Valley Grocery (518-576-4477), the largest food store in Town, run by the Hall family. Their meat counter is locally famous and, while not organic, it doesn't get much better than this - order exactly what you want in advance. Their bacon is to-die-for. Advance orders of fresh fish are truly excellent and a little known feature of this store. It is also has an ATM, it is the clothes cleaner, a place to buy dump tickets and find out what's happening around town.
Rivermede Farm (518-576-2021) run by Rob Hastings now has its own retail location near Rt 73 and Beede Road. Rob also carries organic meats from other area farms.
The Maistar Farm Stand, with eggs and whatever the garden is producing that day, is on Airport Road near the Marcy Field hiker parking area. Maistar Farm's eggs can be found in the Valley Grocery too.
The Green Point Foods (518-576-9717) is a source of pre-made takeout dinners, lunches and special foods. It also has coffee and breakfast items in the morning. It is more of a food market than a restaurant and it is a nice place to hang out. There is wifi there.
Cedar Run Bakery and Market is is well stocked with a large selection of take out food. It's wine and liquor shop is open. It has coffee and fresh pastries every morning.
East Branch Organics, behind Stewarts, and the Ausable Inn in Keene Valley, also have wine and liquor shops
The farmers markets have great food. It is important to go early for the best selection. Check this Adirondack Harvest web site for a map to all the area's farmer's markets, shops, and roadside stands. Click on the one near you for details. Here are details on the Keene, Elizabethtown and Lake Placid Farmer's Market.
DaCy Meadow Farm is in Westport and a special place for localvores from Keene because it is owned by the Keene Central School Superintendent and her husband. Check out the website for farmstand hours.
Asgarrd Farm in AuSable Forks specializes in goat cheese, but also sells eggs, pork, chevon, and goat's milk soap. They will have grass-fed and grass-finished beef for sale in the fall. They have farm store hours on Thursdays 2pm-6pm and Saturdays 9am-1pm. They have won awards for their goat cheese and you will see it in stores in the area. They also attend the farmer's markets. They also have a wintertime meat CSA.
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a subscription to the production of a particular farm. Essex Farm is a full-food CSA farm with 75 members in Essex that uses work horses. Several other nearby farms including Fledging Crow Farm, Rehoboth Homestead in Peru and North Star Farm in Essex offer CSA arrangements. There is also a u-pick blueberry farm in Ausable Forks: Blueberry Acres. Pray's Family Farm in Keeseville, started in 1940, isn't always organic but it is fresh and it is local. They have u-pick berry times as well. www.Local Harvest.Org is a website that can point you to all these places and more.
For organic meats (all types) as well as regular organic farm products, try Conroys Organics in Plattsburgh, Exit 40 east off I-87.
The two reasonably close organic food stores are Green Goddess Natural Foods in Lake Placid and Nori’s Village Market in Saranac Lake. The North Country Food Coop in Plattsburgh is another option. An hour and 15 minutes away is the Middlebury Food Coop, worth a stop if you are in the area.
Stewarts is also worth a mention because it is open early-to-late and has pretty good dairy products. In addition it's the only gas station, so you'll be going there anyway.
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