126 N. MAIN STREET
right across from the Snappy Lunch

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This wonderful shop’s focus is Hot Sauce and Hot Salsas and everything related to hot stuff. Darrel has eaten and collected over 400 bottles and loves to talk about it and share the “heat” with anyone brave enough. Darrel also has on display the Coca-Cola collection that he and his Dad (Cotton) have been collecting over the years. There many items on the wall to look at and reminisce about the good old days. There are some new “coke” items for sale in the shop, but the old is for your viewing pleasure.

Otis Campbell makes an appearance as the “Guest Scooper”

Goober and Floyd enjoy a cool and tasty treat!

“We have been visiting Mt. Airy for 8 years. We are both Andy Griffith fans and began coming to the Mayberry Days Festival and liked coming in early every year and staying as long as we could. In June of this year we made the permanent move from Indiana to Mt Airy”.

After 32 years at the same mfg company in Indiana, Darrel was ready for a change. Debbie’s background is in interior design and administrative office work, so the two make a pretty well rounded pair. They have been married for over 30 years and have two daughters, Natalie and Samantha. They also have two grandchildren, Gregory and Gweneth, who have all moved down here to Mount Airy from Indiana..

“We had always wanted to do something (business wise) together, so we were happy to find the shop space available on North Main and we found and bought a house on North Main. We love our home and our neighbors have been wonderful. They have really made us feel welcome and we are happy to be a part of this wonderful community. Our “merchant neighbors” have been supportive and encouraging to us too. Especially Russell Hiatt (aka “Floyd” of Floyd’s City Barber Shop) who has taken us under his wing and has offered a lot of advice and always adds a little humor to our day.

We are very thankful to be in such a wonderful town and are very happy to call Mount Airy home. We both think it is a great place to be”.

 Debbie likes the cool side of things and enjoys serving ice cream and enjoys seeing the customers enjoy such a fun food. A long time back she bought an antique ice cream dish that read, “ice cream is a cheerful food” and that is what her motto reads on her flavors board in the ice cream area of the shop.

We also have a line of “made in North Carolina” products; pickles, beets, okra, dilly beans, and preserves…..and of course hot sauces and salsas.

One of the most exciting items that they have in the store is David Browning Hot Sauce (hotter than the bullet in his pocket) and Floyd the Barber Hot sauce, with Russell Hiatt’s picture on it, saying “Everything is OK in Mayberry”. These are sure to be a favorite with the Mayberry Fans.

Some of my very favorite people in the world, Darrel and Debbie Miles and daughter Samantha, have moved to Mount Airy and opened up
“Mayberry on Main”
Here is their story

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“Mayberry on Main”
They even have a web cam so you can see what is going on LIVE in Mount Airy!!