The General Store

One of my favorite delis in the hills, always so friendly! I was originally told to try the hot dogs (not normally what you’d call gourmet) which were delicious and good value.
Now I’ve moved on to the pizzas. So many tasty combinations of flavors for such a little store! (and all served on a little tray with a frilly little paper doylie thingy!) The whole experience oozes that old country town charm, even though you’re only minutes from the freeway. The coffee’s not bad either.

We used to visit the Heathfield Deli (as it was known) back when we were kids to grab bags of lollies, soft drink and the occassional pie on the way home from school. Now we go there for milk, the paper and a gourmet hot dog or foccacia.
The Deli was bought up and re-​done by a young family a few years ago. Now it caters not only for passing school kids (the lollies are still there) and local hills residents, but for the recently landed cosmopolitan gentry in the hills. You don’t need to fly down the freeway for a good coffee anymore, or even make the short trek to Stirling when you live around the corner from the Gourmet General Store.
Regular general store products (milk, bread, toilet roll and other domestic necessities) are supplemented here by the ‘gourmet’ menu and products on offer. It’s a bit schizophrenic as far as setups go, but the prices aren’t prohibitive and it works.
It seems odd to find a ‘gourmet’ general store tucked away on semi-​rural Longwood Road in the Adelaide Hills. Indeed, it’s odd to see the adjective ‘gourmet’ in front of the phrase general store, but there it is.