Popular Schroon Lake general store reopens

SCHROON LAKE – The popular Mt. Severance Country Store is open again and under new ownership. The store at 1375 U.S. Route 9 in Schroon Lake is now owed by Kenneth Ladeau of Crown Point, who also owns car washes and coin-operated laundries in Crown Point and Port Henry. Ladeau said he was looking for a way to diversify, and saw buying the business as a way to do that. "It's a huge undertaking," he said. "I had been in the store before it closed (last year), and I thought about it and decided to do it." Deau's Mt. Severance Country Store, as it's now named, reopened Sept. 1, with a grand opening slated for Saturday, Nov. 12 during regular store hours. The store is open seven days a week, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Store Manager is Michael Shaw, who's managed Stewart's Shops around the North Country. Shaw said they're working to add more and more offerings to the store. "We're going to looking on to adding on during the winter," he said. "The deli is the biggest thing, with Boar's Head meats, and we have sandwiches on sub rolls, wraps, hard rolls. We also do cold cuts by the pound. "We have lunch specials; we're getting out menus together. We have hot foods every day, soups, mac and cheese." The menus will be printed soon, he said, and posted on the Facebook page, along with the lunch specials. They've applied for an alcohol sales license, and are also selling gasoline and lottery tickets. "We want to let people know, we're back to the community," Shaw said. "We want to get people back for a welcome." The previous owners closed the store the week before Thanksgiving 2015. One thing they've added is an in-store bakery, Shaw said. "We have a bakery, with donuts, scones, muffins, hard rolls, things like that," Shaw said. "We're making breakfast sandwiches; we grill them as people wait. They're very tasty. And we have hot coffee all day." Ladeau said he was walking out of the Ticonderoga Country Club one day as Shaw was walking in and offered him the job of manager. "He said 'sure' and here we are," Ladeau said. "Mike is doing a wonderful job. He's very well respected. That alone will help us bring some business in." The store's Facebook page is: www.facebook.com/deausmtseverance/.

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