when I searched for North Carolina Country Store:

http://events.nytimes.com/gst/nycguide.html?detail=restaurants&id=1002207984594

18 wrote: Carolina Country Kitchen[/size]
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1993 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, NY11233
Phone (718) 498-8033
Southern
Brooklyn
$

If it seems that the Southern food here is as good as it is down home, that's because much of it comes from down home. Patricia Lee, the owner, grew up in North Carolina, and much of her food is shipped from her father's farm there. Her barbecue is fine and her sweet potato pie unbeatable. - Eric Asimov (4/98
-The New York Times

On another search the address is listed as 1991 Atlantic??
http://yp.itypeusa.com/C/Country+Stores.html

I read an old comment on chowhound saying the store used to have a restaurant. Maybe this was the place in 1998? I'm really curious now.

It's a store only now. They used to have a restaurant across the street called NC Kitchen, I'm guessing it went broke a few years ago. I went into the store a few times. If I remember correctly it's mostly smoked hams, smoked sausages, hamhocks, flour, possibly roux and some other Southern ingredients. The restaurant served excellent and very inexpensive food. In fact that whole area of Brownsville/East NY has a bunch of stores, restaurants and bakeries that are owned by black folk from down south. Mrs. Maxwells, NC store and a few eateries being fine examples. You really do need to hit the streets in those areas and just go in to the store that has a great odor emanating from their ovens and stove tops.

Indeed, indeed. Hams I say.

I'm in.
I've only driven by that place on the way from JFK.

Maaaaaaaaaaan, a lady I used to work with used to have her huband pick up some of that serious Southern food and bring it to us for dinner.
When the restaurant was open, like 10 years ago. Best cabbage ever.

Economics my dear, economics. NC serves E.NY and Brownsville for the most part. Pay check to pay check families. While not cheap Smithfields will never cost as much as a chestnut or acorn fed only hog.