234 Market Street,
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 63670
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 63670
Harold’s Famous Bee Co. – Where a Market Street Storefront, Patent-Approved Bee Venom Therapy, and Artisan Honey Create Sainte Geneviève’s Sweetest Science Most honey shops sell jars of golden sweetness and maybe a few beeswax candles. Harold’s Famous Bee Co. certainly offers that—local honey for sampling and purchase, rotating selections from different regional suppliers each week, and the kind of artisan honey products that elevate the simple bee into a symbol of nature’s pharmaceutical genius. But what distinguishes Harold’s from every other honey vendor in Missouri (and perhaps the nation) is their flagship product: Harold’s Famous Bee Cream, the only patent-approved formulation that harnesses the healthy benefits of honey bee venom to effectively soothe joints, muscles, and dry, rough skin. This isn’t folk remedy passed down through generations or alternative medicine making unverifiable claims. This is patented science extracting venom from honey bees through a unique method that causes no harm to the bees, then formulating that venom into topical cream that customers swear provides relief that conventional treatments couldn’t match. Located at 234 Market Street in downtown Sainte Geneviève’s historic district, Harold’s Famous Bee Co. occupies the intersection of traditional apiculture (beekeeping), modern pharmaceutical science, artisan food production, and Read more…
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176 North Main Street,
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 63670
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 63670
Only Child Originals – 25-Time World Champion Footbag Player Creates One-of-a-Kind Jewelry in a Former Sausage Factory At 176 North Main Street in the 1874 Oberle building—where famous Ste. Genevieve Oberle sausage was once made—artist Sam Conlon creates handmade jewelry, garden art, and recycled metal sculptures in a shop proving that a professional “Hacky Sack” champion, former San Francisco street performer, and Patagonia retail veteran can find her calling making one-of-a-kind earrings from beads and luminaries from reclaimed barn tin. Open Thursday through Sunday 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Only Child Originals is a whole store of handmade (right here in this building!) goodies for your body, home, and garden—where beads of every color adorn the displays, custom jewelry matches hard-to-pair outfits, creative metal cutouts transform scrap roofing into whimsical garden décor, and a pleasant garden area with fish pond behind the shop invites browsing at the pace of small-town Ste. Genevieve rather than big-city San Francisco. Sam Conlon: Third-Generation Artist Raising Fourth-Generation Artist Only Child Originals exists because third-generation artist Sam Conlon passed through Ste. Genevieve nearly 25 years ago (around 2000), peered into a vacant downtown building, and saw beyond the dust and deterioration to envision transformation. The Read more…
173 North Main Street,
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 63670
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 63670
Rust Artisan Shop – It’s All About the Ambiance, Baby! At 173 North Main Street in downtown Ste. Genevieve, Rust Artisan Shop transforms Missouri’s surplus corrugated tin into luminaries and lights that cast perfect shadowed images onto walls and ceilings. Owner Sam and her team of local artisans have created a gallery where recycled materials become art—corrugated tin salvaged from old barns and buildings finds new life as functional sculpture. The shop’s tagline says it simply: “At Rust, we make stuff from recycled products.” Featured in Missouri Life magazine, this Main Street mainstay represents the kind of authentic, locally-rooted creativity that makes Ste. Genevieve’s shopping scene distinctive. As one visitor noted: “We purchased several pieces from the shop to remember this awesome spot. Love, love, love!” Recycled Relics and Artisan Craft Rust Artisan Shop specializes in the “Recycled Relics” line—products made entirely from reclaimed and donated materials. The signature pieces are tin luminaries and lampshades crafted from old corrugated tin, creating distinctive lighting that projects intricate patterns. Candle holders, ornaments, and signs emerge from scraps that might otherwise end up in landfills. The philosophy centers on utilizing Missouri’s abundant supply of vintage corrugated tin from deteriorating barns, sheds, and agricultural Read more…
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252 Merchant Street,
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 63670
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 63670
252 Merchant St., Ste. Geneviève, MO 63670 Call us at 573-517-3751 Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Candles, wax melts/tarts, country crafts, primitive items, and hand-painted driftwood. All handmade! Read more…
242 Merchant Street,
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 63670
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, 63670
Sweet Things Sweet Shop – “The World’s Okayest Candy Store” Where Nostalgic Treats Meet Hand-Dipped Chocolates in an 1860 Historic Building At 242 Market Street in downtown Sainte Geneviève, Sweet Things Sweet Shop occupies a two-room historic building dating to 1860, functioning as candy and toy store since the shop’s original founding in 1985—making it a 40-year Ste. Genevieve institution that’s survived multiple ownership changes, economic recessions, and the rise of online shopping through consistent quality, mother-daughter family operation (since late 2013), and self-deprecating “World’s Okayest Candy Store” branding that undersells genuinely exceptional hand-dipped chocolates, nostalgic penny candies, Jelly Belly selections by weight, novelty treats (bacon and cheese flavored crickets, anyone?), and carefully curated toys and children’s books. Sweet Things represents endangered species—the independent small-town candy shop where glass jars line shelves, chocolates are made on-site using traditional techniques, ice-cold Coca-Colas come in old glass bottles, and the owners (mother and daughter team who live in town) actually know customers by name, recommend favorites, provide directions to historic sites, and hand-deliver chocolate gifts within five miles of the store. Walking into Sweet Things triggers childhood memories for adults while creating new ones for kids discovering candy that tastes exactly as Read more…
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