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Indoor swinging bridge above the restaurant area inside Paint Bank General Store
VA

Virginia field entry

Paint Bank General Store

Paint Bank, VA

A mountain general store where groceries, gifts, fishing supplies and locally raised buffalo meat share the building with a year-round Christmas shop, wildlife displays, a restaurant and an indoor swinging bridge.

Paint Bank General Store layers practical country retail with a Christmas shop, wildlife displays, the Swinging Bridge restaurant and a real walkable bridge indoors.

Field notes

Why it belongs

Rural general store, year-round Christmas shop, fishing and camping outfitter, local buffalo-meat retail, wildlife displays, restaurant and indoor swinging bridge.

A practical mountain store becomes an architectural attraction through its walkable indoor bridge and layers several distinct retail and dining experiences into one building.

Paint Bank General Store serves its remote Craig County community with groceries, gifts, camping and fishing supplies, licenses and changing regional merchandise. Its own Hollow Hill Farm supplies the store’s locally raised buffalo meat. Upstairs, a year-round Christmas shop adds another retail department. A real walkable swinging bridge spans the interior above the restaurant area, while wildlife displays and carved details turn the building itself into part of the visit. The Swinging Bridge restaurant is inside the store but maintains its own hours and phone number.

Store contents

What you will find

Known for

  • Indoor swinging bridge
  • Year-round Christmas shop
  • The Swinging Bridge restaurant
  • Hollow Hill Farm buffalo meat
  • Wildlife displays
  • Fishing and camping supplies

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