Candor Main Street Liquor Store Has New Owner
By Carol Henry, January 22, 2022
Lisa Rose, the new owner of what was once Main Street Spirits on 84 Main St. in Candor, has renamed the business Main Street Liquor.
In bygone days, the site was originally Jennings Drug Store. The Candor Courier, established in 1899, by Will L. Beebe, moved to this site in 1945. Robert and Frances Fox bought the business in 1952, and in 1956 William A. Muir purchased the newspaper and operated the presses until 1967. In the 1970’s it housed Candor Family Practice, then Ward Chiropractic Practice, and then later Candor Dental Care. It then became the home of Teresa Twarz, who purchased the property in 2007, and transformed it into Main Street Spirits in 2010.
Although Rose’s son and daughter-in-law, Chad and Athena Rose, own the building, as well as the Candor Market complex, she purchased, owns, and runs the liquor business independently.
“I was ready for a career change,” Rose said. “I had been working as Manager of Facilities Procurement at Cornell University for the past several years and felt I had the foundation for taking on the challenge.” The challenge involved a few essentials, like getting LLC and Fed ID#, submitting the purchase offer, creating a sales tax account, purchasing insurances, applying for a liquor license, and following through on the closing. She opened the doors on July 15, 2021.
“It was a lengthy process, and a lot of gathering of documents. Everything went smoothly. I hired a Liquor License Consultant to handle the liquor license process, and my attorney and accountant led the way with financial and legal matters.”
Rose has established standard hours, daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., but is closed on Sunday. The inventory has been increased, and she has a standing 10% off wine discount every Monday. And although indoor wine tasting events have been put on hold due to Covid, they occasionally open a bottle of wine for tasting at the checkout, and held a wine tasting event during Candor’s Fall Festival.
“I currently have a couple of regular part time workers—my daughter-n-law, Melissa Rose, and Bartt Smith (a partner in the larger project underway at 82 Main Street, where the Candor Market was located). In addition, I have a handful of casual workers as needed, my daughter Jacki Hinkle, Rhonda Larry, Courtney Hazen, Jackie Mitchell, Ally Ferris, and Tessie Smith.”
Main Street Liquor can be found in a google search under Liquor Store Candor NY, and on Facebook at: Main Street Liquor, which includes updates on new items, events, and holiday hours.
Lisa Rose, the new owner of what was once Main Street Spirits on 84 Main St. in Candor, has renamed the business Main Street Liquor.
In bygone days, the site was originally Jennings Drug Store. The Candor Courier, established in 1899, by Will L. Beebe, moved to this site in 1945. Robert and Frances Fox bought the business in 1952, and in 1956 William A. Muir purchased the newspaper and operated the presses until 1967. In the 1970’s it housed Candor Family Practice, then Ward Chiropractic Practice, and then later Candor Dental Care. It then became the home of Teresa Twarz, who purchased the property in 2007, and transformed it into Main Street Spirits in 2010.
Although Rose’s son and daughter-in-law, Chad and Athena Rose, own the building, as well as the Candor Market complex, she purchased, owns, and runs the liquor business independently.
“I was ready for a career change,” Rose said. “I had been working as Manager of Facilities Procurement at Cornell University for the past several years and felt I had the foundation for taking on the challenge.” The challenge involved a few essentials, like getting LLC and Fed ID#, submitting the purchase offer, creating a sales tax account, purchasing insurances, applying for a liquor license, and following through on the closing. She opened the doors on July 15, 2021.
“It was a lengthy process, and a lot of gathering of documents. Everything went smoothly. I hired a Liquor License Consultant to handle the liquor license process, and my attorney and accountant led the way with financial and legal matters.”
Rose has established standard hours, daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., but is closed on Sunday. The inventory has been increased, and she has a standing 10% off wine discount every Monday. And although indoor wine tasting events have been put on hold due to Covid, they occasionally open a bottle of wine for tasting at the checkout, and held a wine tasting event during Candor’s Fall Festival.
“I currently have a couple of regular part time workers—my daughter-n-law, Melissa Rose, and Bartt Smith (a partner in the larger project underway at 82 Main Street, where the Candor Market was located). In addition, I have a handful of casual workers as needed, my daughter Jacki Hinkle, Rhonda Larry, Courtney Hazen, Jackie Mitchell, Ally Ferris, and Tessie Smith.”
Main Street Liquor can be found in a google search under Liquor Store Candor NY, and on Facebook at: Main Street Liquor, which includes updates on new items, events, and holiday hours.
Holding on to History in Candor
- By Jaime Cone, Ithaca.com, February 25, 2022
- Picture of Carol Henry, Candor Town Historian
There is something unique about Candor that inspires people to keep its history alive. That special something is actually the people, Henry said, who inspire each other to do the work, decade after decade, so that new generations can discover their town’s past.
The Candor History Center even has a dedicated group of volunteers that keeps everything organized; the women meet from 9 a.m. to noon every Monday they sort through documents and pull records and photos for the public to view. People can show up during that time, or they can call and make an appointment to view archived items at other times at (607) 759-4001.
“People coming in are no longer from Candor, or their families are coming to do some research on their family’s homes and businesses that their families were involved in,” Henry said. “So it’s nice to have that group together, and the ladies are spending so much time and doing a fantastic job.”
