The downstairs dining area is decorated with black and white photos of days gone by, including one large image of the store during its heyday. Above the outside deck, she even preserved the clock that once hung on the back wall of The Pig. Martin, who remembers shopping at the old neighborhood grocery store for many years, even kept some of the shopping carts to use as planters outdoors. Where old stickers mark 'broccoli' and 'cob corn,' the grocery case is instead overflowing with old-fashioned stuffed animals.Įven the full-service bar in the downstairs restaurant was built using hundreds of faded cans of Piggy Wiggly brand vegetables. Maintaining the store's original character, culture and memory was part of owner Jean Martin's goal when she took over the space and began remodeling in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Įxploring the modern-day space is almost like a scavenger hunt for relics from the store's pastĪbove shelves of quirky local art and nostalgic North Carolina trinkets, words like 'Delicatessen' and 'Grocery' mark the previous aisles of the former grocery store.Īn old, blue grocery case can still be found along the back wall – complete with faded stickers where Piggly Wiggly barcodes can still be seen. The quintessential small store 'where everybody knows your name' served many of the surrounding neighborhoods from the 1950s until the 1990s when it closed.Įven today, pieces of the Piggly Wiggly are hidden in plain sight around the modern, local store – which is affectionately named NoFo at The Pig, in honor of its history.

Inside piggly wiggly