Keith E.
Yelp
The Nauraushaun Country Deli has been a fixture at the bottom of Orangeburg Road in Pearl River for a very long time. My first visits to the store were about 1959, but at that time it was known as "Sam's", owned and operated by Sam Kennedy who lived about a block away. I attended the Nauraushaun Elementary School which was directly across the street, from kindergarten starting in 1961, until fourth grade.
Memories of Sam's include buying Monster cards as often as my allowance would allow, wax lips, candy cigarettes, balsa wood gliders, Turkish Taffy, popsicles, Yoo-Hoo chocolate drink, and Bazooka bubble gum. My father would get the New York Times there every Sunday, and he used to send me to the store with 35 cents to buy him a pack of cigarettes when I was age 8 or 9. They sold them to me because they knew the cigarettes were for my father. Chesterfields I think. By then the store had changed hands and was known as "George's".
The country store was a hangout for kids of all ages from elementary to high school, but no trouble ever took place. I have nothing but fond memories of that little country store. Long after moving from Pearl River, I returned to find the store still operating in 1998 in much the same condition, but by then it was more of a deli selling meats and sandwiches too.
I'm happy to know that the store still remains in operation today, as it has been for more than 70 years. It's a place from my childhood that I will never forget.