The Candor Historical Society is a very active organization with a new president, Nancy Riggs, who stepped into the role last June.
Renovations for the new history center building—the old Grange building on Main Street—have been underway for the last five years and are still continuing. Henry said the building still needs new siding, windows, doors, flooring in some areas, insulation, and new handicap bathrooms, as well as some septic and water work. The bathrooms are already paid for with a grant, but as with many of the ongoing projects, the actual construction will have to wait until the weather warms up.
Henry has already secured some grant funding for the renovations, and she continues to seek out new grant opportunities.
All of Candor History Center’s programs are free and open to the public, and they have a full schedule of education talks lined up for the coming year.
Chamber Member Side Hill Acres Goat Farm is in the News
From the Ithaca Times by Jaime Cone
Side Hill Acres in Candor has been in business for 35 years, and even during the pandemic the small business has thrived. “Life at the farm has gone well,” Kellogg said, “especially now we know spring is coming and we see sunshine.”
She said the farm has stayed busy during the pandemic mainly because it is considered an essential business; it produces goat milk products that consumers need, and the attached farm store is considered essential as well because of its grocery items, such as fresh eggs, beef, pork and chicken.
This time of year is “kidding season.” “As I’m writing this we had another set of quads,” Kellogg said, adding that this is the third set of quads this year. “That makes the babies multiply pretty quick,” Kellogg said.
Throughout the pandemic the farm has been able to keep up with the goat milk demand and keep prices the same. They have even expanded their store’s offerings. “We are always looking for new items to have available for our customers,” Kellogg said. “We met up with Paradiso’s Village Bakery from Montour Falls, another small business, and decided to carry their pastries. It has been a big hit…Good tasting too.”
She added that there will be new items soon, such as pies and pre-order cakes. “I’m pretty excited about being able to offer pies and cakes to our customers,” Kellogg said. It will be on a pre-order basis. Customers are asked to put in their orders by Wednesday for delivery on Friday. “We also carry great tasting Pipe Creek Breads made here in Candor,” Kellogg added.
Due to the pandemic, the farm has been restricted from doing cheese sampling and tours, but Kellogg was notified recently that they may resume tours April 2. “Of course, there will be restrictions wearing—a mask, etc.,” she explained. “We are really excited, and the goats will be, too. They have missed the companionship of visitors and, of course, getting their pictures taken.”
Kidding season for the farm comes in three stages so that the they have production year-round. “We first started in October with about 25 giving birth,” said Kellogg. “That helps our supply milk through the winter months.” In February and March the farm starts “freshening” (having babies) again. So far Side Hill has had 65 kids, and more are due in April.
“The most important factor that has allowed us to survive the pandemic is to look at what we can do and plan to make it work. Knowing what customers want and needed was a big plus.” She also attributes the farm’s survival to not to giving up and having determination to survive. “We would like to thank our community our customers, friends and family for keeping us in business during this whole pandemic,” Kellogg said, “and for all the support that they have shown.”
Side Hill Acres is located at 79 Spencer Rd., Candor. For inquires, call (607) 222-0321.
Side Hill Acres in Candor has been in business for 35 years, and even during the pandemic the small business has thrived. “Life at the farm has gone well,” Kellogg said, “especially now we know spring is coming and we see sunshine.”
She said the farm has stayed busy during the pandemic mainly because it is considered an essential business; it produces goat milk products that consumers need, and the attached farm store is considered essential as well because of its grocery items, such as fresh eggs, beef, pork and chicken.
This time of year is “kidding season.” “As I’m writing this we had another set of quads,” Kellogg said, adding that this is the third set of quads this year. “That makes the babies multiply pretty quick,” Kellogg said.
Throughout the pandemic the farm has been able to keep up with the goat milk demand and keep prices the same. They have even expanded their store’s offerings. “We are always looking for new items to have available for our customers,” Kellogg said. “We met up with Paradiso’s Village Bakery from Montour Falls, another small business, and decided to carry their pastries. It has been a big hit…Good tasting too.”
She added that there will be new items soon, such as pies and pre-order cakes. “I’m pretty excited about being able to offer pies and cakes to our customers,” Kellogg said. It will be on a pre-order basis. Customers are asked to put in their orders by Wednesday for delivery on Friday. “We also carry great tasting Pipe Creek Breads made here in Candor,” Kellogg added.
Due to the pandemic, the farm has been restricted from doing cheese sampling and tours, but Kellogg was notified recently that they may resume tours April 2. “Of course, there will be restrictions wearing—a mask, etc.,” she explained. “We are really excited, and the goats will be, too. They have missed the companionship of visitors and, of course, getting their pictures taken.”
Kidding season for the farm comes in three stages so that the they have production year-round. “We first started in October with about 25 giving birth,” said Kellogg. “That helps our supply milk through the winter months.” In February and March the farm starts “freshening” (having babies) again. So far Side Hill has had 65 kids, and more are due in April.
“The most important factor that has allowed us to survive the pandemic is to look at what we can do and plan to make it work. Knowing what customers want and needed was a big plus.” She also attributes the farm’s survival to not to giving up and having determination to survive. “We would like to thank our community our customers, friends and family for keeping us in business during this whole pandemic,” Kellogg said, “and for all the support that they have shown.”
Side Hill Acres is located at 79 Spencer Rd., Candor. For inquires, call (607) 222-0321.