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NFT: Nixons General Store (Tabernacle, NJ)

Aqua Giants : 7/1/2018 3:14 pm
Man oh man I woke up today and was about to take a ride out there and my wife asked me where I was going and I told her Nixons and she's like no you are not.

I know my wife owns my soul because I have no spine but I was like why not and she goes they closed or changed owners. Damn it. Who in NJ didn't go to Nixons? That used to be the calling of the 80s NJ life. Why does everything good have to fade? I wish it was 39 years ago, I could cry.
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Route 9 : 7/1/2018 3:19 pm : link
Haha hell yeah. That was a fun place to visit with my dad back in the day when we would go fishing and I just started going again this year with my friends for some odd reason. Glad I could get in a few rounds before the place closed.

Their cheesesteaks were A+ and I loved those weird sodas they had, all the forgotten candy and endless dessert option menu.
Aahh man  
Eman11 : 7/1/2018 3:34 pm : link
Now that's just depressing. I haven't been by that way in months but there are plenty of times when I'm out that way often and this was always a must stop for me.

It's like ahh shit I gotta go out there in one breath but the very next thought is well I'll get to stop at Nixons.

I hope someone else took it over and keeps it the same and it's just not shuttered or turned into a dentist office or something.

a very quick internet search  
Giantsfan79 : 7/1/2018 3:58 pm : link
shows that Nixons is very much open. I don't know about ownership change, but the website says the store first opened in 1850 so I hope they had a few owners over the years.
Lived in Jersey most of my life.  
Giant John : 7/1/2018 4:06 pm : link
Never heard of the place. Guess that’s my loss.
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Eman11 : 7/1/2018 4:15 pm : link
In comment 14003659 Giant John said:
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Never heard of the place. Guess that’s my loss.


Just a cool little deli/grocery store type place with throwback stuff we all had as kids. Good food,breakfast sandwiches, coffee etc but also stuff you just don't see much anymore.

Some old school soda bottles, candies, whiffle bats and balls etc. stuff like that. Definitely a nostalgic feel to the place and just looking around was cool while waiting for your order from the deli.



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Route 9 : 7/1/2018 4:16 pm : link
In comment 14003654 Giantsfan79 said:
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shows that Nixons is very much open. I don't know about ownership change, but the website says the store first opened in 1850 so I hope they had a few owners over the years.


Oh yeah? I just heard they were done done and their Facebook page is wiped out.
maybe they got off facebook  
Giantsfan79 : 7/1/2018 4:35 pm : link
but their website Nixon's General Store, says they are open today. You can also order online for pickup.
RE: a very quick internet search  
mrvax : 7/1/2018 4:44 pm : link
In comment 14003654 Giantsfan79 said:
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shows that Nixons is very much open. I don't know about ownership change, but the website says the store first opened in 1850 so I hope they had a few owners over the years.


Either that or the owner is Methuselah!
Do they sell Moxie?  
Alan in Toledo : 7/1/2018 8:13 pm : link
just askin'
Dumb question that i could easily google  
bhill410 : 7/1/2018 9:12 pm : link
But where the hell is tabernacle? Lived here all my life never heard of the town
RE: Dumb question that i could easily google  
Eman11 : 7/1/2018 9:20 pm : link
In comment 14003893 bhill410 said:
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But where the hell is tabernacle? Lived here all my life never heard of the town


Down in the Pines. South/South east of the Rte 70/206 circle.
Good news is that you can still  
smshmth8690 : 7/1/2018 10:07 pm : link
go to Christine's House Of Kingfish BBQ in Shamong. Only time I was ever in that area, I thought it was excellent.
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Route 9 : 7/1/2018 11:05 pm : link
In comment 14003899 Eman11 said:
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In comment 14003893 bhill410 said:


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But where the hell is tabernacle? Lived here all my life never heard of the town



Down in the Pines. South/South east of the Rte 70/206 circle.


I like it out there. I don't go west of the GSP too often but it's nice to stay within the state and get a nice change of scenery. Love taking those backroads to Philly going through New Gretna off by the fork in the road on 9.
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Eman11 : 7/1/2018 11:26 pm : link
In comment 14004045 Route 9 said:
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In comment 14003899 Eman11 said:


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But where the hell is tabernacle? Lived here all my life never heard of the town



Down in the Pines. South/South east of the Rte 70/206 circle.



I like it out there. I don't go west of the GSP too often but it's nice to stay within the state and get a nice change of scenery. Love taking those backroads to Philly going through New Gretna off by the fork in the road on 9.


Yeah those are some scenic roads out that way. We did a ton of woods riding in the Pines back in the day.

You can get to Tabernacle taking rte 72 west, and after you cross over rte 539 there's a turnoff on the left a few miles past 539. I forget the rd # but it takes you to Chatsworth, and then it's a quick right and left and you're on your way to Tabernacle. 10-15 minutes tops from there and you're at Nixon's.
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