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Here’s another country store/restaurant that probably won’t fare as well long term as did Coolidge’s Cilley Store (previous post) – Ruke’s on Smith Island. It is now closed and it doesn’t sound like there are any plans to try and keep it going (click here.) Always makes me a little sad when I see stories like this about an old business shutting down. Excerpts from linked article follow:
The grill went cold last month. The Store, now known as Ruke’s Seafood Deck, named for Dize’s husband, Ruthman “Ruke” Dize, closed permanently after nearly a century as a business in the island village of Ewell.
Locals and visitors have lost a landmark and a piece of island lore.
Also in the article, the Store’s history is dicussed:
