DEDelaware field entry
Seaside Country Store
Fenwick Island, DE
A two-story Fenwick Island country store where homemade fudge and cheese spreads lead into bath products, women's clothing, jewelry, garden goods, Coke memorabilia, model boats, nautical collectibles, and a year-round Christmas shop.
Seaside Country Store behaves like six shops under one roof, moving from a homemade-food room and candy counter into bath goods, gifts, fashion, nautical collectibles, home décor, sports memorabilia, and permanent Christmas and seasonal departments.
Field notes
Why it belongs
Fudge shop, specialty-food market, bath boutique, clothing store, jewelry counter, garden-and-home shop, nautical collectible store, nostalgia room, and year-round Christmas shop.
The building's individual rooms are different enough that a visitor can move from homemade cheese spread to body lotion, women's fashion, Coca-Cola memorabilia, model boats and Halloween decorations without leaving the store.
Seaside Country Store has been a Fenwick Island landmark since around 1970 and has grown into a multigenerational family-run shopping maze. Its signature Food Room makes fudge daily and blends its own cheese spreads alongside candy, jams, sauces and specialty foods. Elsewhere the store branches into bath products, clothing and accessories, jewelry, candles, garden goods, stationery, housewares, nautical collectibles, sports and Coca-Cola memorabilia, model boats and an upstairs Christmas Shop stocked with seasonal merchandise throughout the year. The result is far broader than an ordinary beach souvenir store.
Store contents
What you will find
Directory categories
Known for
- Homemade fudge
- House-made cheese spreads
- Food Room
- Bath Shoppe
- Ladies Boutique
- Nautical Gifts
- Christmas Shop
- Beach and nautical merchandise
- Coca-Cola memorabilia
- Model boats
- Garden and home goods
- Multigenerational family history