Bradley's Country Store sells the best, old fashioned, country smoked and fresh sausage money can buy from the same store that was built in 1927.

If you're accustomed to city shopping, you'll be in for a surprise when you drop in. Bradley's is located in the modest building that looks just as it did when it was erected in 1927. There are no gaudy signs or flashy counter displays. What you'll find, instead, is the same honest, rustic simplicity and dedication to quality that was the keystone of the operation Grandma Mary Bradley began in 1910, when she sold sausage from her own kitchen. That tradition has endured through four generations of the Bradley family.

Bradley's also produces such country rarities as hogshead cheese, liver pudding, cracklings, coarse ground country milled grits, and corn meal.

The famous sausage is put on the counter only after careful selection and slaughter of the hogs, and the application of a special seasoning. Bradley's uses only top quality hogs, buying from producers they know and trust, occasionally supplementing their supply by buying prize 4-H hogs from the local fair. After processing, the sausage is cut into 75 pound lots and seasoned with the time - proven recipe developed nearly a century ago by Grandma Mary Bradley, containing black pepper, red pepper, sage, and salt. No preservatives or additives are in Bradley's Sausage. After the sausage is seasoned, some of the meat is stuffed into natural casings and then hung in the smokehouse to cure using the smoke from oak and green hickory. Bradley's Homemade Smoked Sausage will give you a delicious, age-old taste experience.

Bradley's carries a variety of dry and canned foods, items for everyday needs. In addition to serving those who come to the store, Bradley's ships its smoked sausage and grits as far away as California and Maine.

Bradley's Country Store is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Location:

Address: 10655 Centerville Road, Tallahassee, FL 32308

Phone: 850-893-1647

Directions: Twelve miles from Tallahassee, Florida, a pleasant drive out Centerville Road (County Road 151) beneath a majestic canopy of oak trees and Spanish moss.

Date Round America Visited: November 4, 2007.

Additional Information:

www.bradleyscountrystore.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley's_Country_Store_Complex